diff --git a/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/Checkpoint.scala b/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/Checkpoint.scala
index f88a8a015155..cb4c94fb9d5a 100644
--- a/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/Checkpoint.scala
+++ b/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/Checkpoint.scala
@@ -43,10 +43,13 @@ class Checkpoint(@transient ssc: StreamingContext, val checkpointTime: Time)
   val delaySeconds = MetadataCleaner.getDelaySeconds(ssc.conf)
   val sparkConfPairs = ssc.conf.getAll
 
-  def sparkConf = {
-    new SparkConf(false).setAll(sparkConfPairs)
+  def createSparkConf(): SparkConf = {
+    val newSparkConf = new SparkConf(loadDefaults = false).setAll(sparkConfPairs)
       .remove("spark.driver.host")
       .remove("spark.driver.port")
+    val newMasterOption = new SparkConf(loadDefaults = true).getOption("spark.master")
+    newMasterOption.foreach { newMaster => newSparkConf.setMaster(newMaster) }
+    newSparkConf
   }
 
   def validate() {
diff --git a/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/StreamingContext.scala b/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/StreamingContext.scala
index ba3f23434f24..54b98ce3ec8d 100644
--- a/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/StreamingContext.scala
+++ b/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/StreamingContext.scala
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class StreamingContext private[streaming] (
 
   private[streaming] val sc: SparkContext = {
     if (isCheckpointPresent) {
-      new SparkContext(cp_.sparkConf)
+      new SparkContext(cp_.createSparkConf())
     } else {
       sc_
     }
diff --git a/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/CheckpointSuite.scala b/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/CheckpointSuite.scala
index 03c448f1df5f..8ea91eca683c 100644
--- a/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/CheckpointSuite.scala
+++ b/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/CheckpointSuite.scala
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class CheckpointSuite extends TestSuiteBase {
 
   // This tests whether spark conf persists through checkpoints, and certain
   // configs gets scrubbed
-  test("persistence of conf through checkpoints") {
+  test("recovery of conf through checkpoints") {
     val key = "spark.mykey"
     val value = "myvalue"
     System.setProperty(key, value)
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class CheckpointSuite extends TestSuiteBase {
     val originalConf = ssc.conf
 
     val cp = new Checkpoint(ssc, Time(1000))
-    val cpConf = cp.sparkConf
+    val cpConf = cp.createSparkConf()
     assert(cpConf.get("spark.master") === originalConf.get("spark.master"))
     assert(cpConf.get("spark.app.name") === originalConf.get("spark.app.name"))
     assert(cpConf.get(key) === value)
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ class CheckpointSuite extends TestSuiteBase {
     // Serialize/deserialize to simulate write to storage and reading it back
     val newCp = Utils.deserialize[Checkpoint](Utils.serialize(cp))
 
-    val newCpConf = newCp.sparkConf
+    // Verify new SparkConf has all the previous properties
+    val newCpConf = newCp.createSparkConf()
     assert(newCpConf.get("spark.master") === originalConf.get("spark.master"))
     assert(newCpConf.get("spark.app.name") === originalConf.get("spark.app.name"))
     assert(newCpConf.get(key) === value)
@@ -174,6 +175,20 @@ class CheckpointSuite extends TestSuiteBase {
     ssc = new StreamingContext(null, newCp, null)
     val restoredConf = ssc.conf
     assert(restoredConf.get(key) === value)
+    ssc.stop()
+
+    // Verify new SparkConf picks up new master url if it is set in the properties. See SPARK-6331.
+    try {
+      val newMaster = "local[100]"
+      System.setProperty("spark.master", newMaster)
+      val newCpConf = newCp.createSparkConf()
+      assert(newCpConf.get("spark.master") === newMaster)
+      assert(newCpConf.get("spark.app.name") === originalConf.get("spark.app.name"))
+      ssc = new StreamingContext(null, newCp, null)
+      assert(ssc.sparkContext.master === newMaster)
+    } finally {
+      System.clearProperty("spark.master")
+    }
   }
 
 
diff --git a/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/StreamingContextSuite.scala b/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/StreamingContextSuite.scala
index 6a7cd97aa322..2e5005ef6ff1 100644
--- a/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/StreamingContextSuite.scala
+++ b/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/StreamingContextSuite.scala
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class StreamingContextSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with Timeouts w
     assert(cp.sparkConfPairs.toMap.getOrElse("spark.cleaner.ttl", "-1") === "10")
     ssc1.stop()
     val newCp = Utils.deserialize[Checkpoint](Utils.serialize(cp))
-    assert(newCp.sparkConf.getInt("spark.cleaner.ttl", -1) === 10)
+    assert(newCp.createSparkConf().getInt("spark.cleaner.ttl", -1) === 10)
     ssc = new StreamingContext(null, newCp, null)
     assert(ssc.conf.getInt("spark.cleaner.ttl", -1) === 10)
   }