diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/CacheManager.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/CacheManager.scala
index 5a1d680c99f66..d1d9861db5c65 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/CacheManager.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/CacheManager.scala
@@ -94,14 +94,16 @@ class CacheManager extends Logging {
       logWarning("Asked to cache already cached data.")
     } else {
       val sparkSession = query.sparkSession
-      cachedData.add(CachedData(
-        planToCache,
-        InMemoryRelation(
-          sparkSession.sessionState.conf.useCompression,
-          sparkSession.sessionState.conf.columnBatchSize,
-          storageLevel,
-          sparkSession.sessionState.executePlan(planToCache).executedPlan,
-          tableName)))
+      val inMemoryRelation = InMemoryRelation(
+        sparkSession.sessionState.conf.useCompression,
+        sparkSession.sessionState.conf.columnBatchSize,
+        storageLevel,
+        sparkSession.sessionState.executePlan(planToCache).executedPlan,
+        tableName)
+      if (planToCache.conf.cboEnabled && planToCache.stats.rowCount.isDefined) {
+        inMemoryRelation.setStatsFromCachedPlan(planToCache)
+      }
+      cachedData.add(CachedData(planToCache, inMemoryRelation))
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/columnar/InMemoryRelation.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/columnar/InMemoryRelation.scala
index 761d00cb82647..25cda8027824d 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/columnar/InMemoryRelation.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/columnar/InMemoryRelation.scala
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.InternalRow
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.MultiInstanceRelation
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.Statistics
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.{LogicalPlan, Statistics}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.SparkPlan
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.LogicalRelation
-import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel
 import org.apache.spark.util.LongAccumulator
 
 
 object InMemoryRelation {
+
   def apply(
       useCompression: Boolean,
       batchSize: Int,
@@ -73,22 +73,20 @@ case class InMemoryRelation(
 
   override def computeStats(): Statistics = {
     if (batchStats.value == 0L) {
-      children.filter(_.isInstanceOf[LogicalRelation]) match {
-        case Seq(c @ LogicalRelation(_, _, _, _), _) if c.conf.cboEnabled =>
-          val stats = c.computeStats()
-          if (stats.rowCount.isDefined) {
-            stats
-          } else {
-            Statistics(sizeInBytes = child.sqlContext.conf.defaultSizeInBytes)
-          }
-        case _ =>
-          Statistics(sizeInBytes = child.sqlContext.conf.defaultSizeInBytes)
-      }
+      inheritedStats.getOrElse(Statistics(sizeInBytes = child.sqlContext.conf.defaultSizeInBytes))
     } else {
       Statistics(sizeInBytes = batchStats.value.longValue)
     }
   }
 
+  private var inheritedStats: Option[Statistics] = _
+
+  private[execution] def setStatsFromCachedPlan(planToCache: LogicalPlan): Unit = {
+    require(planToCache.conf.cboEnabled, "you cannot use the stats of cached plan in" +
+      " InMemoryRelation without cbo enabled")
+    inheritedStats = Some(planToCache.stats)
+  }
+
   // If the cached column buffers were not passed in, we calculate them in the constructor.
   // As in Spark, the actual work of caching is lazy.
   if (_cachedColumnBuffers == null) {