diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/python/PythonRDD.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/python/PythonRDD.scala
index 57bde8d85f..70516bde8b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/python/PythonRDD.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/python/PythonRDD.scala
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ private[spark] class PythonRDD[T: ClassTag](
     val env = SparkEnv.get
     val worker = env.createPythonWorker(pythonExec, envVars.toMap)
 
+    @volatile var readerException: Exception = null
+
     // Start a thread to feed the process input from our parent's iterator
     new Thread("stdin writer for " + pythonExec) {
       override def run() {
@@ -82,6 +84,10 @@ private[spark] class PythonRDD[T: ClassTag](
           dataOut.flush()
           worker.shutdownOutput()
         } catch {
+          case e: java.io.FileNotFoundException =>
+            readerException = e
+            // Kill the Python worker process:
+            worker.shutdownOutput()
           case e: IOException =>
             // This can happen for legitimate reasons if the Python code stops returning data before we are done
             // passing elements through, e.g., for take(). Just log a message to say it happened.
@@ -106,6 +112,9 @@ private[spark] class PythonRDD[T: ClassTag](
       }
 
       private def read(): Array[Byte] = {
+        if (readerException != null) {
+          throw readerException
+        }
         try {
           stream.readInt() match {
             case length if length > 0 =>
diff --git a/python/pyspark/tests.py b/python/pyspark/tests.py
index acd1ca5676..527104587f 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/tests.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/tests.py
@@ -168,6 +168,17 @@ class TestRDDFunctions(PySparkTestCase):
         self.assertEqual("Hello World!", x.strip())
         self.assertEqual("Hello World!", y.strip())
 
+    def test_deleting_input_files(self):
+        # Regression test for SPARK-1025
+        tempFile = NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
+        tempFile.write("Hello World!")
+        tempFile.close()
+        data = self.sc.textFile(tempFile.name)
+        filtered_data = data.filter(lambda x: True)
+        self.assertEqual(1, filtered_data.count())
+        os.unlink(tempFile.name)
+        self.assertRaises(Exception, lambda: filtered_data.count())
+
 
 class TestIO(PySparkTestCase):