diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/ScalaReflection.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/ScalaReflection.scala
index 3d4296f9d7068b1f36c0d4a39c1117bf73ffd2ee..7d930fccd52d18d3afa5d46455c565c4e9f68a40 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/ScalaReflection.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/ScalaReflection.scala
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.types._
  * Provides experimental support for generating catalyst schemas for scala objects.
  */
 object ScalaReflection {
+  // The Predef.Map is scala.collection.immutable.Map.
+  // Since the map values can be mutable, we explicitly import scala.collection.Map at here.
+  import scala.collection.Map
   import scala.reflect.runtime.universe._
 
   case class Schema(dataType: DataType, nullable: Boolean)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/TestData.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/TestData.scala
index 1c21afc17e25e19722097495d16cc924aab5c2e0..6c38575b13a2d9078b1c31f75df1ce2215e43db6 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/TestData.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/TestData.scala
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ object TestData {
       ArrayData(Seq(2,3,4), Seq(Seq(2,3,4))) :: Nil)
   arrayData.registerTempTable("arrayData")
 
-  case class MapData(data: Map[Int, String])
+  case class MapData(data: scala.collection.Map[Int, String])
   val mapData =
     TestSQLContext.sparkContext.parallelize(
       MapData(Map(1 -> "a1", 2 -> "b1", 3 -> "c1", 4 -> "d1", 5 -> "e1")) ::
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/InsertIntoHiveTable.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/InsertIntoHiveTable.scala
index 7db5fd804d6efe12974a9b66c384d7c4331b240b..79234f8a66f05292d405bb0ba09bfaef6fd2f480 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/InsertIntoHiveTable.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/InsertIntoHiveTable.scala
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ case class InsertIntoHiveTable(
       (o: Any) => seqAsJavaList(o.asInstanceOf[Seq[_]].map(wrapper))
 
     case moi: MapObjectInspector =>
+      // The Predef.Map is scala.collection.immutable.Map.
+      // Since the map values can be mutable, we explicitly import scala.collection.Map at here.
+      import scala.collection.Map
+
       val keyWrapper = wrapperFor(moi.getMapKeyObjectInspector)
       val valueWrapper = wrapperFor(moi.getMapValueObjectInspector)
       (o: Any) => mapAsJavaMap(o.asInstanceOf[Map[_, _]].map { case (key, value) =>
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/InsertIntoHiveTableSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/InsertIntoHiveTableSuite.scala
index 7e323146f9da22c066ffca889b26d7adae689795..18dc937dd2b27f0f50a13c17956e1899876275fc 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/InsertIntoHiveTableSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/InsertIntoHiveTableSuite.scala
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.spark.sql.hive
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.QueryTest
+import org.apache.spark.sql._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.test.TestHive
 
 /* Implicits */
@@ -73,4 +74,21 @@ class InsertIntoHiveTableSuite extends QueryTest {
     createTable[TestData]("createAndInsertTest")
     createTable[TestData]("createAndInsertTest")
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-4052: scala.collection.Map as value type of MapType") {
+    val schema = StructType(StructField("m", MapType(StringType, StringType), true) :: Nil)
+    val rowRDD = TestHive.sparkContext.parallelize(
+      (1 to 100).map(i => Row(scala.collection.mutable.HashMap(s"key$i" -> s"value$i"))))
+    val schemaRDD = applySchema(rowRDD, schema)
+    schemaRDD.registerTempTable("tableWithMapValue")
+    sql("CREATE TABLE hiveTableWithMapValue(m MAP <STRING, STRING>)")
+    sql("INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE hiveTableWithMapValue SELECT m FROM tableWithMapValue")
+
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("SELECT * FROM hiveTableWithMapValue"),
+      rowRDD.collect().toSeq
+    )
+
+    sql("DROP TABLE hiveTableWithMapValue")
+  }
 }