diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala
index 7887e559a302..b8968a96f530 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ final class DataFrameWriter private[sql](df: DataFrame) {
       if (!tableExists) {
         val schema = JdbcUtils.schemaString(df, url)
         val sql = s"CREATE TABLE $table ($schema)"
-        conn.prepareStatement(sql).executeUpdate()
+        conn.createStatement.executeUpdate(sql)
       }
     } finally {
       conn.close()
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JdbcUtils.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JdbcUtils.scala
index f89d55b20e21..a89f4f6ed9df 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JdbcUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JdbcUtils.scala
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ object JdbcUtils extends Logging {
    * Drops a table from the JDBC database.
    */
   def dropTable(conn: Connection, table: String): Unit = {
-    conn.prepareStatement(s"DROP TABLE $table").executeUpdate()
+    conn.createStatement.executeUpdate(s"DROP TABLE $table")
   }
 
   /**