diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/clustering/GaussianMixture.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/clustering/GaussianMixture.scala
index 5259ee419445f..f19ad7a5a6938 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/clustering/GaussianMixture.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/clustering/GaussianMixture.scala
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ private[clustering] trait GaussianMixtureParams extends Params with HasMaxIter w
    */
   protected def validateAndTransformSchema(schema: StructType): StructType = {
     SchemaUtils.checkColumnType(schema, $(featuresCol), new VectorUDT)
-    SchemaUtils.appendColumn(schema, $(predictionCol), IntegerType)
-    SchemaUtils.appendColumn(schema, $(probabilityCol), new VectorUDT)
+    val schemaWithPredictionCol = SchemaUtils.appendColumn(schema, $(predictionCol), IntegerType)
+    SchemaUtils.appendColumn(schemaWithPredictionCol, $(probabilityCol), new VectorUDT)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/regression/AFTSurvivalRegression.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/regression/AFTSurvivalRegression.scala
index 0891994530f88..16821f317760e 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/regression/AFTSurvivalRegression.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/regression/AFTSurvivalRegression.scala
@@ -109,10 +109,12 @@ private[regression] trait AFTSurvivalRegressionParams extends Params
       SchemaUtils.checkNumericType(schema, $(censorCol))
       SchemaUtils.checkNumericType(schema, $(labelCol))
     }
-    if (hasQuantilesCol) {
+
+    val schemaWithQuantilesCol = if (hasQuantilesCol) {
       SchemaUtils.appendColumn(schema, $(quantilesCol), new VectorUDT)
-    }
-    SchemaUtils.appendColumn(schema, $(predictionCol), DoubleType)
+    } else schema
+
+    SchemaUtils.appendColumn(schemaWithQuantilesCol, $(predictionCol), DoubleType)
   }
 }