diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/broadcast/TorrentBroadcast.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/broadcast/TorrentBroadcast.scala
index 489a826b6ec91..d431ea72da758 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/broadcast/TorrentBroadcast.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/broadcast/TorrentBroadcast.scala
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import scala.util.Random
 
 import org.apache.spark.{Logging, SparkConf, SparkEnv, SparkException}
 import org.apache.spark.io.CompressionCodec
+import org.apache.spark.serializer.Serializer
 import org.apache.spark.storage.{BroadcastBlockId, StorageLevel}
 import org.apache.spark.util.ByteBufferInputStream
 import org.apache.spark.util.io.ByteArrayChunkOutputStream
@@ -86,7 +87,8 @@ private[spark] class TorrentBroadcast[T: ClassTag](obj: T, id: Long)
    * @return number of blocks this broadcast variable is divided into
    */
   private def writeBlocks(): Int = {
-    val blocks = TorrentBroadcast.blockifyObject(_value, blockSize, compressionCodec)
+    val blocks =
+      TorrentBroadcast.blockifyObject(_value, blockSize, SparkEnv.get.serializer, compressionCodec)
     blocks.zipWithIndex.foreach { case (block, i) =>
       SparkEnv.get.blockManager.putBytes(
         BroadcastBlockId(id, "piece" + i),
@@ -164,7 +166,8 @@ private[spark] class TorrentBroadcast[T: ClassTag](obj: T, id: Long)
           val time = (System.nanoTime() - start) / 1e9
           logInfo("Reading broadcast variable " + id + " took " + time + " s")
 
-          _value = TorrentBroadcast.unBlockifyObject[T](blocks, compressionCodec)
+          _value =
+            TorrentBroadcast.unBlockifyObject[T](blocks, SparkEnv.get.serializer, compressionCodec)
           // Store the merged copy in BlockManager so other tasks on this executor don't
           // need to re-fetch it.
           SparkEnv.get.blockManager.putSingle(
@@ -180,10 +183,11 @@ private object TorrentBroadcast extends Logging {
   def blockifyObject[T: ClassTag](
       obj: T,
       blockSize: Int,
+      serializer: Serializer,
       compressionCodec: Option[CompressionCodec]): Array[ByteBuffer] = {
     val bos = new ByteArrayChunkOutputStream(blockSize)
     val out: OutputStream = compressionCodec.map(c => c.compressedOutputStream(bos)).getOrElse(bos)
-    val ser = SparkEnv.get.serializer.newInstance()
+    val ser = serializer.newInstance()
     val serOut = ser.serializeStream(out)
     serOut.writeObject[T](obj).close()
     bos.toArrays.map(ByteBuffer.wrap)
@@ -191,12 +195,13 @@ private object TorrentBroadcast extends Logging {
 
   def unBlockifyObject[T: ClassTag](
       blocks: Array[ByteBuffer],
+      serializer: Serializer,
       compressionCodec: Option[CompressionCodec]): T = {
     require(blocks.nonEmpty, "Cannot unblockify an empty array of blocks")
     val is = new SequenceInputStream(
       asJavaEnumeration(blocks.iterator.map(block => new ByteBufferInputStream(block))))
     val in: InputStream = compressionCodec.map(c => c.compressedInputStream(is)).getOrElse(is)
-    val ser = SparkEnv.get.serializer.newInstance()
+    val ser = serializer.newInstance()
     val serIn = ser.deserializeStream(in)
     val obj = serIn.readObject[T]()
     serIn.close()
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/broadcast/BroadcastSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/broadcast/BroadcastSuite.scala
index 13ce6d99d4e7a..73f9b59de4b78 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/broadcast/BroadcastSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/broadcast/BroadcastSuite.scala
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.scalatest.prop.GeneratorDrivenPropertyChecks
 
 import org.apache.spark.{LocalSparkContext, SparkConf, SparkContext, SparkException}
 import org.apache.spark.io.SnappyCompressionCodec
+import org.apache.spark.serializer.JavaSerializer
 import org.apache.spark.storage._
 
 class BroadcastSuite extends FunSuite with LocalSparkContext with GeneratorDrivenPropertyChecks {
@@ -91,14 +92,18 @@ class BroadcastSuite extends FunSuite with LocalSparkContext with GeneratorDrive
   test("TorrentBroadcast's blockifyObject and unblockifyObject are inverses") {
     import org.apache.spark.broadcast.TorrentBroadcast._
     val blockSize = 1024
-    val snappy = Some(new SnappyCompressionCodec(new SparkConf()))
+    val conf = new SparkConf()
+    val compressionCodec = Some(new SnappyCompressionCodec(conf))
+    val serializer = new JavaSerializer(conf)
     val objects = for (size <- Gen.choose(1, 1024 * 10)) yield {
       val data: Array[Byte] = new Array[Byte](size)
       Random.nextBytes(data)
       data
     }
     forAll (objects) { (obj: Array[Byte]) =>
-      assert(unBlockifyObject[Array[Byte]](blockifyObject(obj, blockSize, snappy), snappy) === obj)
+      val blocks = blockifyObject(obj, blockSize, serializer, compressionCodec)
+      val unblockified = unBlockifyObject[Array[Byte]](blocks, serializer, compressionCodec)
+      assert(unblockified === obj)
     }
   }