diff --git a/bin/spark-submit b/bin/spark-submit
index 63903b17a290272cdf363fca716494dbcaf72d80..9e7cecedd0325697a47316ea3a4a55463fa0407f 100755
--- a/bin/spark-submit
+++ b/bin/spark-submit
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ if [ -n "$DRIVER_MEMORY" ] && [ $DEPLOY_MODE == "client" ]; then
   export SPARK_DRIVER_MEMORY=$DRIVER_MEMORY
 fi
 
-$SPARK_HOME/bin/spark-class org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit "${ORIG_ARGS[@]}"
+exec $SPARK_HOME/bin/spark-class org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit "${ORIG_ARGS[@]}"