diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/arithmetic.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/arithmetic.scala
index 4db1352291e0..91ffac0ba2a6 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/arithmetic.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/arithmetic.scala
@@ -498,34 +498,35 @@ case class Pmod(left: Expression, right: Expression) extends BinaryArithmetic wi
 
   override def doGenCode(ctx: CodegenContext, ev: ExprCode): ExprCode = {
     nullSafeCodeGen(ctx, ev, (eval1, eval2) => {
+      val remainder = ctx.freshName("remainder")
       dataType match {
         case dt: DecimalType =>
           val decimalAdd = "$plus"
           s"""
-            ${ctx.javaType(dataType)} r = $eval1.remainder($eval2);
-            if (r.compare(new org.apache.spark.sql.types.Decimal().set(0)) < 0) {
-              ${ev.value} = (r.$decimalAdd($eval2)).remainder($eval2);
+            ${ctx.javaType(dataType)} $remainder = $eval1.remainder($eval2);
+            if ($remainder.compare(new org.apache.spark.sql.types.Decimal().set(0)) < 0) {
+              ${ev.value} = ($remainder.$decimalAdd($eval2)).remainder($eval2);
             } else {
-              ${ev.value} = r;
+              ${ev.value} = $remainder;
             }
           """
         // byte and short are casted into int when add, minus, times or divide
         case ByteType | ShortType =>
           s"""
-            ${ctx.javaType(dataType)} r = (${ctx.javaType(dataType)})($eval1 % $eval2);
-            if (r < 0) {
-              ${ev.value} = (${ctx.javaType(dataType)})((r + $eval2) % $eval2);
+            ${ctx.javaType(dataType)} $remainder = (${ctx.javaType(dataType)})($eval1 % $eval2);
+            if ($remainder < 0) {
+              ${ev.value} = (${ctx.javaType(dataType)})(($remainder + $eval2) % $eval2);
             } else {
-              ${ev.value} = r;
+              ${ev.value} = $remainder;
             }
           """
         case _ =>
           s"""
-            ${ctx.javaType(dataType)} r = $eval1 % $eval2;
-            if (r < 0) {
-              ${ev.value} = (r + $eval2) % $eval2;
+            ${ctx.javaType(dataType)} $remainder = $eval1 % $eval2;
+            if ($remainder < 0) {
+              ${ev.value} = ($remainder + $eval2) % $eval2;
             } else {
-              ${ev.value} = r;
+              ${ev.value} = $remainder;
             }
           """
       }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/DataFrameReaderWriterSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/DataFrameReaderWriterSuite.scala
index 05935cec4b67..f706b20364c9 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/DataFrameReaderWriterSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/DataFrameReaderWriterSuite.scala
@@ -449,6 +449,20 @@ class DataFrameReaderWriterSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext with Be
     }
   }
 
+  test("pmod with partitionBy") {
+    val spark = this.spark
+    import spark.implicits._
+
+    case class Test(a: Int, b: String)
+    val data = Seq((0, "a"), (1, "b"), (1, "a"))
+    spark.createDataset(data).createOrReplaceTempView("test")
+    sql("select * from test distribute by pmod(_1, 2)")
+      .write
+      .partitionBy("_2")
+      .mode("overwrite")
+      .parquet(dir)
+  }
+
   private def testRead(
       df: => DataFrame,
       expectedResult: Seq[String],