diff --git a/python/pyspark/shell.py b/python/pyspark/shell.py
index ef46d3065e5e8df735638bc5e1f87f47da3702c7..ac5ce87a3f0fddbb6d7426f30e400f9b9ef6024d 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/shell.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/shell.py
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ try:
         .enableHiveSupport()\
         .getOrCreate()
 except py4j.protocol.Py4JError:
-    spark = SparkSession(sc)
+    spark = SparkSession.builder.getOrCreate()
 except TypeError:
-    spark = SparkSession(sc)
+    spark = SparkSession.builder.getOrCreate()
 
 sc = spark.sparkContext
 atexit.register(lambda: sc.stop())