diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DataSourceStrategy.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DataSourceStrategy.scala
index 6c1ef6a6df88..e6165116072b 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DataSourceStrategy.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DataSourceStrategy.scala
@@ -17,20 +17,21 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources
 
-import org.apache.spark.{Logging, TaskContext}
 import org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkHadoopUtil
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.{MapPartitionsRDD, RDD, UnionRDD}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.CatalystTypeConverters.convertToScala
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.{CatalystTypeConverters, InternalRow, expressions}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.planning.PhysicalOperation
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.LogicalPlan
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.{CatalystTypeConverters, InternalRow, expressions}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.json.JSONRelation
 import org.apache.spark.sql.sources._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{StringType, StructType}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{SaveMode, Strategy, execution, sources, _}
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String
 import org.apache.spark.util.{SerializableConfiguration, Utils}
+import org.apache.spark.{Logging, TaskContext}
 
 /**
  * A Strategy for planning scans over data sources defined using the sources API.
@@ -61,6 +62,20 @@ private[sql] object DataSourceStrategy extends Strategy with Logging {
     // Scanning partitioned HadoopFsRelation
     case PhysicalOperation(projects, filters, l @ LogicalRelation(t: HadoopFsRelation))
         if t.partitionSpec.partitionColumns.nonEmpty =>
+      // One characteristics of JSONRelation is that, after updating data within the input folder,
+      // users don't need to refresh the relation manually to read the most recent data.  This is
+      // a feature inherited from the old version of JSONRelation (the one before migrating to
+      // HadoopFsRelation).  However, normal HadoopFsRelations don't share this characteristic.
+      // Here we specialize JSONRelation to do the refresh manually.
+      //
+      // Note that we can't do refreshing in JSONRelation.buildScan, because buildScan is invoked
+      // for each individual partition.
+      //
+      // Please refer to SPARK-10289 and SPARK-9743 for more details.
+      if (t.isInstanceOf[JSONRelation]) {
+        t.refresh()
+      }
+
       val selectedPartitions = prunePartitions(filters, t.partitionSpec).toArray
 
       logInfo {
@@ -88,6 +103,20 @@ private[sql] object DataSourceStrategy extends Strategy with Logging {
 
     // Scanning non-partitioned HadoopFsRelation
     case PhysicalOperation(projects, filters, l @ LogicalRelation(t: HadoopFsRelation)) =>
+      // One characteristics of JSONRelation is that, after updating data within the input folder,
+      // users don't need to refresh the relation manually to read the most recent data.  This is
+      // a feature inherited from the old version of JSONRelation (the one before migrating to
+      // HadoopFsRelation).  However, normal HadoopFsRelations don't share this characteristic.
+      // Here we specialize JSONRelation to do the refresh manually.
+      //
+      // Note that we can't do refreshing in JSONRelation.buildScan, because buildScan is invoked
+      // for each individual partition.
+      //
+      // Please refer to SPARK-10289 and SPARK-9743 for more details.
+      if (t.isInstanceOf[JSONRelation]) {
+        t.refresh()
+      }
+
       // See buildPartitionedTableScan for the reason that we need to create a shard
       // broadcast HadoopConf.
       val sharedHadoopConf = SparkHadoopUtil.get.conf
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JSONRelation.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JSONRelation.scala
index 114c8b211891..ab8ca5f748f2 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JSONRelation.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JSONRelation.scala
@@ -111,15 +111,6 @@ private[sql] class JSONRelation(
     jsonSchema
   }
 
-  override private[sql] def buildScan(
-      requiredColumns: Array[String],
-      filters: Array[Filter],
-      inputPaths: Array[String],
-      broadcastedConf: Broadcast[SerializableConfiguration]): RDD[Row] = {
-    refresh()
-    super.buildScan(requiredColumns, filters, inputPaths, broadcastedConf)
-  }
-
   override def buildScan(
       requiredColumns: Array[String],
       filters: Array[Filter],
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/interfaces.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/interfaces.scala
index b3b326fe612c..dff726b33fc7 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/interfaces.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/interfaces.scala
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ abstract class HadoopFsRelation private[sql](maybePartitionSpec: Option[Partitio
     })
   }
 
-  private[sql] def buildScan(
+  final private[sql] def buildScan(
       requiredColumns: Array[String],
       filters: Array[Filter],
       inputPaths: Array[String],