diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/CacheManager.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/CacheManager.scala
index 85a2b2b3314c9bab12a1d75799840c93df39d0a1..68b99ca1253d5f3b64395f55bedc322c9dbb81b2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/CacheManager.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/CacheManager.scala
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ private[spark] class CacheManager(blockManager: BlockManager) extends Logging {
           logInfo("Computing partition " + split)
           val computedValues = rdd.computeOrReadCheckpoint(split, context)
           // Persist the result, so long as the task is not running locally
-          if (context.runningLocally) return computedValues
+          if (context.runningLocally) { return computedValues }
           val elements = new ArrayBuffer[Any]
           elements ++= computedValues
           blockManager.put(key, elements, storageLevel, true)
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/CacheManagerSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/CacheManagerSuite.scala
index a85d666acefc8da7e669c92f41f4e7e679253330..214f8244d5091471802476a4d3ceb7ff10fd7848 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/CacheManagerSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/CacheManagerSuite.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark
 
-import scala.Array
 import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
 
 import org.scalatest.{BeforeAndAfter, FunSuite}
@@ -25,27 +24,30 @@ import org.scalatest.mock.EasyMockSugar
 
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import org.apache.spark.storage.{BlockManager, StorageLevel}
-import org.junit.Assert
 
 // TODO: Test the CacheManager's thread-safety aspects
 class CacheManagerSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with EasyMockSugar {
-  val sc = new SparkContext("local", "test")
-
-  val split = new Partition { override def index: Int = 0 }
-
-  // An RDD which returns the values [1, 2, 3, 4].
-  val rdd = new RDD[Int](sc, Nil) {
-    override def getPartitions: Array[Partition] = Array(split)
-    override val getDependencies = List[Dependency[_]]()
-    override def compute(split: Partition, context: TaskContext) = Array(1, 2, 3, 4).iterator
-  }
-
+  var sc : SparkContext = _
   var blockManager: BlockManager = _
   var cacheManager: CacheManager = _
+  var split: Partition = _
+  /** An RDD which returns the values [1, 2, 3, 4]. */
+  var rdd: RDD[Int] = _
 
   before {
+    sc = new SparkContext("local", "test")
     blockManager = mock[BlockManager]
     cacheManager = new CacheManager(blockManager)
+    split = new Partition { override def index: Int = 0 }
+    rdd = new RDD(sc, Nil) {
+      override def getPartitions: Array[Partition] = Array(split)
+      override val getDependencies = List[Dependency[_]]()
+      override def compute(split: Partition, context: TaskContext) = Array(1, 2, 3, 4).iterator
+    }
+  }
+
+  after {
+    sc.stop()
   }
 
   test("get uncached rdd") {
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ class CacheManagerSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with EasyMockSugar
     whenExecuting(blockManager) {
       val context = new TaskContext(0, 0, 0, runningLocally = false, null)
       val value = cacheManager.getOrCompute(rdd, split, context, StorageLevel.MEMORY_ONLY)
-      Assert.assertEquals(value.toList, List(1, 2, 3, 4))
+      assert(value.toList === List(1, 2, 3, 4))
     }
   }
 
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ class CacheManagerSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with EasyMockSugar
     whenExecuting(blockManager) {
       val context = new TaskContext(0, 0, 0, runningLocally = false, null)
       val value = cacheManager.getOrCompute(rdd, split, context, StorageLevel.MEMORY_ONLY)
-      Assert.assertEquals(value.toList, List(5, 6, 7))
+      assert(value.toList === List(5, 6, 7))
     }
   }
 
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ class CacheManagerSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with EasyMockSugar
     whenExecuting(blockManager) {
       val context = new TaskContext(0, 0, 0, runningLocally = true, null)
       val value = cacheManager.getOrCompute(rdd, split, context, StorageLevel.MEMORY_ONLY)
-      Assert.assertEquals(value.toList, List(1, 2, 3, 4))
+      assert(value.toList === List(1, 2, 3, 4))
     }
   }
 }