diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/EquivalentExpressions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/EquivalentExpressions.scala
index 8d8cc152ff29c2287193e833c853a5fb50560042..607c7c877cc14c9c12fff37363f62909421da4c3 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/EquivalentExpressions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/EquivalentExpressions.scala
@@ -69,8 +69,17 @@ class EquivalentExpressions {
    */
   def addExprTree(root: Expression, ignoreLeaf: Boolean = true): Unit = {
     val skip = root.isInstanceOf[LeafExpression] && ignoreLeaf
-    // the children of CodegenFallback will not be used to generate code (call eval() instead)
-    if (!skip && !addExpr(root) && !root.isInstanceOf[CodegenFallback]) {
+    // There are some special expressions that we should not recurse into children.
+    //   1. CodegenFallback: it's children will not be used to generate code (call eval() instead)
+    //   2. ReferenceToExpressions: it's kind of an explicit sub-expression elimination.
+    val shouldRecurse = root match {
+      // TODO: some expressions implements `CodegenFallback` but can still do codegen,
+      // e.g. `CaseWhen`, we should support them.
+      case _: CodegenFallback => false
+      case _: ReferenceToExpressions => false
+      case _ => true
+    }
+    if (!skip && !addExpr(root) && shouldRecurse) {
       root.children.foreach(addExprTree(_, ignoreLeaf))
     }
   }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/CodeGenerator.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/CodeGenerator.scala
index 38ac13b208aabea1155b4b7ec6f65372eb5edce4..d29c27c14b0c3ff79829644dae176562980c5fa2 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/CodeGenerator.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/CodeGenerator.scala
@@ -110,13 +110,17 @@ class CodegenContext {
   }
 
   def declareMutableStates(): String = {
-    mutableStates.map { case (javaType, variableName, _) =>
+    // It's possible that we add same mutable state twice, e.g. the `mergeExpressions` in
+    // `TypedAggregateExpression`, we should call `distinct` here to remove the duplicated ones.
+    mutableStates.distinct.map { case (javaType, variableName, _) =>
       s"private $javaType $variableName;"
     }.mkString("\n")
   }
 
   def initMutableStates(): String = {
-    mutableStates.map(_._3).mkString("\n")
+    // It's possible that we add same mutable state twice, e.g. the `mergeExpressions` in
+    // `TypedAggregateExpression`, we should call `distinct` here to remove the duplicated ones.
+    mutableStates.distinct.map(_._3).mkString("\n")
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DatasetAggregatorSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DatasetAggregatorSuite.scala
index 0d84a594f71a9b62dbb9971a8ce4cf24961994bc..6eae3ed7ad6c0df5dcbf3a307c3a6300c5780aec 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DatasetAggregatorSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DatasetAggregatorSuite.scala
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql
 
 import scala.language.postfixOps
 
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.encoders.ExpressionEncoder
 import org.apache.spark.sql.expressions.Aggregator
 import org.apache.spark.sql.expressions.scala.typed
 import org.apache.spark.sql.functions._
@@ -72,6 +73,16 @@ object NameAgg extends Aggregator[AggData, String, String] {
 }
 
 
+object SeqAgg extends Aggregator[AggData, Seq[Int], Seq[Int]] {
+  def zero: Seq[Int] = Nil
+  def reduce(b: Seq[Int], a: AggData): Seq[Int] = a.a +: b
+  def merge(b1: Seq[Int], b2: Seq[Int]): Seq[Int] = b1 ++ b2
+  def finish(r: Seq[Int]): Seq[Int] = r
+  override def bufferEncoder: Encoder[Seq[Int]] = ExpressionEncoder()
+  override def outputEncoder: Encoder[Seq[Int]] = ExpressionEncoder()
+}
+
+
 class ParameterizedTypeSum[IN, OUT : Numeric : Encoder](f: IN => OUT)
   extends Aggregator[IN, OUT, OUT] {
 
@@ -212,4 +223,13 @@ class DatasetAggregatorSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
     val df = Seq(1 -> "a", 2 -> "b", 3 -> "b").toDF("i", "j")
     checkAnswer(df.groupBy($"j").agg(RowAgg.toColumn), Row("a", 1) :: Row("b", 5) :: Nil)
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-14675: ClassFormatError when use Seq as Aggregator buffer type") {
+    val ds = Seq(AggData(1, "a"), AggData(2, "a")).toDS()
+
+    checkDataset(
+      ds.groupByKey(_.b).agg(SeqAgg.toColumn),
+      "a" -> Seq(1, 2)
+    )
+  }
 }