diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/regression/GeneralizedLinearRegression.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/regression/GeneralizedLinearRegression.scala
index 0ee895a95a288..8336df8e34ae0 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/regression/GeneralizedLinearRegression.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/regression/GeneralizedLinearRegression.scala
@@ -1220,10 +1220,41 @@ class GeneralizedLinearRegressionSummary private[regression] (
 
   private[regression] lazy val link: Link = familyLink.link
 
+  /**
+   * summary row containing:
+   *  numInstances, weightSum, deviance, rss, weighted average of label - offset.
+   */
+  private lazy val glrSummary = {
+    val devUDF = udf { (label: Double, pred: Double, weight: Double) =>
+      family.deviance(label, pred, weight)
+    }
+    val devCol = sum(devUDF(label, prediction, weight))
+
+    val rssCol = if (model.getFamily.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT) != Binomial.name &&
+      model.getFamily.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT) != Poisson.name) {
+      val rssUDF = udf { (label: Double, pred: Double, weight: Double) =>
+        (label - pred) * (label - pred) * weight / family.variance(pred)
+      }
+      sum(rssUDF(label, prediction, weight))
+    } else {
+      lit(Double.NaN)
+    }
+
+    val avgCol = if (model.getFitIntercept &&
+      (!model.hasOffsetCol || (model.hasOffsetCol && family == Gaussian && link == Identity))) {
+      sum((label - offset) * weight) / sum(weight)
+    } else {
+      lit(Double.NaN)
+    }
+
+    predictions
+      .select(count(label), sum(weight), devCol, rssCol, avgCol)
+      .head()
+  }
+
   /** Number of instances in DataFrame predictions. */
   @Since("2.2.0")
-  lazy val numInstances: Long = predictions.count()
-
+  lazy val numInstances: Long = glrSummary.getLong(0)
 
   /**
    * Name of features. If the name cannot be retrieved from attributes,
@@ -1335,9 +1366,7 @@ class GeneralizedLinearRegressionSummary private[regression] (
        */
       if (!model.hasOffsetCol ||
         (model.hasOffsetCol && family == Gaussian && link == Identity)) {
-        val agg = predictions.agg(sum(weight.multiply(
-          label.minus(offset))), sum(weight)).first()
-        link.link(agg.getDouble(0) / agg.getDouble(1))
+        link.link(glrSummary.getDouble(4))
       } else {
         // Create empty feature column and fit intercept only model using param setting from model
         val featureNull = "feature_" + java.util.UUID.randomUUID.toString
@@ -1362,12 +1391,7 @@ class GeneralizedLinearRegressionSummary private[regression] (
    * The deviance for the fitted model.
    */
   @Since("2.0.0")
-  lazy val deviance: Double = {
-    predictions.select(label, prediction, weight).rdd.map {
-      case Row(label: Double, pred: Double, weight: Double) =>
-        family.deviance(label, pred, weight)
-    }.sum()
-  }
+  lazy val deviance: Double = glrSummary.getDouble(2)
 
   /**
    * The dispersion of the fitted model.
@@ -1381,14 +1405,14 @@ class GeneralizedLinearRegressionSummary private[regression] (
       model.getFamily.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT) == Poisson.name) {
     1.0
   } else {
-    val rss = pearsonResiduals.agg(sum(pow(col("pearsonResiduals"), 2.0))).first().getDouble(0)
+    val rss = glrSummary.getDouble(3)
     rss / degreesOfFreedom
   }
 
   /** Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) for the fitted model. */
   @Since("2.0.0")
   lazy val aic: Double = {
-    val weightSum = predictions.select(weight).agg(sum(weight)).first().getDouble(0)
+    val weightSum = glrSummary.getDouble(1)
     val t = predictions.select(
       label, prediction, weight).rdd.map {
         case Row(label: Double, pred: Double, weight: Double) =>
diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/regression/LinearRegression.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/regression/LinearRegression.scala
index d9f09c097292a..de559142a9261 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/regression/LinearRegression.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/regression/LinearRegression.scala
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ class LinearRegressionSummary private[regression] (
   }
 
   /** Number of instances in DataFrame predictions */
-  lazy val numInstances: Long = predictions.count()
+  lazy val numInstances: Long = metrics.count
 
   /** Degrees of freedom */
   @Since("2.2.0")
diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/evaluation/RegressionMetrics.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/evaluation/RegressionMetrics.scala
index b697d2746ce7b..7938427544bd9 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/evaluation/RegressionMetrics.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/evaluation/RegressionMetrics.scala
@@ -131,4 +131,6 @@ class RegressionMetrics @Since("2.0.0") (
       1 - SSerr / SStot
     }
   }
+
+  private[spark] def count: Long = summary.count
 }