diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/python/PythonRDD.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/python/PythonRDD.scala
index f6570d335757a..462e09466bfa6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/python/PythonRDD.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/python/PythonRDD.scala
@@ -599,6 +599,8 @@ private class PythonAccumulatorParam(@transient serverHost: String, serverPort:
     } else {
       // This happens on the master, where we pass the updates to Python through a socket
       val socket = new Socket(serverHost, serverPort)
+      // SPARK-2282: Immediately reuse closed sockets because we create one per task.
+      socket.setReuseAddress(true)
       val in = socket.getInputStream
       val out = new DataOutputStream(new BufferedOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream, bufferSize))
       out.writeInt(val2.size)