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 36fdffede89e7..fc028c3becad7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/broadcast/TorrentBroadcast.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/broadcast/TorrentBroadcast.scala
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ import org.apache.spark.util.io.ByteArrayChunkOutputStream
  * This prevents the driver from being the bottleneck in sending out multiple copies of the
  * broadcast data (one per executor) as done by the [[org.apache.spark.broadcast.HttpBroadcast]].
  *
+ * When initialized, TorrentBroadcast objects read SparkEnv.get.conf.
+ *
  * @param obj object to broadcast
  * @param id A unique identifier for the broadcast variable.
  */
@@ -116,18 +118,19 @@ private[spark] class TorrentBroadcast[T: ClassTag](obj: T, id: Long)
       // First try getLocalBytes because there is a chance that previous attempts to fetch the
       // broadcast blocks have already fetched some of the blocks. In that case, some blocks
       // would be available locally (on this executor).
-      val block: ByteBuffer = bm.getLocalBytes(pieceId).getOrElse {
-        bm.getRemoteBytes(pieceId).map { block =>
-          // If we found the block from remote executors/driver's BlockManager, put the block
-          // in this executor's BlockManager.
-          SparkEnv.get.blockManager.putBytes(
-            pieceId,
-            block,
-            StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_SER,
-            tellMaster = true)
-          block
-        }.getOrElse(throw new SparkException(s"Failed to get $pieceId of $broadcastId"))
+      def getLocal: Option[ByteBuffer] = bm.getLocalBytes(pieceId)
+      def getRemote: Option[ByteBuffer] = bm.getRemoteBytes(pieceId).map { block =>
+        // If we found the block from remote executors/driver's BlockManager, put the block
+        // in this executor's BlockManager.
+        SparkEnv.get.blockManager.putBytes(
+          pieceId,
+          block,
+          StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_SER,
+          tellMaster = true)
+        block
       }
+      val block: ByteBuffer = getLocal.orElse(getRemote).getOrElse(
+        throw new SparkException(s"Failed to get $pieceId of $broadcastId"))
       blocks(pid) = block
     }
     blocks