diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/HiveThriftServer2.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/HiveThriftServer2.scala
index 6f7942aba3..cadf7aaf42 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/HiveThriftServer2.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/HiveThriftServer2.scala
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ private[hive] object HiveThriftServer2 extends Logging {
     Runtime.getRuntime.addShutdownHook(
       new Thread() {
         override def run() {
-          SparkSQLEnv.sparkContext.stop()
+          SparkSQLEnv.stop()
         }
       }
     )