diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/CodeGenerator.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/CodeGenerator.scala
index 67f671926561a..4f9b44a255a8f 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/CodeGenerator.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/CodeGenerator.scala
@@ -555,6 +555,10 @@ class CodegenContext {
    * @param expressions the codes to evaluate expressions.
    */
   def splitExpressions(row: String, expressions: Seq[String]): String = {
+    if (row == null) {
+      // Cannot split these expressions because they are not created from a row object.
+      return expressions.mkString("\n")
+    }
     val blocks = new ArrayBuffer[String]()
     val blockBuilder = new StringBuilder()
     for (code <- expressions) {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/WholeStageCodegenExec.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/WholeStageCodegenExec.scala
index d6f7b6ed35dbd..e555698a062a8 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/WholeStageCodegenExec.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/WholeStageCodegenExec.scala
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ trait CodegenSupport extends SparkPlan {
         }
         val evaluateInputs = evaluateVariables(outputVars)
         // generate the code to create a UnsafeRow
+        ctx.INPUT_ROW = row
         ctx.currentVars = outputVars
         val ev = GenerateUnsafeProjection.createCode(ctx, colExprs, false)
         val code = s"""
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/aggregate/TungstenAggregate.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/aggregate/TungstenAggregate.scala
index d2dc80a7e42eb..905e93c15dce6 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/aggregate/TungstenAggregate.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/aggregate/TungstenAggregate.scala
@@ -599,6 +599,8 @@ case class TungstenAggregate(
 
     // create grouping key
     ctx.currentVars = input
+    // make sure that the generated code will not be splitted as multiple functions
+    ctx.INPUT_ROW = null
     val unsafeRowKeyCode = GenerateUnsafeProjection.createCode(
       ctx, groupingExpressions.map(e => BindReferences.bindReference[Expression](e, child.output)))
     val vectorizedRowKeys = ctx.generateExpressions(
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
index 743a27aa7a21d..0389b3ad9c913 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
@@ -2477,6 +2477,30 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
     }
   }
 
+  test("SPARK-15327: fail to compile generated code with complex data structure") {
+    withTempDir{ dir =>
+      val json =
+        """
+          |{"h": {"b": {"c": [{"e": "adfgd"}], "a": [{"e": "testing", "count": 3}],
+          |"b": [{"e": "test", "count": 1}]}}, "d": {"b": {"c": [{"e": "adfgd"}],
+          |"a": [{"e": "testing", "count": 3}], "b": [{"e": "test", "count": 1}]}},
+          |"c": {"b": {"c": [{"e": "adfgd"}], "a": [{"count": 3}],
+          |"b": [{"e": "test", "count": 1}]}}, "a": {"b": {"c": [{"e": "adfgd"}],
+          |"a": [{"count": 3}], "b": [{"e": "test", "count": 1}]}},
+          |"e": {"b": {"c": [{"e": "adfgd"}], "a": [{"e": "testing", "count": 3}],
+          |"b": [{"e": "test", "count": 1}]}}, "g": {"b": {"c": [{"e": "adfgd"}],
+          |"a": [{"e": "testing", "count": 3}], "b": [{"e": "test", "count": 1}]}},
+          |"f": {"b": {"c": [{"e": "adfgd"}], "a": [{"e": "testing", "count": 3}],
+          |"b": [{"e": "test", "count": 1}]}}, "b": {"b": {"c": [{"e": "adfgd"}],
+          |"a": [{"count": 3}], "b": [{"e": "test", "count": 1}]}}}'
+          |
+        """.stripMargin
+      val rdd = sparkContext.parallelize(Array(json))
+      spark.read.json(rdd).write.mode("overwrite").parquet(dir.toString)
+      spark.read.parquet(dir.toString).collect()
+    }
+  }
+
   test("SPARK-14986: Outer lateral view with empty generate expression") {
     checkAnswer(
       sql("select nil from (select 1 as x ) x lateral view outer explode(array()) n as nil"),