diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Literal.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Literal.scala
index d85b98dfb566d..08cd4d0f3f009 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Literal.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Literal.scala
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ object Literal {
    * data type is not supported by SparkSQL.
    */
   protected[sql] def anyToLiteral(literal: Any): Column = {
+    // If the literal is a symbol, convert it into a Column.
+    if (literal.isInstanceOf[Symbol]) {
+      return dsl.symbolToColumn(literal.asInstanceOf[Symbol])
+    }
+
     val literalExpr = literal match {
       case v: Int => LiteralExpr(v, IntegerType)
       case v: Long => LiteralExpr(v, LongType)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DslQuerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DslQuerySuite.scala
index 50817eb8015e3..3bdeb1871aca1 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DslQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DslQuerySuite.scala
@@ -118,19 +118,19 @@ class DslQuerySuite extends QueryTest {
 
     checkAnswer(
       arrayData.orderBy('data.getItem(0).asc),
-      arrayData.toSchemaRDD.collect().sortBy(_.getAs[Seq[Int]](0)(0)).toSeq)
+      arrayData.toDF.collect().sortBy(_.getAs[Seq[Int]](0)(0)).toSeq)
 
     checkAnswer(
       arrayData.orderBy('data.getItem(0).desc),
-      arrayData.toSchemaRDD.collect().sortBy(_.getAs[Seq[Int]](0)(0)).reverse.toSeq)
+      arrayData.toDF.collect().sortBy(_.getAs[Seq[Int]](0)(0)).reverse.toSeq)
 
     checkAnswer(
       arrayData.orderBy('data.getItem(1).asc),
-      arrayData.toSchemaRDD.collect().sortBy(_.getAs[Seq[Int]](0)(1)).toSeq)
+      arrayData.toDF.collect().sortBy(_.getAs[Seq[Int]](0)(1)).toSeq)
 
     checkAnswer(
       arrayData.orderBy('data.getItem(1).desc),
-      arrayData.toSchemaRDD.collect().sortBy(_.getAs[Seq[Int]](0)(1)).reverse.toSeq)
+      arrayData.toDF.collect().sortBy(_.getAs[Seq[Int]](0)(1)).reverse.toSeq)
   }
 
   test("limit") {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/TestData.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/TestData.scala
index 0e573e5668892..fffa2b7dfa6e1 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/TestData.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/TestData.scala
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ case class TestData(key: Int, value: String)
 
 object TestData {
   val testData = TestSQLContext.sparkContext.parallelize(
-    (1 to 100).map(i => TestData(i, i.toString))).toSchemaRDD
+    (1 to 100).map(i => TestData(i, i.toString))).toDF
   testData.registerTempTable("testData")
 
   val negativeData = TestSQLContext.sparkContext.parallelize(
-    (1 to 100).map(i => TestData(-i, (-i).toString))).toSchemaRDD
+    (1 to 100).map(i => TestData(-i, (-i).toString))).toDF
   negativeData.registerTempTable("negativeData")
 
   case class LargeAndSmallInts(a: Int, b: Int)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ object TestData {
       LargeAndSmallInts(2147483645, 1) ::
       LargeAndSmallInts(2, 2) ::
       LargeAndSmallInts(2147483646, 1) ::
-      LargeAndSmallInts(3, 2) :: Nil).toSchemaRDD
+      LargeAndSmallInts(3, 2) :: Nil).toDF
   largeAndSmallInts.registerTempTable("largeAndSmallInts")
 
   case class TestData2(a: Int, b: Int)
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ object TestData {
       TestData2(2, 1) ::
       TestData2(2, 2) ::
       TestData2(3, 1) ::
-      TestData2(3, 2) :: Nil, 2).toSchemaRDD
+      TestData2(3, 2) :: Nil, 2).toDF
   testData2.registerTempTable("testData2")
 
   case class DecimalData(a: BigDecimal, b: BigDecimal)
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ object TestData {
       DecimalData(2, 1) ::
       DecimalData(2, 2) ::
       DecimalData(3, 1) ::
-      DecimalData(3, 2) :: Nil).toSchemaRDD
+      DecimalData(3, 2) :: Nil).toDF
   decimalData.registerTempTable("decimalData")
 
