diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
index 7029980cdb44..1cd63849de63 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
@@ -996,14 +996,14 @@ private[spark] class SparkSubmit extends Logging {
           // TODO(SPARK-42375): Should point out the user-facing page here instead.
           logInfo("You need to specify Spark Connect jars with --jars or --packages.")
         }
-        throw new SparkUserAppException(CLASS_NOT_FOUND_EXIT_STATUS)
+        throw new SparkUserAppException(SparkExitCode.CLASS_NOT_FOUND)
       case e: NoClassDefFoundError =>
         logError(log"Failed to load ${MDC(LogKeys.CLASS_NAME, childMainClass)}", e)
         if (e.getMessage.contains("org/apache/hadoop/hive")) {
           logInfo("Failed to load hive class.")
           logInfo("You need to build Spark with -Phive and -Phive-thriftserver.")
         }
-        throw new SparkUserAppException(CLASS_NOT_FOUND_EXIT_STATUS)
+        throw new SparkUserAppException(SparkExitCode.CLASS_NOT_FOUND)
     }
 
     val app: SparkApplication = if (classOf[SparkApplication].isAssignableFrom(mainClass)) {
@@ -1080,8 +1080,6 @@ object SparkSubmit extends CommandLineUtils with Logging {
   private val SPARKR_PACKAGE_ARCHIVE = "sparkr.zip"
   private val R_PACKAGE_ARCHIVE = "rpkg.zip"
 
-  private val CLASS_NOT_FOUND_EXIT_STATUS = 101
-
   // Following constants are visible for testing.
   private[deploy] val YARN_CLUSTER_SUBMIT_CLASS =
     "org.apache.spark.deploy.yarn.YarnClusterApplication"
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/SparkExitCode.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/SparkExitCode.scala
index e8f8788243cd..0ffc2afd9635 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/SparkExitCode.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/SparkExitCode.scala
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ private[spark] object SparkExitCode {
       OutOfMemoryError. */
   val OOM = 52
 
+  /** Exit due to ClassNotFoundException or NoClassDefFoundError. */
+  val CLASS_NOT_FOUND = 101
+
   /** Exit because the driver is running over the given threshold. */
   val DRIVER_TIMEOUT = 124