diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala
index a53ef426f79b5..43df19ba009a8 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala
@@ -482,15 +482,15 @@ case class Cast(child: Expression, dataType: DataType, timeZoneId: Option[String
       case (fromField, toField) => cast(fromField.dataType, toField.dataType)
     }
     // TODO: Could be faster?
-    val newRow = new GenericInternalRow(from.fields.length)
     buildCast[InternalRow](_, row => {
+      val newRow = new GenericInternalRow(from.fields.length)
       var i = 0
       while (i < row.numFields) {
         newRow.update(i,
           if (row.isNullAt(i)) null else castFuncs(i)(row.get(i, from.apply(i).dataType)))
         i += 1
       }
-      newRow.copy()
+      newRow
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/InsertSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/InsertSuite.scala
index 2eae66dda88de..41abff2a5da25 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/InsertSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/InsertSuite.scala
@@ -345,4 +345,25 @@ class InsertSuite extends DataSourceTest with SharedSQLContext {
       )
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-21203 wrong results of insertion of Array of Struct") {
+    val tabName = "tab1"
+    withTable(tabName) {
+      spark.sql(
+        """
+          |CREATE TABLE `tab1`
+          |(`custom_fields` ARRAY<STRUCT<`id`: BIGINT, `value`: STRING>>)
+          |USING parquet
+        """.stripMargin)
+      spark.sql(
+        """
+          |INSERT INTO `tab1`
+          |SELECT ARRAY(named_struct('id', 1, 'value', 'a'), named_struct('id', 2, 'value', 'b'))
+        """.stripMargin)
+
+      checkAnswer(
+        spark.sql("SELECT custom_fields.id, custom_fields.value FROM tab1"),
+        Row(Array(1, 2), Array("a", "b")))
+    }
+  }
 }