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 02cb2d9a2b118ebebd309805270ce2615bddf31f..c12b5c20ea7bfd03caa202cc71262a4ed5393ff8 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
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ object ScalaReflection extends ScalaReflection {
   // Since we are creating a runtime mirror usign the class loader of current thread,
   // we need to use def at here. So, every time we call mirror, it is using the
   // class loader of the current thread.
-  override def mirror: universe.Mirror =
+  // SPARK-13640: Synchronize this because universe.runtimeMirror is not thread-safe in Scala 2.10.
+  override def mirror: universe.Mirror = ScalaReflectionLock.synchronized {
     universe.runtimeMirror(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader)
+  }
 
   import universe._
 
@@ -665,7 +667,8 @@ trait ScalaReflection {
    *
    * @see SPARK-5281
    */
-  def localTypeOf[T: TypeTag]: `Type` = {
+  // SPARK-13640: Synchronize this because TypeTag.tpe is not thread-safe in Scala 2.10.
+  def localTypeOf[T: TypeTag]: `Type` = ScalaReflectionLock.synchronized {
     val tag = implicitly[TypeTag[T]]
     tag.in(mirror).tpe.normalize
   }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/ScalaReflectionSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/ScalaReflectionSuite.scala
index 5fe09b1a4d6743e8c37c5c2542fc86b1790fa2f1..dd31050bb55787769f08550df559ad338f339338 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/ScalaReflectionSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/ScalaReflectionSuite.scala
@@ -17,10 +17,15 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst
 
+import java.net.URLClassLoader
 import java.sql.{Date, Timestamp}
 
+import scala.reflect.runtime.universe.typeOf
+
 import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.BoundReference
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
+import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 
 case class PrimitiveData(
     intField: Int,
@@ -236,4 +241,40 @@ class ScalaReflectionSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     assert(anyTypes.forall(!_.isPrimitive))
     assert(anyTypes === Seq(classOf[java.lang.Object], classOf[java.lang.Object]))
   }
+
+  private val dataTypeForComplexData = dataTypeFor[ComplexData]
+  private val typeOfComplexData = typeOf[ComplexData]
+
+  Seq(
+    ("mirror", () => mirror),
+    ("dataTypeFor", () => dataTypeFor[ComplexData]),
+    ("constructorFor", () => constructorFor[ComplexData]),
+    ("extractorsFor", {
+      val inputObject = BoundReference(0, dataTypeForComplexData, nullable = false)
+      () => extractorsFor[ComplexData](inputObject)
+    }),
+    ("getConstructorParameters(cls)", () => getConstructorParameters(classOf[ComplexData])),
+    ("getConstructorParameterNames", () => getConstructorParameterNames(classOf[ComplexData])),
+    ("getClassFromType", () => getClassFromType(typeOfComplexData)),
+    ("schemaFor", () => schemaFor[ComplexData]),
+    ("localTypeOf", () => localTypeOf[ComplexData]),
+    ("getClassNameFromType", () => getClassNameFromType(typeOfComplexData)),
+    ("getParameterTypes", () => getParameterTypes(() => ())),
+    ("getConstructorParameters(tpe)", () => getClassNameFromType(typeOfComplexData))).foreach {
+      case (name, exec) =>
+        test(s"SPARK-13640: thread safety of ${name}") {
+          (0 until 100).foreach { _ =>
+            val loader = new URLClassLoader(Array.empty, Utils.getContextOrSparkClassLoader)
+            (0 until 10).par.foreach { _ =>
+              val cl = Thread.currentThread.getContextClassLoader
+              try {
+                Thread.currentThread.setContextClassLoader(loader)
+                exec()
+              } finally {
+                Thread.currentThread.setContextClassLoader(cl)
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+    }
 }