diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala
index 47108353583a..f93d8a8d5de5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala
@@ -1245,9 +1245,10 @@ private[spark] class DAGScheduler(
   private def updateAccumulators(event: CompletionEvent): Unit = {
     val task = event.task
     val stage = stageIdToStage(task.stageId)
-    try {
-      event.accumUpdates.foreach { updates =>
-        val id = updates.id
+
+    event.accumUpdates.foreach { updates =>
+      val id = updates.id
+      try {
         // Find the corresponding accumulator on the driver and update it
         val acc: AccumulatorV2[Any, Any] = AccumulatorContext.get(id) match {
           case Some(accum) => accum.asInstanceOf[AccumulatorV2[Any, Any]]
@@ -1261,10 +1262,17 @@ private[spark] class DAGScheduler(
           event.taskInfo.setAccumulables(
             acc.toInfo(Some(updates.value), Some(acc.value)) +: event.taskInfo.accumulables)
         }
+      } catch {
+        case NonFatal(e) =>
+          // Log the class name to make it easy to find the bad implementation
+          val accumClassName = AccumulatorContext.get(id) match {
+            case Some(accum) => accum.getClass.getName
+            case None => "Unknown class"
+          }
+          logError(
+            s"Failed to update accumulator $id ($accumClassName) for task ${task.partitionId}",
+            e)
       }
-    } catch {
-      case NonFatal(e) =>
-        logError(s"Failed to update accumulators for task ${task.partitionId}", e)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGSchedulerSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGSchedulerSuite.scala
index d6c9ae6ab519..b41d2acab715 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGSchedulerSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGSchedulerSuite.scala
@@ -1880,6 +1880,26 @@ class DAGSchedulerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with LocalSparkContext with TimeLi
     assert(sc.parallelize(1 to 10, 2).count() === 10)
   }
 
+  test("misbehaved accumulator should not impact other accumulators") {
+    val bad = new LongAccumulator {
+      override def merge(other: AccumulatorV2[java.lang.Long, java.lang.Long]): Unit = {
+        throw new DAGSchedulerSuiteDummyException
+      }
+    }
+    sc.register(bad, "bad")
+    val good = sc.longAccumulator("good")
+
+    sc.parallelize(1 to 10, 2).foreach { item =>
+      bad.add(1)
+      good.add(1)
+    }
+
+    // This is to ensure the `bad` accumulator did fail to update its value
+    assert(bad.value == 0L)
+    // Should be able to update the "good" accumulator
+    assert(good.value == 10L)
+  }
+
   /**
    * The job will be failed on first task throwing a DAGSchedulerSuiteDummyException.
    *  Any subsequent task WILL throw a legitimate java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException.
diff --git a/docs/rdd-programming-guide.md b/docs/rdd-programming-guide.md
index 005425754c64..9a07d6ca24b6 100644
--- a/docs/rdd-programming-guide.md
+++ b/docs/rdd-programming-guide.md
@@ -1465,6 +1465,10 @@ jsc.sc().register(myVectorAcc, "MyVectorAcc1");
 
 Note that, when programmers define their own type of AccumulatorV2, the resulting type can be different than that of the elements added.
 
+*Warning*: When a Spark task finishes, Spark will try to merge the accumulated updates in this task to an accumulator.
+If it fails, Spark will ignore the failure and still mark the task successful and continue to run other tasks. Hence,
+a buggy accumulator will not impact a Spark job, but it may not get updated correctly although a Spark job is successful.
+
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