diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/AttributeSet.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/AttributeSet.scala
index b77f93373e78..7420b6b57d8e 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/AttributeSet.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/AttributeSet.scala
@@ -121,7 +121,12 @@ class AttributeSet private (val baseSet: Set[AttributeEquals])
 
   // We must force toSeq to not be strict otherwise we end up with a [[Stream]] that captures all
   // sorts of things in its closure.
-  override def toSeq: Seq[Attribute] = baseSet.map(_.a).toArray.toSeq
+  override def toSeq: Seq[Attribute] = {
+    // We need to keep a deterministic output order for `baseSet` because this affects a variable
+    // order in generated code (e.g., `GenerateColumnAccessor`).
+    // See SPARK-18394 for details.
+    baseSet.map(_.a).toSeq.sortBy { a => (a.name, a.exprId.id) }
+  }
 
   override def toString: String = "{" + baseSet.map(_.a).mkString(", ") + "}"
 
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/AttributeSetSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/AttributeSetSuite.scala
index 273f95f91ee5..b6e8b667a240 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/AttributeSetSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/AttributeSetSuite.scala
@@ -78,4 +78,44 @@ class AttributeSetSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     assert(aSet == aSet)
     assert(aSet == AttributeSet(aUpper :: Nil))
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-18394 keep a deterministic output order along with attribute names and exprIds") {
+    // Checks a simple case
+    val attrSeqA = {
+      val attr1 = AttributeReference("c1", IntegerType)(exprId = ExprId(1098))
+      val attr2 = AttributeReference("c2", IntegerType)(exprId = ExprId(107))
+      val attr3 = AttributeReference("c3", IntegerType)(exprId = ExprId(838))
+      val attrSetA = AttributeSet(attr1 :: attr2 :: attr3 :: Nil)
+
+      val attr4 = AttributeReference("c4", IntegerType)(exprId = ExprId(389))
+      val attr5 = AttributeReference("c5", IntegerType)(exprId = ExprId(89329))
+
+      val attrSetB = AttributeSet(attr4 :: attr5 :: Nil)
+      (attrSetA ++ attrSetB).toSeq.map(_.name)
+    }
+
+    val attrSeqB = {
+      val attr1 = AttributeReference("c1", IntegerType)(exprId = ExprId(392))
+      val attr2 = AttributeReference("c2", IntegerType)(exprId = ExprId(92))
+      val attr3 = AttributeReference("c3", IntegerType)(exprId = ExprId(87))
+      val attrSetA = AttributeSet(attr1 :: attr2 :: attr3 :: Nil)
+
+      val attr4 = AttributeReference("c4", IntegerType)(exprId = ExprId(9023920))
+      val attr5 = AttributeReference("c5", IntegerType)(exprId = ExprId(522))
+      val attrSetB = AttributeSet(attr4 :: attr5 :: Nil)
+
+      (attrSetA ++ attrSetB).toSeq.map(_.name)
+    }
+
+    assert(attrSeqA === attrSeqB)
+
+    // Checks the same column names having different exprIds
+    val attr1 = AttributeReference("c", IntegerType)(exprId = ExprId(1098))
+    val attr2 = AttributeReference("c", IntegerType)(exprId = ExprId(107))
+    val attrSetA = AttributeSet(attr1 :: attr2 :: Nil)
+    val attr3 = AttributeReference("c", IntegerType)(exprId = ExprId(389))
+    val attrSetB = AttributeSet(attr3 :: Nil)
+
+    assert((attrSetA ++ attrSetB).toSeq === attr2 :: attr3 :: attr1 :: Nil)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/PruningSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/PruningSuite.scala
index d535bef4cc78..cc592cf6ca62 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/PruningSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/PruningSuite.scala
@@ -162,7 +162,12 @@ class PruningSuite extends HiveComparisonTest with BeforeAndAfter {
       }.head
 
       assert(actualOutputColumns === expectedOutputColumns, "Output columns mismatch")
-      assert(actualScannedColumns === expectedScannedColumns, "Scanned columns mismatch")
+
+      // Scanned columns in `HiveTableScanExec` are generated by the `pruneFilterProject` method
+      // in `SparkPlanner`. This method internally uses `AttributeSet.toSeq`, in which
+      // the returned output columns are sorted by the names and expression ids.
+      assert(actualScannedColumns.sorted === expectedScannedColumns.sorted,
+        "Scanned columns mismatch")
 
       val actualPartitions = actualPartValues.map(_.asScala.mkString(",")).sorted
       val expectedPartitions = expectedPartValues.map(_.mkString(",")).sorted