diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
index 3c70b3f0921a..e2d3bd1f78ba 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
@@ -132,13 +132,12 @@ class HiveContext(sc: SparkContext) extends SQLContext(sc) {
   @transient protected[hive] lazy val sessionState = {
     val ss = new SessionState(hiveconf)
     set(hiveconf.getAllProperties)  // Have SQLConf pick up the initial set of HiveConf.
-    
-    ss.err = new PrintStream(outputBuffer, true, "UTF-8")
-    ss.out = new PrintStream(outputBuffer, true, "UTF-8")
-
     ss
   }
 
+  sessionState.err = new PrintStream(outputBuffer, true, "UTF-8")
+  sessionState.out = new PrintStream(outputBuffer, true, "UTF-8")
+
   override def set(key: String, value: String): Unit = {
     super.set(key, value)
     runSqlHive(s"SET $key=$value")