diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/UTF8StringBuilder.java b/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/UTF8StringBuilder.java
index f0f66bae245fd..f8000d78cd1b6 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/UTF8StringBuilder.java
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/UTF8StringBuilder.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.Platform;
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.array.ByteArrayMethods;
+import org.apache.spark.unsafe.memory.ByteArrayMemoryBlock;
+import org.apache.spark.unsafe.memory.MemoryBlock;
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String;
 
 /**
@@ -29,43 +31,34 @@ public class UTF8StringBuilder {
 
   private static final int ARRAY_MAX = ByteArrayMethods.MAX_ROUNDED_ARRAY_LENGTH;
 
-  private byte[] buffer;
-  private int cursor = Platform.BYTE_ARRAY_OFFSET;
+  private ByteArrayMemoryBlock buffer;
+  private int length = 0;
 
   public UTF8StringBuilder() {
     // Since initial buffer size is 16 in `StringBuilder`, we set the same size here
-    this.buffer = new byte[16];
+    this.buffer = new ByteArrayMemoryBlock(16);
   }
 
   // Grows the buffer by at least `neededSize`
   private void grow(int neededSize) {
-    if (neededSize > ARRAY_MAX - totalSize()) {
+    if (neededSize > ARRAY_MAX - length) {
       throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
         "Cannot grow internal buffer by size " + neededSize + " because the size after growing " +
           "exceeds size limitation " + ARRAY_MAX);
     }
-    final int length = totalSize() + neededSize;
-    if (buffer.length < length) {
-      int newLength = length < ARRAY_MAX / 2 ? length * 2 : ARRAY_MAX;
-      final byte[] tmp = new byte[newLength];
-      Platform.copyMemory(
-        buffer,
-        Platform.BYTE_ARRAY_OFFSET,
-        tmp,
-        Platform.BYTE_ARRAY_OFFSET,
-        totalSize());
+    final int requestedSize = length + neededSize;
+    if (buffer.size() < requestedSize) {
+      int newLength = requestedSize < ARRAY_MAX / 2 ? requestedSize * 2 : ARRAY_MAX;
+      final ByteArrayMemoryBlock tmp = new ByteArrayMemoryBlock(newLength);
+      MemoryBlock.copyMemory(buffer, tmp, length);
       buffer = tmp;
     }
   }
 
-  private int totalSize() {
-    return cursor - Platform.BYTE_ARRAY_OFFSET;
-  }
-
   public void append(UTF8String value) {
     grow(value.numBytes());
-    value.writeToMemory(buffer, cursor);
-    cursor += value.numBytes();
+    value.writeToMemory(buffer.getByteArray(), length + Platform.BYTE_ARRAY_OFFSET);
+    length += value.numBytes();
   }
 
   public void append(String value) {
@@ -73,6 +66,6 @@ public void append(String value) {
   }
 
   public UTF8String build() {
-    return UTF8String.fromBytes(buffer, 0, totalSize());
+    return UTF8String.fromBytes(buffer.getByteArray(), 0, length);
   }
 }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/UTF8StringBuilderSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/UTF8StringBuilderSuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1b25a4b191f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/UTF8StringBuilderSuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.codegen
+
+import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
+import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String
+
+class UTF8StringBuilderSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
+
+  test("basic test") {
+    val sb = new UTF8StringBuilder()
+    assert(sb.build() === UTF8String.EMPTY_UTF8)
+
+    sb.append("")
+    assert(sb.build() === UTF8String.EMPTY_UTF8)
+
+    sb.append("abcd")
+    assert(sb.build() === UTF8String.fromString("abcd"))
+
+    sb.append(UTF8String.fromString("1234"))
+    assert(sb.build() === UTF8String.fromString("abcd1234"))
+
+    // expect to grow an internal buffer
+    sb.append(UTF8String.fromString("efgijk567890"))
+    assert(sb.build() === UTF8String.fromString("abcd1234efgijk567890"))
+  }
+}