diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDD.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDD.scala
index b3b60578c92e8..2ee29549ea48d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDD.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDD.scala
@@ -741,9 +741,10 @@ abstract class RDD[T: ClassTag](
   def mapWith[A, U: ClassTag]
       (constructA: Int => A, preservesPartitioning: Boolean = false)
       (f: (T, A) => U): RDD[U] = withScope {
+    val cleanF = sc.clean(f)
     mapPartitionsWithIndex((index, iter) => {
       val a = constructA(index)
-      iter.map(t => f(t, a))
+      iter.map(t => cleanF(t, a))
     }, preservesPartitioning)
   }
 
@@ -756,9 +757,10 @@ abstract class RDD[T: ClassTag](
   def flatMapWith[A, U: ClassTag]
       (constructA: Int => A, preservesPartitioning: Boolean = false)
       (f: (T, A) => Seq[U]): RDD[U] = withScope {
+    val cleanF = sc.clean(f)
     mapPartitionsWithIndex((index, iter) => {
       val a = constructA(index)
-      iter.flatMap(t => f(t, a))
+      iter.flatMap(t => cleanF(t, a))
     }, preservesPartitioning)
   }
 
@@ -769,9 +771,10 @@ abstract class RDD[T: ClassTag](
    */
   @deprecated("use mapPartitionsWithIndex and foreach", "1.0.0")
   def foreachWith[A](constructA: Int => A)(f: (T, A) => Unit): Unit = withScope {
+    val cleanF = sc.clean(f)
     mapPartitionsWithIndex { (index, iter) =>
       val a = constructA(index)
-      iter.map(t => {f(t, a); t})
+      iter.map(t => {cleanF(t, a); t})
     }
   }
 
@@ -901,7 +904,8 @@ abstract class RDD[T: ClassTag](
    * Return an RDD that contains all matching values by applying `f`.
    */
   def collect[U: ClassTag](f: PartialFunction[T, U]): RDD[U] = withScope {
-    filter(f.isDefinedAt).map(f)
+    val cleanF = sc.clean(f)
+    filter(cleanF.isDefinedAt).map(cleanF)
   }
 
   /**