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 d0046afdeb447..37f3b0868f032 100644
--- a/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/Checkpoint.scala
+++ b/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/Checkpoint.scala
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class Checkpoint(ssc: StreamingContext, val checkpointTime: Time)
       "spark.master",
       "spark.yarn.keytab",
       "spark.yarn.principal",
+      "spark.yarn.credentials.file",
       "spark.ui.filters")
 
     val newSparkConf = new SparkConf(loadDefaults = false).setAll(sparkConfPairs)