diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/r/GeneralizedLinearRegressionWrapper.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/r/GeneralizedLinearRegressionWrapper.scala
index 8bcc9fe5d1b85..a329b8c4e8825 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/r/GeneralizedLinearRegressionWrapper.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/r/GeneralizedLinearRegressionWrapper.scala
@@ -24,16 +24,11 @@ import org.json4s.jackson.JsonMethods._
 
 import org.apache.spark.ml.{Pipeline, PipelineModel}
 import org.apache.spark.ml.attribute.{Attribute, AttributeGroup, NominalAttribute}
-import org.apache.spark.ml.feature.{IndexToString, RFormula}
-import org.apache.spark.ml.regression._
-import org.apache.spark.ml.Transformer
-import org.apache.spark.ml.param.ParamMap
-import org.apache.spark.ml.param.shared._
+import org.apache.spark.ml.feature.{IndexToString, RFormula, SQLTransformer}
 import org.apache.spark.ml.r.RWrapperUtils._
+import org.apache.spark.ml.regression._
 import org.apache.spark.ml.util._
 import org.apache.spark.sql._
-import org.apache.spark.sql.functions._
-import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 
 private[r] class GeneralizedLinearRegressionWrapper private (
     val pipeline: PipelineModel,
@@ -114,9 +109,9 @@ private[r] object GeneralizedLinearRegressionWrapper
       .setLabelCol(rFormula.getLabelCol)
     val pipeline = if (family == "binomial") {
       // Convert prediction from probability to label index.
-      val probToPred = new ProbabilityToPrediction()
-        .setInputCol(PREDICTED_LABEL_PROB_COL)
-        .setOutputCol(PREDICTED_LABEL_INDEX_COL)
+      val statement =
+        s"SELECT *, ROUND($PREDICTED_LABEL_PROB_COL) AS $PREDICTED_LABEL_INDEX_COL FROM __THIS__"
+      val probToPred = new SQLTransformer().setStatement(statement)
       // Convert prediction from label index to original label.
       val labelAttr = Attribute.fromStructField(schema(rFormulaModel.getLabelCol))
         .asInstanceOf[NominalAttribute]
@@ -248,27 +243,3 @@ private[r] object GeneralizedLinearRegressionWrapper
     }
   }
 }
-
-/**
- * This utility transformer converts the predicted value of GeneralizedLinearRegressionModel
- * with "binomial" family from probability to prediction according to threshold 0.5.
- */
-private[r] class ProbabilityToPrediction private[r] (override val uid: String)
-  extends Transformer with HasInputCol with HasOutputCol with DefaultParamsWritable {
-
-  def this() = this(Identifiable.randomUID("probToPred"))
-
-  def setInputCol(value: String): this.type = set(inputCol, value)
-
-  def setOutputCol(value: String): this.type = set(outputCol, value)
-
-  override def transformSchema(schema: StructType): StructType = {
-    StructType(schema.fields :+ StructField($(outputCol), DoubleType))
-  }
-
-  override def transform(dataset: Dataset[_]): DataFrame = {
-    dataset.withColumn($(outputCol), round(col($(inputCol))))
-  }
-
-  override def copy(extra: ParamMap): ProbabilityToPrediction = defaultCopy(extra)
-}