diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/SparkFirehoseListener.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/SparkFirehoseListener.java
index e51c8e08d2cdc..8fa167806ecf2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/SparkFirehoseListener.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/SparkFirehoseListener.java
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ public void onSpeculativeTaskSubmitted(SparkListenerSpeculativeTaskSubmitted spe
 
   @Override
   public void onExtraExecutorNeeded() {
-    onEvent(null);
   }
 
   @Override