   case class BinaryData(a: Array[Byte], b: Int)
@@ -78,14 +78,14 @@ object TestData {
       BinaryData("22".getBytes(), 5) ::
       BinaryData("122".getBytes(), 3) ::
       BinaryData("121".getBytes(), 2) ::
-      BinaryData("123".getBytes(), 4) :: Nil).toSchemaRDD
+      BinaryData("123".getBytes(), 4) :: Nil).toDF
   binaryData.registerTempTable("binaryData")
 
   case class TestData3(a: Int, b: Option[Int])
   val testData3 =
     TestSQLContext.sparkContext.parallelize(
       TestData3(1, None) ::
-      TestData3(2, Some(2)) :: Nil).toSchemaRDD
+      TestData3(2, Some(2)) :: Nil).toDF
   testData3.registerTempTable("testData3")
 
   val emptyTableData = logical.LocalRelation($"a".int, $"b".int)
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ object TestData {
       UpperCaseData(3, "C") ::
       UpperCaseData(4, "D") ::
       UpperCaseData(5, "E") ::
-      UpperCaseData(6, "F") :: Nil).toSchemaRDD
+      UpperCaseData(6, "F") :: Nil).toDF
   upperCaseData.registerTempTable("upperCaseData")
 
   case class LowerCaseData(n: Int, l: String)
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ object TestData {
       LowerCaseData(1, "a") ::
       LowerCaseData(2, "b") ::
       LowerCaseData(3, "c") ::
-      LowerCaseData(4, "d") :: Nil).toSchemaRDD
+      LowerCaseData(4, "d") :: Nil).toDF
   lowerCaseData.registerTempTable("lowerCaseData")
 
   case class ArrayData(data: Seq[Int], nestedData: Seq[Seq[Int]])
@@ -201,6 +201,6 @@ object TestData {
     TestSQLContext.sparkContext.parallelize(
       ComplexData(Map(1 -> "1"), TestData(1, "1"), Seq(1), true)
         :: ComplexData(Map(2 -> "2"), TestData(2, "2"), Seq(2), false)
-        :: Nil).toSchemaRDD
+        :: Nil).toDF
   complexData.registerTempTable("complexData")
 }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/json/JsonSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/json/JsonSuite.scala
index 879d90d0a4d5b..ef198f846c53a 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/json/JsonSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/json/JsonSuite.scala
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ class JsonSuite extends QueryTest {
 
     val schemaRDD1 = applySchema(rowRDD1, schema1)
     schemaRDD1.registerTempTable("applySchema1")
-    val schemaRDD2 = schemaRDD1.toSchemaRDD
+    val schemaRDD2 = schemaRDD1.toDF
     val result = schemaRDD2.toJSON.collect()
     assert(result(0) == "{\"f1\":1,\"f2\":\"A1\",\"f3\":true,\"f4\":[\"1\",\" A1\",\" true\",\" null\"]}")
     assert(result(3) == "{\"f1\":4,\"f2\":\"D4\",\"f3\":true,\"f4\":[\"4\",\" D4\",\" true\",\" 2147483644\"],\"f5\":2147483644}")
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ class JsonSuite extends QueryTest {
 
     val schemaRDD3 = applySchema(rowRDD2, schema2)
     schemaRDD3.registerTempTable("applySchema2")
-    val schemaRDD4 = schemaRDD3.toSchemaRDD
+    val schemaRDD4 = schemaRDD3.toDF
     val result2 = schemaRDD4.toJSON.collect()
 
     assert(result2(1) == "{\"f1\":{\"f11\":2,\"f12\":false},\"f2\":{\"B2\":null}}")
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/InsertIntoHiveTableSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/InsertIntoHiveTableSuite.scala
index 0e6636d38ed3c..5775d83fcbf67 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/InsertIntoHiveTableSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/InsertIntoHiveTableSuite.scala
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class InsertIntoHiveTableSuite extends QueryTest {
     // Make sure the table has been updated.
     checkAnswer(
       sql("SELECT * FROM createAndInsertTest"),
-      testData.toSchemaRDD.collect().toSeq ++ testData.toSchemaRDD.collect().toSeq
+      testData.toDF.collect().toSeq ++ testData.toDF.collect().toSeq
     )
 
     // Now overwrite.