diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskSetManager.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskSetManager.scala
index 6e8eb6c40eeda..4a10a6fb3e8cf 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskSetManager.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskSetManager.scala
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.spark.scheduler
 
 import java.io.NotSerializableException
-import java.util.Arrays
+import java.util.{Arrays, Timer, TimerTask}
 
 import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
 import scala.collection.mutable.HashMap
@@ -96,13 +96,6 @@ private[spark] class TaskSetManager(
   var totalResultSize = 0L
   var calculatedTasks = 0
 
-  // show progress bar in console
-  private val console = System.console()
-  private val showProgress = console != null &&
-    conf.getBoolean("spark.driver.showConsoleProgress", true)
-  private val startTime = clock.getTime()
-  private var lastUpdate = clock.getTime()
-
   val runningTasksSet = new HashSet[Long]
   override def runningTasks = runningTasksSet.size
 
@@ -181,6 +174,77 @@ private[spark] class TaskSetManager(
 
   var emittedTaskSizeWarning = false
 
+  // show progress bar in console
+  private val console = System.console()
+  private val showProgress = console != null &&
+    conf.getBoolean("spark.driver.showConsoleProgress", true)
+  private val startTime = clock.getTime()
+  private var lastUpdate = clock.getTime()
+
+  // show the progress bar if no task succeeds in 500ms
+  private val timer = new Timer("show progress", true)
+  timer.schedule(new TimerTask{
+    override def run() {
+      if (tasksSuccessful < numTasks) {
+        showProgressBar(tasksSuccessful, numTasks)
+      }
+    }
+  }, 500)
+
+  /**
+   * Show progress in console (also in title). The progress bar is displayed in the next line
+   * after your last output, keeps overwriting itself to hold in one line. The logging will follow
+   * the progress bar, then progress bar will be showed in next line without overwrite logs.
+   *
+   * @param finished the number of finished tasks
+   * @param total total number of tasks
+   */
+  private def showProgressBar(finished: Int, total: Int): Unit = {
+    val now = clock.getTime()
+    // Only update title once in 100 milliseconds
+    if (now - lastUpdate < 100 && finished < total) {
+      return
+    }
+    lastUpdate = now
+
+    // show progress in title
+    if (Terminal.getTerminal.isANSISupported) {
+      val ESC = "\033"
+      val title = if (finished < total) {
+        s"Spark Job: $finished/$total Finished, $runningTasks are running"
+      } else {
+        s"Spark Job: Finished in ${Utils.msDurationToString(now - startTime)}"
+      }
+      console.printf(s"$ESC]0; $title \007")
+    }
+
+    // show one line progress bar
+    if (!log.isInfoEnabled) {
+      if (finished < total) {
+        val header = s"Stage $stageId: ["
+        val tailer = s"] $finished+$runningTasks/$total - " +
+          s"${Utils.msDurationToString(now - startTime)}"
+        val width = Terminal.getTerminal.getTerminalWidth - header.size - tailer.size
+        val percent = finished * width / total;
+        val bar = (0 until width).map { i =>
+          if (i < percent) "=" else if (i == percent) ">" else " "
+        }.mkString("")
+        console.printf("\r" + header + bar + tailer)
+      } else {
+        val finishTimes = taskInfos.map(_._2.finishTime - startTime)
+        val avg = finishTimes.sum / finishTimes.size / 1000
+        val min = finishTimes.min / 1000
+        val max = finishTimes.max / 1000
+        val med = finishTimes.toSeq.sorted.slice(0, finishTimes.size / 2).last / 1000
+        val nFailures = numFailures.sum
+        var summary = s"Stage $stageId: Finished in ${Utils.msDurationToString(now - startTime)} " +
+          s"with $total tasks (min=$min/median=$med/avg=$avg/max=${max} s)."
+        console.printf("\r" + summary +
+          " " * (Terminal.getTerminal.getTerminalWidth - summary.size) + "\r\n")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Add a task to all the pending-task lists that it should be on. If readding is set, we are
    * re-adding the task so only include it in each list if it's not already there.
@@ -537,62 +601,6 @@ private[spark] class TaskSetManager(
     sched.dagScheduler.taskGettingResult(info)
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Show progress in console (also in title). The progress bar is displayed in the next line
-   * after your last output, keeps overwriting itself to hold in one line. The logging will follow
-   * the progress bar, then progress bar will be showed in next line without overwrite logs.
-   *
-   * TODO(davies): the progress will not show until success of any tasks
-   *
-   * @param finished the number of finished tasks
-   * @param total total number of tasks
-   */
-  private def showProgressBar(finished: Int, total: Int): Unit = {
-    val now = clock.getTime()
-    // Only update title once in 100 milliseconds
-    if (now - lastUpdate < 100 && finished < total) {
-      return
-    }
-    lastUpdate = now
-
-    // show progress in title
-    if (Terminal.getTerminal.isANSISupported) {
-      val ESC = "\033"
-      val title = if (finished < total) {
-        s"Spark Job: $finished/$total Finished, $runningTasks are running"
-      } else {
-        s"Spark Job: Finished in ${Utils.msDurationToString(now - startTime)}"
-      }
-      console.printf(s"$ESC]0; $title \007")
-    }
-
-    // show one line progress bar
-    if (!log.isInfoEnabled) {
-      if (finished < total) {
-        val header = s"Stage $stageId: ["
-        val tailer = s"] $finished+$runningTasks/$total - " +
-          s"${Utils.msDurationToString(now - startTime)}"
-        val width = Terminal.getTerminal.getTerminalWidth - header.size - tailer.size
-        val percent = finished * width / total;
-        val bar = (0 until width).map { i =>
-          if (i < percent) "=" else if (i == percent) ">" else " "
-        }.mkString("")
-        console.printf("\r" + header + bar + tailer)
-      } else {
-        val finishTimes = taskInfos.map(_._2.finishTime - startTime)
-        val avg = finishTimes.sum / finishTimes.size / 1000
-        val min = finishTimes.min / 1000
-        val max = finishTimes.max / 1000
-        val med = finishTimes.toSeq.sorted.slice(0, finishTimes.size / 2).last / 1000
-        val nFailures = numFailures.sum
-        var summary = s"Stage $stageId: Finished in ${Utils.msDurationToString(now - startTime)} " +
-          s"with $total tasks (min=$min/median=$med/avg=$avg/max=${max} s)."
-        console.printf("\r" + summary +
-          " " * (Terminal.getTerminal.getTerminalWidth - summary.size) + "\r\n")
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   /*
    * Check whether has enough quota to fetch the result with `size` bytes
    */