diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/session.py b/python/pyspark/sql/session.py
index 927554198743e..f94b9c2115044 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/session.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/session.py
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         sparkContext: SparkContext,
         jsparkSession: Optional[JavaObject] = None,
-        options: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+        options: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = {},
     ):
         from pyspark.sql.context import SQLContext
 
@@ -305,10 +305,7 @@ def __init__(
             ):
                 jsparkSession = self._jvm.SparkSession.getDefaultSession().get()
             else:
-                jsparkSession = self._jvm.SparkSession(self._jsc.sc())
-                if options is not None:
-                    for key, value in options.items():
-                        jsparkSession.sharedState().conf().set(key, value)
+                jsparkSession = self._jvm.SparkSession(self._jsc.sc(), options)
         self._jsparkSession = jsparkSession
         self._jwrapped = self._jsparkSession.sqlContext()
         self._wrapped = SQLContext(self._sc, self, self._jwrapped)
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_session.py b/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_session.py
index eb23b68ccf498..06771fac896ba 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_session.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_session.py
@@ -289,18 +289,23 @@ def test_another_spark_session(self):
             if session2 is not None:
                 session2.stop()
 
-    def test_create_spark_context_first_and_copy_options_to_sharedState(self):
+    def test_create_spark_context_with_initial_session_options(self):
         sc = None
         session = None
         try:
             conf = SparkConf().set("key1", "value1")
             sc = SparkContext("local[4]", "SessionBuilderTests", conf=conf)
             session = (
-                SparkSession.builder.config("key2", "value2").enableHiveSupport().getOrCreate()
+                SparkSession.builder.config("spark.sql.codegen.comments", "true")
+                .enableHiveSupport()
+                .getOrCreate()
             )
 
             self.assertEqual(session._jsparkSession.sharedState().conf().get("key1"), "value1")
-            self.assertEqual(session._jsparkSession.sharedState().conf().get("key2"), "value2")
+            self.assertEqual(
+                session._jsparkSession.sharedState().conf().get("spark.sql.codegen.comments"),
+                "true",
+            )
             self.assertEqual(
                 session._jsparkSession.sharedState().conf().get("spark.sql.catalogImplementation"),
                 "hive",
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSession.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSession.scala
index 63812b873ba8e..df110aa269e7b 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSession.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSession.scala
@@ -97,13 +97,17 @@ class SparkSession private(
    * since that would cause every new session to reinvoke Spark Session Extensions on the currently
    * running extensions.
    */
-  private[sql] def this(sc: SparkContext) = {
+  private[sql] def this(
+      sc: SparkContext,
+      initialSessionOptions: java.util.HashMap[String, String]) = {
     this(sc, None, None,
       SparkSession.applyExtensions(
         sc.getConf.get(StaticSQLConf.SPARK_SESSION_EXTENSIONS).getOrElse(Seq.empty),
-        new SparkSessionExtensions), Map.empty)
+        new SparkSessionExtensions), initialSessionOptions.asScala.toMap)
   }
 
+  private[sql] def this(sc: SparkContext) = this(sc, new java.util.HashMap[String, String]())
+
   private[sql] val sessionUUID: String = UUID.randomUUID.toString
 
   sparkContext.assertNotStopped()