diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
index be70d422cb551..f2b79b84b63c8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ class SparkContext(config: SparkConf) extends Logging {
     _statusTracker = new SparkStatusTracker(this, _statusStore)
 
     _progressBar =
-      if (_conf.get(UI_SHOW_CONSOLE_PROGRESS) && !log.isInfoEnabled) {
+      if (_conf.get(UI_SHOW_CONSOLE_PROGRESS)) {
         Some(new ConsoleProgressBar(this))
       } else {
         None
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala
index 3712d1a1f632d..4b414f713376c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala
@@ -479,11 +479,29 @@ class SparkSubmitSuite
     val appArgs1 = new SparkSubmitArguments(clArgs1)
     val (_, _, conf1, _) = submit.prepareSubmitEnvironment(appArgs1)
     conf1.get(UI_SHOW_CONSOLE_PROGRESS) should be (true)
+    var sc1: SparkContext = null
+    try {
+      sc1 = new SparkContext(conf1)
+      assert(sc1.progressBar.isDefined)
+    } finally {
+      if (sc1 != null) {
+        sc1.stop()
+      }
+    }
 
     val clArgs2 = Seq("--class", "org.SomeClass", "thejar.jar")
     val appArgs2 = new SparkSubmitArguments(clArgs2)
     val (_, _, conf2, _) = submit.prepareSubmitEnvironment(appArgs2)
     assert(!conf2.contains(UI_SHOW_CONSOLE_PROGRESS))
+    var sc2: SparkContext = null
+    try {
+      sc2 = new SparkContext(conf2)
+      assert(!sc2.progressBar.isDefined)
+    } finally {
+      if (sc2 != null) {
+        sc2.stop()
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   test("launch simple application with spark-submit") {