diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala
index 2efa997ff22d2..29ede7048a2db 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala
@@ -1021,6 +1021,19 @@ class Analyzer(
         case e: Expand =>
           failOnOuterReferenceInSubTree(e, "an EXPAND")
           e
+        case l : LocalLimit =>
+          failOnOuterReferenceInSubTree(l, "a LIMIT")
+          l
+        // Since LIMIT <n> is represented as GlobalLimit(<n>, (LocalLimit (<n>, child))
+        // and we are walking bottom up, we will fail on LocalLimit before
+        // reaching GlobalLimit.
+        // The code below is just a safety net.
+        case g : GlobalLimit =>
+          failOnOuterReferenceInSubTree(g, "a LIMIT")
+          g
+        case s : Sample =>
+          failOnOuterReferenceInSubTree(s, "a TABLESAMPLE")
+          s
         case p =>
           failOnOuterReference(p)
           p
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/AnalysisErrorSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/AnalysisErrorSuite.scala
index ff112c51697ad..6438065fb292e 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/AnalysisErrorSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/AnalysisErrorSuite.scala
@@ -533,5 +533,22 @@ class AnalysisErrorSuite extends AnalysisTest {
       Exists(Union(LocalRelation(b), Filter(EqualTo(OuterReference(a), c), LocalRelation(c)))),
       LocalRelation(a))
     assertAnalysisError(plan3, "Accessing outer query column is not allowed in" :: Nil)
+
+    val plan4 = Filter(
+      Exists(
+        Limit(1,
+          Filter(EqualTo(OuterReference(a), b), LocalRelation(b)))
+      ),
+      LocalRelation(a))
+    assertAnalysisError(plan4, "Accessing outer query column is not allowed in a LIMIT" :: Nil)
+
+    val plan5 = Filter(
+      Exists(
+        Sample(0.0, 0.5, false, 1L,
+          Filter(EqualTo(OuterReference(a), b), LocalRelation(b)))().select('b)
+      ),
+      LocalRelation(a))
+    assertAnalysisError(plan5,
+                        "Accessing outer query column is not allowed in a TABLESAMPLE" :: Nil)
   }
 }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SubquerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SubquerySuite.scala
index afed342ff8e2a..52387b4b72a16 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SubquerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SubquerySuite.scala
@@ -571,4 +571,33 @@ class SubquerySuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
       Row(1.0, false) :: Row(1.0, false) :: Row(2.0, true) :: Row(2.0, true) ::
         Row(3.0, false) :: Row(5.0, true) :: Row(null, false) :: Row(null, true) :: Nil)
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-16804: Correlated subqueries containing LIMIT - 1") {
+    withTempView("onerow") {
+      Seq(1).toDF("c1").createOrReplaceTempView("onerow")
+
+      checkAnswer(
+        sql(
+          """
+            | select c1 from onerow t1
+            | where exists (select 1 from onerow t2 where t1.c1=t2.c1)
+            | and   exists (select 1 from onerow LIMIT 1)""".stripMargin),
+        Row(1) :: Nil)
+     }
+   }
+
+  test("SPARK-16804: Correlated subqueries containing LIMIT - 2") {
+    withTempView("onerow") {
+      Seq(1).toDF("c1").createOrReplaceTempView("onerow")
+
+      checkAnswer(
+        sql(
+          """
+            | select c1 from onerow t1
+            | where exists (select 1
+            |               from   (select 1 from onerow t2 LIMIT 1)
+            |               where  t1.c1=t2.c1)""".stripMargin),
+        Row(1) :: Nil)
+     }
+   }
 }