diff --git a/python/pyspark/pandas/plot/core.py b/python/pyspark/pandas/plot/core.py
index 3ec78100abe97..e5db0bd701f1d 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/pandas/plot/core.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/pandas/plot/core.py
@@ -198,25 +198,18 @@ def binary_search_for_buckets(value):
                 idx = bisect.bisect(bins, value) - 1
             return float(idx)
 
-        output_df = None
-        for group_id, (colname, bucket_name) in enumerate(zip(colnames, bucket_names)):
-            # sdf.na.drop to match handleInvalid="skip" in Bucketizer
-
-            bucket_df = sdf.na.drop(subset=[colname]).withColumn(
-                bucket_name,
-                binary_search_for_buckets(F.col(colname).cast("double")),
+        output_df = (
+            sdf.select(
+                F.posexplode(
+                    F.array([F.col(colname).cast("double") for colname in colnames])
+                ).alias("__group_id", "__value")
             )
-
-            if output_df is None:
-                output_df = bucket_df.select(
-                    F.lit(group_id).alias("__group_id"), F.col(bucket_name).alias("__bucket")
-                )
-            else:
-                output_df = output_df.union(
-                    bucket_df.select(
-                        F.lit(group_id).alias("__group_id"), F.col(bucket_name).alias("__bucket")
-                    )
-                )
+            # to match handleInvalid="skip" in Bucketizer
+            .where(F.col("__value").isNotNull() & ~F.col("__value").isNaN()).select(
+                F.col("__group_id"),
+                binary_search_for_buckets(F.col("__value")).alias("__bucket"),
+            )
+        )
 
         # 2. Calculate the count based on each group and bucket.
         #     +----------+-------+------+