diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskSetManager.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskSetManager.scala
index 9491bc7a0497e..b766e4148e496 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskSetManager.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskSetManager.scala
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ private[spark] class TaskSetManager(
   var minShare = 0
   var priority = taskSet.priority
   var stageId = taskSet.stageId
-  var name = "TaskSet_" + taskSet.stageId.toString
+  val name = "TaskSet_" + taskSet.id
   var parent: Pool = null
   var totalResultSize = 0L
   var calculatedTasks = 0
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/FakeTask.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/FakeTask.scala
index 87600fe504b98..f395fe9804c91 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/FakeTask.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/FakeTask.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.TaskContext
 class FakeTask(
     stageId: Int,
     partitionId: Int,
-    prefLocs: Seq[TaskLocation] = Nil) extends Task[Int](stageId, 0, partitionId) {
+    prefLocs: Seq[TaskLocation] = Nil) extends Task[Int](stageId, stageAttemptId = 0, partitionId) {
   override def runTask(context: TaskContext): Int = 0
   override def preferredLocations: Seq[TaskLocation] = prefLocs
 }
@@ -33,16 +33,21 @@ object FakeTask {
    * locations for each task (given as varargs) if this sequence is not empty.
    */
   def createTaskSet(numTasks: Int, prefLocs: Seq[TaskLocation]*): TaskSet = {
-    createTaskSet(numTasks, 0, prefLocs: _*)
+    createTaskSet(numTasks, stageAttemptId = 0, prefLocs: _*)
   }
 
   def createTaskSet(numTasks: Int, stageAttemptId: Int, prefLocs: Seq[TaskLocation]*): TaskSet = {
+    createTaskSet(numTasks, stageId = 0, stageAttemptId, prefLocs: _*)
+  }
+
+  def createTaskSet(numTasks: Int, stageId: Int, stageAttemptId: Int, prefLocs: Seq[TaskLocation]*):
+  TaskSet = {
     if (prefLocs.size != 0 && prefLocs.size != numTasks) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Wrong number of task locations")
     }
     val tasks = Array.tabulate[Task[_]](numTasks) { i =>
-      new FakeTask(0, i, if (prefLocs.size != 0) prefLocs(i) else Nil)
+      new FakeTask(stageId, i, if (prefLocs.size != 0) prefLocs(i) else Nil)
     }
-    new TaskSet(tasks, 0, stageAttemptId, 0, null)
+    new TaskSet(tasks, stageId, stageAttemptId, priority = 0, null)
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskSetManagerSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskSetManagerSuite.scala
index 69edcf3347243..43e1f1a0e6ea8 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskSetManagerSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskSetManagerSuite.scala
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ class TaskSetManagerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with LocalSparkContext with Logg
         task.index == index && !sched.endedTasks.contains(task.taskId)
       }.getOrElse {
         throw new RuntimeException(s"couldn't find index $index in " +
-          s"tasks: ${tasks.map{t => t.index -> t.taskId}} with endedTasks:" +
+          s"tasks: ${tasks.map { t => t.index -> t.taskId }} with endedTasks:" +
           s" ${sched.endedTasks.keys}")
       }
     }
@@ -974,6 +974,24 @@ class TaskSetManagerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with LocalSparkContext with Logg
     assert(manager.isZombie)
   }
 
+  test("SPARK-17894: Verify TaskSetManagers for different stage attempts have unique names") {
+    sc = new SparkContext("local", "test")
+    sched = new FakeTaskScheduler(sc, ("exec1", "host1"))
+    val taskSet = FakeTask.createTaskSet(numTasks = 1, stageId = 0, stageAttemptId = 0)
+    val manager = new TaskSetManager(sched, taskSet, MAX_TASK_FAILURES, new ManualClock)
+    assert(manager.name === "TaskSet_0.0")
+
+    // Make sure a task set with the same stage ID but different attempt ID also has a unique name
+    val taskSet2 = FakeTask.createTaskSet(numTasks = 1, stageId = 0, stageAttemptId = 1)
+    val manager2 = new TaskSetManager(sched, taskSet2, MAX_TASK_FAILURES, new ManualClock)
+    assert(manager2.name === "TaskSet_0.1")
+
+    // Make sure a task set with the same attempt ID but different stage ID also has a unique name
+    val taskSet3 = FakeTask.createTaskSet(numTasks = 1, stageId = 1, stageAttemptId = 1)
+    val manager3 = new TaskSetManager(sched, taskSet3, MAX_TASK_FAILURES, new ManualClock)
+    assert(manager3.name === "TaskSet_1.1")
+  }
+
   private def createTaskResult(
       id: Int,
       accumUpdates: Seq[AccumulatorV2[_, _]] = Seq.empty): DirectTaskResult[Int] = {