diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/GenericAvroSerializer.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/GenericAvroSerializer.scala
index 9e152ca472e51..5d90ff10ed9c8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/GenericAvroSerializer.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/GenericAvroSerializer.scala
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.serializer
 import java.io.{ByteArrayInputStream, ByteArrayOutputStream}
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer
 
+import org.apache.spark.SparkConf
 import org.apache.spark.io.CompressionCodec
 
 import scala.collection.mutable
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ import org.apache.avro.io._
  * Actions like parsing or compressing schemas are computationally expensive so the serializer
  * caches all previously seen values as to reduce the amount of work needed to do.
  */
-private[serializer] class GenericAvroSerializer(schemas: Map[Long, String], codec: CompressionCodec)
+private[serializer] class GenericAvroSerializer(schemas: Map[Long, String])
   extends KSerializer[GenericRecord] {
 
   /** Used to reduce the amount of effort to compress the schema */
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ private[serializer] class GenericAvroSerializer(schemas: Map[Long, String], code
   private val fingerprintCache = new mutable.HashMap[Schema, Long]()
   private val schemaCache = new mutable.HashMap[Long, Schema]()
 
+  private val codec = CompressionCodec.createCodec(new SparkConf())
+
   /**
    * Used to compress Schemas when they are being sent over the wire.
    * The compression results are memoized to reduce the compression time since the
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/KryoSerializer.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/KryoSerializer.scala
index 19a6077268332..3107a735e2e53 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/KryoSerializer.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/KryoSerializer.scala
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ import java.io.{EOFException, IOException, InputStream, OutputStream}
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer
 import javax.annotation.Nullable
 
-import org.apache.spark.io.CompressionCodec
-
 import scala.reflect.ClassTag
 
 import org.apache.avro.generic.{GenericData, GenericRecord}
@@ -78,7 +76,6 @@ class KryoSerializer(conf: SparkConf)
     .filter(!_.isEmpty)
 
   private val avroSchemas = conf.getAvroSchema
-  private val codec = CompressionCodec.createCodec(conf)
 
   def newKryoOutput(): KryoOutput = new KryoOutput(bufferSize, math.max(bufferSize, maxBufferSize))
 
@@ -106,8 +103,8 @@ class KryoSerializer(conf: SparkConf)
     kryo.register(classOf[HttpBroadcast[_]], new KryoJavaSerializer())
     kryo.register(classOf[PythonBroadcast], new KryoJavaSerializer())
 
-    kryo.register(classOf[GenericRecord], new GenericAvroSerializer(avroSchemas, codec))
-    kryo.register(classOf[GenericData.Record], new GenericAvroSerializer(avroSchemas, codec))
+    kryo.register(classOf[GenericRecord], new GenericAvroSerializer(avroSchemas))
+    kryo.register(classOf[GenericData.Record], new GenericAvroSerializer(avroSchemas))
 
     try {
       // Use the default classloader when calling the user registrator.
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/GenericAvroSerializerSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/GenericAvroSerializerSuite.scala
index 9dc1df4f15165..b7f72da666fef 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/GenericAvroSerializerSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/GenericAvroSerializerSuite.scala
@@ -38,14 +38,12 @@ class GenericAvroSerializerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with SharedSparkContext {
   record.put("data", "test data")
 
   test("schema compression and decompression") {
-    val genericSer = new GenericAvroSerializer(conf.getAvroSchema,
-      CompressionCodec.createCodec(conf))
+    val genericSer = new GenericAvroSerializer(conf.getAvroSchema)
     assert(schema === genericSer.decompress(ByteBuffer.wrap(genericSer.compress(schema))))
   }
 
   test("record serialization and deserialization") {
-    val genericSer = new GenericAvroSerializer(conf.getAvroSchema,
-      CompressionCodec.createCodec(conf))
+    val genericSer = new GenericAvroSerializer(conf.getAvroSchema)
 
     val outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
     val output = new Output(outputStream)
@@ -58,8 +56,7 @@ class GenericAvroSerializerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with SharedSparkContext {
   }
 
   test("uses schema fingerprint to decrease message size") {
-    val genericSerFull = new GenericAvroSerializer(conf.getAvroSchema,
-      CompressionCodec.createCodec(conf))
+    val genericSerFull = new GenericAvroSerializer(conf.getAvroSchema)
 
     val output = new Output(new ByteArrayOutputStream())
 
@@ -69,8 +66,7 @@ class GenericAvroSerializerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with SharedSparkContext {
     val normalLength = output.total - beginningNormalPosition
 
     conf.registerAvroSchemas(schema)
-    val genericSerFinger = new GenericAvroSerializer(conf.getAvroSchema,
-      CompressionCodec.createCodec(conf))
+    val genericSerFinger = new GenericAvroSerializer(conf.getAvroSchema)
     val beginningFingerprintPosition = output.total()
     genericSerFinger.serializeDatum(record, output)
     val fingerprintLength = output.total - beginningFingerprintPosition
@@ -79,8 +75,7 @@ class GenericAvroSerializerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with SharedSparkContext {
   }
 
   test("caches previously seen schemas") {
-    val genericSer = new GenericAvroSerializer(conf.getAvroSchema,
-      CompressionCodec.createCodec(conf))
+    val genericSer = new GenericAvroSerializer(conf.getAvroSchema)
     val compressedSchema = genericSer.compress(schema)
     val decompressedScheam = genericSer.decompress(ByteBuffer.wrap(compressedSchema))