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 0ceeb1a524905..3cce7717d8fb9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/broadcast/TorrentBroadcast.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/broadcast/TorrentBroadcast.scala
@@ -90,18 +90,19 @@ private[spark] class TorrentBroadcast[T: ClassTag](
   private def readBlocks(): Array[ByteBuffer] = {
     // Fetch chunks of data. Note that all these chunks are stored in the BlockManager and reported
     // to the driver, so other executors can pull these chunks from this executor as well.
-    var numBlocksAvailable = 0
     val blocks = new Array[ByteBuffer](numBlocks)
 
     for (pid <- Random.shuffle(Seq.range(0, numBlocks))) {
       val pieceId = BroadcastBlockId(id, "piece" + pid)
-      SparkEnv.get.blockManager.getRemoteBytes(pieceId) match {
-        case Some(x) =>
-          blocks(pid) = x.asInstanceOf[ByteBuffer]
-          numBlocksAvailable += 1
+      // Note that we use getBytes rather than getRemoteBytes here 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).
+      SparkEnv.get.blockManager.getBytes(pieceId) match {
+        case Some(block) =>
+          blocks(pid) = block
           SparkEnv.get.blockManager.putBytes(
             pieceId,
-            blocks(pid),
+            block,
             StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_SER,
             tellMaster = true)
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/BlockManager.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/BlockManager.scala
index e4c3d58905e7f..1d37a29ee0b21 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/BlockManager.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/BlockManager.scala
@@ -517,6 +517,16 @@ private[spark] class BlockManager(
     None
   }
 
+  def getBytes(blockId: BlockId): Option[ByteBuffer] = {
+    val local = getLocalBytes(blockId)
+    if (local.isDefined) {
+      local
+    } else {
+      val remote = getRemoteBytes(blockId)
+      remote
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get a block from the block manager (either local or remote).
    */