diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/JsonProtocol.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/JsonProtocol.scala
index 2954f932b4f4..ccffb3665298 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/JsonProtocol.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/JsonProtocol.scala
@@ -76,12 +76,13 @@ private[deploy] object JsonProtocol {
   }
 
   def writeMasterState(obj: MasterStateResponse): JObject = {
+    val aliveWorkers = obj.workers.filter(_.isAlive())
     ("url" -> obj.uri) ~
     ("workers" -> obj.workers.toList.map(writeWorkerInfo)) ~
-    ("cores" -> obj.workers.map(_.cores).sum) ~
-    ("coresused" -> obj.workers.map(_.coresUsed).sum) ~
-    ("memory" -> obj.workers.map(_.memory).sum) ~
-    ("memoryused" -> obj.workers.map(_.memoryUsed).sum) ~
+    ("cores" -> aliveWorkers.map(_.cores).sum) ~
+    ("coresused" -> aliveWorkers.map(_.coresUsed).sum) ~
+    ("memory" -> aliveWorkers.map(_.memory).sum) ~
+    ("memoryused" -> aliveWorkers.map(_.memoryUsed).sum) ~
     ("activeapps" -> obj.activeApps.toList.map(writeApplicationInfo)) ~
     ("completedapps" -> obj.completedApps.toList.map(writeApplicationInfo)) ~
     ("activedrivers" -> obj.activeDrivers.toList.map(writeDriverInfo)) ~
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/WorkerInfo.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/WorkerInfo.scala
index 9b3d48c6edc8..7d6c0c7ac815 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/WorkerInfo.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/WorkerInfo.scala
@@ -107,4 +107,6 @@ private[spark] class WorkerInfo(
   def setState(state: WorkerState.Value): Unit = {
     this.state = state
   }
+
+  def isAlive(): Boolean = this.state == WorkerState.ALIVE
 }