diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
index d0cf2a8dd01cd..cab2448778571 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
@@ -1632,7 +1632,8 @@ class SparkContext(config: SparkConf) extends Logging with ExecutorAllocationCli
       partitions: Seq[Int],
       allowLocal: Boolean
       ): Array[U] = {
-    runJob(rdd, (context: TaskContext, iter: Iterator[T]) => func(iter), partitions, allowLocal)
+    val cleanedFunc = clean(func)
+    runJob(rdd, (ctx: TaskContext, it: Iterator[T]) => cleanedFunc(it), partitions, allowLocal)
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/AsyncRDDActions.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/AsyncRDDActions.scala
index 3406a7e97e368..c412837d41586 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/AsyncRDDActions.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/AsyncRDDActions.scala
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ class AsyncRDDActions[T: ClassTag](self: RDD[T]) extends Serializable with Loggi
    * Applies a function f to each partition of this RDD.
    */
   def foreachPartitionAsync(f: Iterator[T] => Unit): FutureAction[Unit] = {
-    self.context.submitJob[T, Unit, Unit](self, f, Range(0, self.partitions.length),
+    val cleanedF = self.context.clean(f)
+    self.context.submitJob[T, Unit, Unit](self, cleanedF, Range(0, self.partitions.length),
       (index, data) => Unit, Unit)
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/PairRDDFunctions.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/PairRDDFunctions.scala
index 05351ba4ff76b..d3a4e967035a1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/PairRDDFunctions.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/PairRDDFunctions.scala
@@ -131,7 +131,10 @@ class PairRDDFunctions[K, V](self: RDD[(K, V)])
     lazy val cachedSerializer = SparkEnv.get.serializer.newInstance()
     val createZero = () => cachedSerializer.deserialize[U](ByteBuffer.wrap(zeroArray))
 
-    combineByKey[U]((v: V) => seqOp(createZero(), v), seqOp, combOp, partitioner)
+    val cleanedSeqOp = self.context.clean(seqOp)
+    val cleanedCombOp = self.context.clean(combOp)
+    combineByKey[U](
+      (v: V) => cleanedSeqOp(createZero(), v), cleanedSeqOp, cleanedCombOp, partitioner)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -177,7 +180,8 @@ class PairRDDFunctions[K, V](self: RDD[(K, V)])
     lazy val cachedSerializer = SparkEnv.get.serializer.newInstance()
     val createZero = () => cachedSerializer.deserialize[V](ByteBuffer.wrap(zeroArray))
 
-    combineByKey[V]((v: V) => func(createZero(), v), func, func, partitioner)
+    val cleanedFunc = self.context.clean(func)
+    combineByKey[V]((v: V) => cleanedFunc(createZero(), v), cleanedFunc, cleanedFunc, partitioner)
   }
 
   /**
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 d80d94a588346..366646619cde5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDD.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDD.scala
@@ -637,8 +637,11 @@ abstract class RDD[T: ClassTag](
    */
   def mapPartitions[U: ClassTag](
       f: Iterator[T] => Iterator[U], preservesPartitioning: Boolean = false): RDD[U] = {
-    val func = (context: TaskContext, index: Int, iter: Iterator[T]) => f(iter)
-    new MapPartitionsRDD(this, sc.clean(func), preservesPartitioning)
+    val cleanedF = sc.clean(f)
+    new MapPartitionsRDD(
+      this,
+      (context: TaskContext, index: Int, iter: Iterator[T]) => cleanedF(iter),
+      preservesPartitioning)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -650,8 +653,11 @@ abstract class RDD[T: ClassTag](
    */
   def mapPartitionsWithIndex[U: ClassTag](
       f: (Int, Iterator[T]) => Iterator[U], preservesPartitioning: Boolean = false): RDD[U] = {
-    val func = (context: TaskContext, index: Int, iter: Iterator[T]) => f(index, iter)
-    new MapPartitionsRDD(this, sc.clean(func), preservesPartitioning)
+    val cleanedF = sc.clean(f)
+    new MapPartitionsRDD(
+      this,
+      (context: TaskContext, index: Int, iter: Iterator[T]) => cleanedF(index, iter),
+      preservesPartitioning)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1334,7 +1340,8 @@ abstract class RDD[T: ClassTag](
    * Creates tuples of the elements in this RDD by applying `f`.
    */
   def keyBy[K](f: T => K): RDD[(K, T)] = {
-    map(x => (f(x), x))
+    val cleanedF = sc.clean(f)
+    map(x => (cleanedF(x), x))
   }
 
   /** A private method for tests, to look at the contents of each partition */