diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocol.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocol.scala
index 2cb88919c8c83540922b5f781e419a585a32bf5b..1d2cb7acefa334490200957b14a28c94acd7ee3e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocol.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocol.scala
@@ -264,8 +264,7 @@ private[spark] object JsonProtocol {
     ("Submission Time" -> submissionTime) ~
     ("Completion Time" -> completionTime) ~
     ("Failure Reason" -> failureReason) ~
-    ("Accumulables" -> JArray(
-      stageInfo.accumulables.values.map(accumulableInfoToJson).toList))
+    ("Accumulables" -> accumulablesToJson(stageInfo.accumulables.values))
   }
 
   def taskInfoToJson(taskInfo: TaskInfo): JValue = {
@@ -281,7 +280,15 @@ private[spark] object JsonProtocol {
     ("Finish Time" -> taskInfo.finishTime) ~
     ("Failed" -> taskInfo.failed) ~
     ("Killed" -> taskInfo.killed) ~
-    ("Accumulables" -> JArray(taskInfo.accumulables.toList.map(accumulableInfoToJson)))
+    ("Accumulables" -> accumulablesToJson(taskInfo.accumulables))
+  }
+
+  private lazy val accumulableBlacklist = Set("internal.metrics.updatedBlockStatuses")
+
+  def accumulablesToJson(accumulables: Traversable[AccumulableInfo]): JArray = {
+    JArray(accumulables
+        .filterNot(_.name.exists(accumulableBlacklist.contains))
+        .toList.map(accumulableInfoToJson))
   }
 
   def accumulableInfoToJson(accumulableInfo: AccumulableInfo): JValue = {
@@ -376,7 +383,7 @@ private[spark] object JsonProtocol {
         ("Message" -> fetchFailed.message)
       case exceptionFailure: ExceptionFailure =>
         val stackTrace = stackTraceToJson(exceptionFailure.stackTrace)
-        val accumUpdates = JArray(exceptionFailure.accumUpdates.map(accumulableInfoToJson).toList)
+        val accumUpdates = accumulablesToJson(exceptionFailure.accumUpdates)
         ("Class Name" -> exceptionFailure.className) ~
         ("Description" -> exceptionFailure.description) ~
         ("Stack Trace" -> stackTrace) ~