diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/MovieLensALS.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/MovieLensALS.scala
index 3ae53e57dbdb8..02ed746954f23 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/MovieLensALS.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/MovieLensALS.scala
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ object MovieLensALS {
     def parseMovie(str: String): Movie = {
       val fields = str.split("::")
       assert(fields.size == 3)
-      Movie(fields(0).toInt, fields(1), fields(2).split("|"))
+      Movie(fields(0).toInt, fields(1), fields(2).split("\\|"))
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/util/FileBasedWriteAheadLog.scala b/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/util/FileBasedWriteAheadLog.scala
index a99b570835831..b946e0d8e9271 100644
--- a/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/util/FileBasedWriteAheadLog.scala
+++ b/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/util/FileBasedWriteAheadLog.scala
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ private[streaming] object FileBasedWriteAheadLog {
 
   def getCallerName(): Option[String] = {
     val stackTraceClasses = Thread.currentThread.getStackTrace().map(_.getClassName)
-    stackTraceClasses.find(!_.contains("WriteAheadLog")).flatMap(_.split(".").lastOption)
+    stackTraceClasses.find(!_.contains("WriteAheadLog")).flatMap(_.split("\\.").lastOption)
   }
 
   /** Convert a sequence of files to a sequence of sorted LogInfo objects */