diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
index 4565832334420..de4c70ebba1c4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
@@ -292,13 +292,11 @@ class SparkContext(config: SparkConf) extends Logging {
   private[spark] var taskScheduler = SparkContext.createTaskScheduler(this, master)
   private val heartbeatReceiver = env.actorSystem.actorOf(
     Props(new HeartbeatReceiver(taskScheduler)), "HeartbeatReceiver")
+
   @volatile private[spark] var dagScheduler: DAGScheduler = _
-  try {
-    dagScheduler = new DAGScheduler(this)
-  } catch {
-    case e: Exception => throw
-      new SparkException("DAGScheduler cannot be initialized due to %s".format(e.getMessage))
-  }
+
+  // for work around the current MIMA issue
+  dagScheduler = new DAGScheduler(this)
 
   // start TaskScheduler after taskScheduler sets DAGScheduler reference in DAGScheduler's
   // constructor
@@ -1035,8 +1033,6 @@ class SparkContext(config: SparkConf) extends Logging {
       listenerBus.stop()
       eventLogger.foreach(_.stop())
       logInfo("Successfully stopped SparkContext")
-    } else {
-      logInfo("SparkContext already stopped")
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala
index f81fa6d8089fc..8213c0524de54 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala
@@ -138,12 +138,12 @@ class DAGScheduler(
 
   // Called by TaskScheduler to report task's starting.
   def taskStarted(task: Task[_], taskInfo: TaskInfo) {
-    eventProcessActor ! BeginEvent(task, taskInfo)
+    dagSchedulerActorSupervisor ! BeginEvent(task, taskInfo)
   }
 
   // Called to report that a task has completed and results are being fetched remotely.
   def taskGettingResult(taskInfo: TaskInfo) {
-    eventProcessActor ! GettingResultEvent(taskInfo)
+    dagSchedulerActorSupervisor ! GettingResultEvent(taskInfo)
   }
 
   // Called by TaskScheduler to report task completions or failures.
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ class DAGScheduler(
       accumUpdates: Map[Long, Any],
       taskInfo: TaskInfo,
       taskMetrics: TaskMetrics) {
-    eventProcessActor ! CompletionEvent(task, reason, result, accumUpdates, taskInfo, taskMetrics)
+    dagSchedulerActorSupervisor !
+      CompletionEvent(task, reason, result, accumUpdates, taskInfo, taskMetrics)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -176,18 +177,18 @@ class DAGScheduler(
 
   // Called by TaskScheduler when an executor fails.
   def executorLost(execId: String) {
-    eventProcessActor ! ExecutorLost(execId)
+    dagSchedulerActorSupervisor ! ExecutorLost(execId)
   }
 
   // Called by TaskScheduler when a host is added
   def executorAdded(execId: String, host: String) {
-    eventProcessActor ! ExecutorAdded(execId, host)
+    dagSchedulerActorSupervisor ! ExecutorAdded(execId, host)
   }
 
   // Called by TaskScheduler to cancel an entire TaskSet due to either repeated failures or
   // cancellation of the job itself.
   def taskSetFailed(taskSet: TaskSet, reason: String) {
-    eventProcessActor ! TaskSetFailed(taskSet, reason)
+    dagSchedulerActorSupervisor ! TaskSetFailed(taskSet, reason)
   }
 
   private def getCacheLocs(rdd: RDD[_]): Array[Seq[TaskLocation]] = {
@@ -493,7 +494,7 @@ class DAGScheduler(
     assert(partitions.size > 0)
     val func2 = func.asInstanceOf[(TaskContext, Iterator[_]) => _]
     val waiter = new JobWaiter(this, jobId, partitions.size, resultHandler)
-    eventProcessActor ! JobSubmitted(
+    dagSchedulerActorSupervisor ! JobSubmitted(
       jobId, rdd, func2, partitions.toArray, allowLocal, callSite, waiter, properties)
     waiter
   }
@@ -534,7 +535,7 @@ class DAGScheduler(
     val func2 = func.asInstanceOf[(TaskContext, Iterator[_]) => _]
     val partitions = (0 until rdd.partitions.size).toArray
     val jobId = nextJobId.getAndIncrement()
-    eventProcessActor ! JobSubmitted(
+    dagSchedulerActorSupervisor ! JobSubmitted(
       jobId, rdd, func2, partitions, allowLocal = false, callSite, listener, properties)
     listener.awaitResult()    // Will throw an exception if the job fails
   }
@@ -544,19 +545,19 @@ class DAGScheduler(
    */
   def cancelJob(jobId: Int) {
     logInfo("Asked to cancel job " + jobId)
-    eventProcessActor ! JobCancelled(jobId)
+    dagSchedulerActorSupervisor ! JobCancelled(jobId)
   }
 
   def cancelJobGroup(groupId: String) {
     logInfo("Asked to cancel job group " + groupId)
-    eventProcessActor ! JobGroupCancelled(groupId)
+    dagSchedulerActorSupervisor ! JobGroupCancelled(groupId)
   }
 
   /**
    * Cancel all jobs that are running or waiting in the queue.
    */
   def cancelAllJobs() {
-    eventProcessActor ! AllJobsCancelled
+    dagSchedulerActorSupervisor ! AllJobsCancelled
   }
 
   private[scheduler] def doCancelAllJobs() {
@@ -572,7 +573,7 @@ class DAGScheduler(
    * Cancel all jobs associated with a running or scheduled stage.
    */
   def cancelStage(stageId: Int) {
-    eventProcessActor ! StageCancelled(stageId)
+    dagSchedulerActorSupervisor ! StageCancelled(stageId)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1063,7 +1064,6 @@ class DAGScheduler(
           markStageAsFinished(failedStage, Some("Fetch failure"))
           runningStages -= failedStage
         }
-
         if (failedStages.isEmpty && eventProcessActor != null) {
           // Don't schedule an event to resubmit failed stages if failed isn't empty, because
           // in that case the event will already have been scheduled. eventProcessActor may be
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ class DAGScheduler(
           logInfo(s"Resubmitting $mapStage (${mapStage.name}) and " +
             s"$failedStage (${failedStage.name}) due to fetch failure")
           env.actorSystem.scheduler.scheduleOnce(
-            RESUBMIT_TIMEOUT, eventProcessActor, ResubmitFailedStages)
+            RESUBMIT_TIMEOUT, dagSchedulerActorSupervisor, ResubmitFailedStages)
         }
         failedStages += failedStage
         failedStages += mapStage
@@ -1330,6 +1330,9 @@ class DAGScheduler(
 private[scheduler] class DAGSchedulerActorSupervisor(dagScheduler: DAGScheduler)
   extends Actor with Logging {
 
+  private val eventProcessActor: ActorRef =
+    context.actorOf(Props(new DAGSchedulerEventProcessActor(dagScheduler)))
+
   override val supervisorStrategy =
     OneForOneStrategy() {
       case x: Exception =>
@@ -1345,6 +1348,7 @@ private[scheduler] class DAGSchedulerActorSupervisor(dagScheduler: DAGScheduler)
 
   def receive = {
     case p: Props => sender ! context.actorOf(p)
+    case msg: DAGSchedulerEvent => eventProcessActor ! msg
     case _ => logWarning("received unknown message in DAGSchedulerActorSupervisor")
   }
 }