diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
index 1186bed485250..7ac6cbce4cd1d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ object SparkSubmit {
         Nil
       }
     val resolvedMavenCoordinates = SparkSubmitUtils.resolveMavenCoordinates(args.packages,
-      Some(args.repositories), Some(args.ivyRepoPath), exclusions = exclusions)
+      Option(args.repositories), Option(args.ivyRepoPath), exclusions = exclusions)
     if (!StringUtils.isBlank(resolvedMavenCoordinates)) {
       args.jars = mergeFileLists(args.jars, resolvedMavenCoordinates)
       if (args.isPython) {