diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/streaming/ActorWordCount.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/streaming/ActorWordCount.scala
index 8e88987439ffc731e90547df942450705fc57966..9f7c7d50e5176a837e7834f20016c439102fbff4 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/streaming/ActorWordCount.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/streaming/ActorWordCount.scala
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 // scalastyle:off println
 package org.apache.spark.examples.streaming
 
-import scala.collection.mutable.LinkedList
+import scala.collection.mutable.LinkedHashSet
 import scala.reflect.ClassTag
 import scala.util.Random
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ case class UnsubscribeReceiver(receiverActor: ActorRef)
 class FeederActor extends Actor {
 
   val rand = new Random()
-  var receivers: LinkedList[ActorRef] = new LinkedList[ActorRef]()
+  val receivers = new LinkedHashSet[ActorRef]()
 
   val strings: Array[String] = Array("words ", "may ", "count ")
 
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ class FeederActor extends Actor {
   def receive: Receive = {
     case SubscribeReceiver(receiverActor: ActorRef) =>
       println("received subscribe from %s".format(receiverActor.toString))
-      receivers = LinkedList(receiverActor) ++ receivers
+      receivers += receiverActor
 
     case UnsubscribeReceiver(receiverActor: ActorRef) =>
       println("received unsubscribe from %s".format(receiverActor.toString))
-      receivers = receivers.dropWhile(x => x eq receiverActor)
+      receivers -= receiverActor
   }
 }