diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/physical/partitioning.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/physical/partitioning.scala
index 5a89a90b735a6..5ac3f1f5b0cac 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/physical/partitioning.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/physical/partitioning.scala
@@ -216,26 +216,23 @@ case class HashPartitioning(expressions: Seq[Expression], numPartitions: Int)
   override def nullable: Boolean = false
   override def dataType: DataType = IntegerType
 
-  lazy val clusteringSet = expressions.toSet
-
   override def satisfies(required: Distribution): Boolean = required match {
     case UnspecifiedDistribution => true
     case ClusteredDistribution(requiredClustering) =>
-      clusteringSet.subsetOf(requiredClustering.toSet)
+      expressions.toSet.subsetOf(requiredClustering.toSet)
     case _ => false
   }
 
   override def compatibleWith(other: Partitioning): Boolean = other match {
-    case o: HashPartitioning =>
-      this.clusteringSet == o.clusteringSet && this.numPartitions == o.numPartitions
+    case o: HashPartitioning => this == o
     case _ => false
   }
 
   override def guarantees(other: Partitioning): Boolean = other match {
-    case o: HashPartitioning =>
-      this.clusteringSet == o.clusteringSet && this.numPartitions == o.numPartitions
+    case o: HashPartitioning => this == o
     case _ => false
   }
+
 }
 
 /**
@@ -257,15 +254,13 @@ case class RangePartitioning(ordering: Seq[SortOrder], numPartitions: Int)
   override def nullable: Boolean = false
   override def dataType: DataType = IntegerType
 
-  private[this] lazy val clusteringSet = ordering.map(_.child).toSet
-
   override def satisfies(required: Distribution): Boolean = required match {
     case UnspecifiedDistribution => true
     case OrderedDistribution(requiredOrdering) =>
       val minSize = Seq(requiredOrdering.size, ordering.size).min
       requiredOrdering.take(minSize) == ordering.take(minSize)
     case ClusteredDistribution(requiredClustering) =>
-      clusteringSet.subsetOf(requiredClustering.toSet)
+      ordering.map(_.child).toSet.subsetOf(requiredClustering.toSet)
     case _ => false
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/PartitioningSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/PartitioningSuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5b802ccc637dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/PartitioningSuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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+ *
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+ *
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+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst
+
+import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{InterpretedMutableProjection, Literal}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.physical.{ClusteredDistribution, HashPartitioning}
+
+class PartitioningSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
+  test("HashPartitioning compatibility should be sensitive to expression ordering (SPARK-9785)") {
+    val expressions = Seq(Literal(2), Literal(3))
+    // Consider two HashPartitionings that have the same _set_ of hash expressions but which are
+    // created with different orderings of those expressions:
+    val partitioningA = HashPartitioning(expressions, 100)
+    val partitioningB = HashPartitioning(expressions.reverse, 100)
+    // These partitionings are not considered equal:
+    assert(partitioningA != partitioningB)
+    // However, they both satisfy the same clustered distribution:
+    val distribution = ClusteredDistribution(expressions)
+    assert(partitioningA.satisfies(distribution))
+    assert(partitioningB.satisfies(distribution))
+    // These partitionings compute different hashcodes for the same input row:
+    def computeHashCode(partitioning: HashPartitioning): Int = {
+      val hashExprProj = new InterpretedMutableProjection(partitioning.expressions, Seq.empty)
+      hashExprProj.apply(InternalRow.empty).hashCode()
+    }
+    assert(computeHashCode(partitioningA) != computeHashCode(partitioningB))
+    // Thus, these partitionings are incompatible:
+    assert(!partitioningA.compatibleWith(partitioningB))
+    assert(!partitioningB.compatibleWith(partitioningA))
+    assert(!partitioningA.guarantees(partitioningB))
+    assert(!partitioningB.guarantees(partitioningA))
+
+    // Just to be sure that we haven't cheated by having these methods always return false,
+    // check that identical partitionings are still compatible with and guarantee each other:
+    assert(partitioningA === partitioningA)
+    assert(partitioningA.guarantees(partitioningA))
+    assert(partitioningA.compatibleWith(partitioningA))
+  }
+}