diff --git a/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/VertexRDD.scala b/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/VertexRDD.scala
index 53a9f92b82bc..5f803f141d8c 100644
--- a/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/VertexRDD.scala
+++ b/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/VertexRDD.scala
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ import scala.reflect.ClassTag
 
 import org.apache.spark._
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext._
+import org.apache.spark.rdd._
+import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel
+
 import org.apache.spark.graphx.impl.RoutingTablePartition
 import org.apache.spark.graphx.impl.ShippableVertexPartition
 import org.apache.spark.graphx.impl.VertexAttributeBlock
 import org.apache.spark.graphx.impl.VertexRDDImpl
-import org.apache.spark.rdd._
-import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel
 
 /**
  * Extends `RDD[(VertexId, VD)]` by ensuring that there is only one entry for each vertex and by
@@ -54,8 +55,8 @@ import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel
  * @tparam VD the vertex attribute associated with each vertex in the set.
  */
 abstract class VertexRDD[VD](
-    sc: SparkContext,
-    deps: Seq[Dependency[_]]) extends RDD[(VertexId, VD)](sc, deps) {
+    @transient sc: SparkContext,
+    @transient deps: Seq[Dependency[_]]) extends RDD[(VertexId, VD)](sc, deps) {
 
   implicit protected def vdTag: ClassTag[VD]
 
@@ -255,7 +256,8 @@ abstract class VertexRDD[VD](
       shipSrc: Boolean, shipDst: Boolean): RDD[(PartitionID, VertexAttributeBlock[VD])]
 
   /** Generates an RDD of vertex IDs suitable for shipping to the edge partitions. */
-  private[graphx] def shipVertexIds(): RDD[(PartitionID, Array[VertexId])]
+  private[graphx] def shipVertexIds(
+      shipSrc: Boolean, shipDst: Boolean): RDD[(PartitionID, Array[VertexId])]
 
 } // end of VertexRDD
 
diff --git a/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/GraphImpl.scala b/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/GraphImpl.scala
index 81182adbc638..44fdee10011a 100644
--- a/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/GraphImpl.scala
+++ b/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/GraphImpl.scala
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ import scala.reflect.{classTag, ClassTag}
 
 import org.apache.spark.HashPartitioner
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext._
+import org.apache.spark.rdd.{RDD, ShuffledRDD}
+import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel
 import org.apache.spark.graphx._
 import org.apache.spark.graphx.impl.GraphImpl._
 import org.apache.spark.graphx.util.BytecodeUtils
-import org.apache.spark.rdd.{RDD, ShuffledRDD}
-import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel
+
 
 /**
  * An implementation of [[org.apache.spark.graphx.Graph]] to support computation on graphs.
@@ -222,13 +223,14 @@ class GraphImpl[VD: ClassTag, ED: ClassTag] protected (
     // For each vertex, replicate its attribute only to partitions where it is
     // in the relevant position in an edge.
     replicatedVertexView.upgrade(vertices, tripletFields.useSrc, tripletFields.useDst)
+    val activeDirectionOpt = activeSetOpt.map(_._2)
+
     val view = activeSetOpt match {
       case Some((activeSet, _)) =>
-        replicatedVertexView.withActiveSet(activeSet)
+        replicatedVertexView.withActiveSet(activeSet, activeDirectionOpt)
       case None =>
         replicatedVertexView
     }
-    val activeDirectionOpt = activeSetOpt.map(_._2)
 
     // Map and combine.
     val preAgg = view.edges.partitionsRDD.mapPartitions(_.flatMap {
diff --git a/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/ReplicatedVertexView.scala b/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/ReplicatedVertexView.scala
index f79f9c7ec448..71ec829edcbc 100644
--- a/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/ReplicatedVertexView.scala
+++ b/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/ReplicatedVertexView.scala
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ package org.apache.spark.graphx.impl
 import scala.reflect.{classTag, ClassTag}
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext._
-import org.apache.spark.graphx._
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 
+import org.apache.spark.graphx._
+
 /**
  * Manages shipping vertex attributes to the edge partitions of an
  * [[org.apache.spark.graphx.EdgeRDD]]. Vertex attributes may be partially shipped to construct a
@@ -85,12 +86,14 @@ class ReplicatedVertexView[VD: ClassTag, ED: ClassTag](
    * vertex ids present in `actives`. This ships a vertex id to all edge partitions where it is
    * referenced, ignoring the attribute shipping level.
    */
-  def withActiveSet(actives: VertexRDD[_]): ReplicatedVertexView[VD, ED] = {
-    val shippedActives = actives.shipVertexIds()
+  def withActiveSetPosition(actives: VertexRDD[_], useSrc: Boolean, useDst: Boolean):
+   ReplicatedVertexView[VD, ED] = {
+    val shippedActives = actives.shipVertexIds(useSrc, useDst)
       .setName("ReplicatedVertexView.withActiveSet - shippedActives (broadcast)")
       .partitionBy(edges.partitioner.get)
 
