diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskSchedulerImplSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskSchedulerImplSuite.scala
index a6d5232feb8de..07bdb84cd756f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskSchedulerImplSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/TaskSchedulerImplSuite.scala
@@ -128,4 +128,20 @@ class TaskSchedulerImplSuite extends SparkFunSuite with LocalSparkContext with L
     assert(taskDescriptions.map(_.executorId) === Seq("executor0"))
   }
 
+  test("refuse to schedule concurrent attempts for the same stage (SPARK-8103)") {
+    sc = new SparkContext("local", "TaskSchedulerImplSuite")
+    val taskScheduler = new TaskSchedulerImpl(sc)
+    taskScheduler.initialize(new FakeSchedulerBackend)
+    // Need to initialize a DAGScheduler for the taskScheduler to use for callbacks.
+    val dagScheduler = new DAGScheduler(sc, taskScheduler) {
+      override def taskStarted(task: Task[_], taskInfo: TaskInfo) {}
+      override def executorAdded(execId: String, host: String) {}
+    }
+    taskScheduler.setDAGScheduler(dagScheduler)
+    val attempt1 = new TaskSet(Array(new FakeTask(0)), 0, 0, 0, null)
+    val attempt2 = new TaskSet(Array(new FakeTask(0)), 0, 1, 0, null)
+    taskScheduler.submitTasks(attempt1)
+    intercept[SparkIllegalStateException] { taskScheduler.submitTasks(attempt2)}
+  }
+
 }