diff --git a/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/api/java/JavaStreamingContext.scala b/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/api/java/JavaStreamingContext.scala
index a2f0b88cb094f7c8fc8e47c3210d54c7ea3354b8..108950466ac1296d5ee95bc531abb06cb42fa537 100644
--- a/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/api/java/JavaStreamingContext.scala
+++ b/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/api/java/JavaStreamingContext.scala
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class JavaStreamingContext(val ssc: StreamingContext) {
    * Re-creates a StreamingContext from a checkpoint file.
    * @param path Path to the directory that was specified as the checkpoint directory
    */
-  def this(path: String) = this(new StreamingContext(path))
+  def this(path: String) = this(new StreamingContext(path, new Configuration))
 
   /**
    * Re-creates a StreamingContext from a checkpoint file.