-    val newEdges = edges.withPartitionsRDD(edges.partitionsRDD.zipPartitions(shippedActives) {
+    val newEdges = edges.withPartitionsRDD(edges.partitionsRDD
+      .zipPartitions(shippedActives) {
       (ePartIter, shippedActivesIter) => ePartIter.map {
         case (pid, edgePartition) =>
           (pid, edgePartition.withActiveSet(shippedActivesIter.flatMap(_._2.iterator)))
@@ -99,6 +102,24 @@ class ReplicatedVertexView[VD: ClassTag, ED: ClassTag](
     new ReplicatedVertexView(newEdges, hasSrcId, hasDstId)
   }
 
+
+  def withActiveSet(actives: VertexRDD[_], edgeDir: Option[EdgeDirection]):
+   ReplicatedVertexView[VD, ED] = {
+    edgeDir match {
+      case Some(EdgeDirection.Both) =>
+          withActiveSetPosition(actives, true, true)
+      case Some(EdgeDirection.Either) =>
+          withActiveSetPosition(actives, true, true)
+      case Some(EdgeDirection.Out) =>
+          withActiveSetPosition(actives, true, false)
+      case Some(EdgeDirection.In) =>
+          withActiveSetPosition(actives, false, true)
+      case _ =>
+          this
+    }
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Return a new `ReplicatedVertexView` where vertex attributes in edge partition are updated using
    * `updates`. This ships a vertex attribute only to the edge partitions where it is in the
diff --git a/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/ShippableVertexPartition.scala b/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/ShippableVertexPartition.scala
index 3f203c4eca48..12b60011ae5d 100644
--- a/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/ShippableVertexPartition.scala
+++ b/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/ShippableVertexPartition.scala
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ package org.apache.spark.graphx.impl
 
 import scala.reflect.ClassTag
 
+import org.apache.spark.util.collection.{BitSet, PrimitiveVector}
+
 import org.apache.spark.graphx._
 import org.apache.spark.graphx.util.collection.GraphXPrimitiveKeyOpenHashMap
-import org.apache.spark.util.collection.{BitSet, PrimitiveVector}
 
 /** Stores vertex attributes to ship to an edge partition. */
 private[graphx]
@@ -134,11 +135,12 @@ class ShippableVertexPartition[VD: ClassTag](
    * contains the visible vertex ids from the current partition that are referenced in the edge
    * partition.
    */
-  def shipVertexIds(): Iterator[(PartitionID, Array[VertexId])] = {
+  def shipVertexIds(shipSrc: Boolean, shipDst: Boolean):
+   Iterator[(PartitionID, Array[VertexId])] = {
     Iterator.tabulate(routingTable.numEdgePartitions) { pid =>
       val vids = new PrimitiveVector[VertexId](routingTable.partitionSize(pid))
       var i = 0
-      routingTable.foreachWithinEdgePartition(pid, true, true) { vid =>
+      routingTable.foreachWithinEdgePartition(pid, shipSrc, shipDst) { vid =>
         if (isDefined(vid)) {
           vids += vid
         }
diff --git a/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/VertexRDDImpl.scala b/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/VertexRDDImpl.scala
index d5accdfbf7e9..4abb305853e0 100644
--- a/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/VertexRDDImpl.scala
+++ b/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/VertexRDDImpl.scala
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ import scala.reflect.ClassTag
 
 import org.apache.spark._
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext._
-import org.apache.spark.graphx._
 import org.apache.spark.rdd._
 import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel
 
+import org.apache.spark.graphx._
+
 class VertexRDDImpl[VD] private[graphx] (
     @transient val partitionsRDD: RDD[ShippableVertexPartition[VD]],
     val targetStorageLevel: StorageLevel = StorageLevel.MEMORY_ONLY)
@@ -246,8 +247,9 @@ class VertexRDDImpl[VD] private[graphx] (
     partitionsRDD.mapPartitions(_.flatMap(_.shipVertexAttributes(shipSrc, shipDst)))
   }
 
-  override private[graphx] def shipVertexIds(): RDD[(PartitionID, Array[VertexId])] = {
-    partitionsRDD.mapPartitions(_.flatMap(_.shipVertexIds()))
+  override private[graphx] def shipVertexIds(shipSrc: Boolean, shipDst: Boolean):
+   RDD[(PartitionID, Array[VertexId])] = {
+    partitionsRDD.mapPartitions(_.flatMap(_.shipVertexIds(shipSrc, shipDst)))
   }
 
 }