Index: ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/parse/SemanticAnalyzer.java =================================================================== --- ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/parse/SemanticAnalyzer.java (revision 1043657) +++ ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/parse/SemanticAnalyzer.java (working copy) @@ -7283,7 +7283,9 @@ if(MapRedTask.isEligibleForLocalMode(conf, inputSummary, numReducers) != null) { hasNonLocalJob = true; break; - } + }else{ + mrtask.setLocalMode(true); + } } catch (IOException e) { throw new SemanticException (e); }