diff --git a/flink-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/plan/BulkIterationPlanNode.java b/flink-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/plan/BulkIterationPlanNode.java
index 7fd8993e00f9a04ac2cca81d123acf4ff89fe9f9..3f413b55a81596ee1ab0a0c61789831b6d8786af 100644
--- a/flink-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/plan/BulkIterationPlanNode.java
+++ b/flink-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/plan/BulkIterationPlanNode.java
@@ -142,17 +142,17 @@ public class BulkIterationPlanNode extends SingleInputPlanNode implements Iterat
 	}
 
 	private void mergeBranchPlanMaps() {
-		for(OptimizerNode.UnclosedBranchDescriptor desc: template.getOpenBranches()){
+		for (OptimizerNode.UnclosedBranchDescriptor desc: template.getOpenBranches()) {
 			OptimizerNode brancher = desc.getBranchingNode();
 
-			if(branchPlan == null) {
+			if (branchPlan == null) {
 				branchPlan = new HashMap<OptimizerNode, PlanNode>(6);
 			}
 			
-			if(!branchPlan.containsKey(brancher)){
+			if (!branchPlan.containsKey(brancher)) {
 				PlanNode selectedCandidate = null;
 
-				if(rootOfStepFunction.branchPlan != null){
+				if (rootOfStepFunction.branchPlan != null) {
 					selectedCandidate = rootOfStepFunction.branchPlan.get(brancher);
 				}
 
diff --git a/flink-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/plan/SingleInputPlanNode.java b/flink-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/plan/SingleInputPlanNode.java
index 9b9202bba61112f05e975019a26c39348c474490..d77d82ef1a706a430c46ab5965c7a1c6553ebc1b 100644
--- a/flink-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/plan/SingleInputPlanNode.java
+++ b/flink-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/plan/SingleInputPlanNode.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import static org.apache.flink.compiler.plan.PlanNode.SourceAndDamReport.NOT_FOU
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.operators.util.FieldList;
@@ -84,12 +85,14 @@ public class SingleInputPlanNode extends PlanNode {
 		}
 		
 		final PlanNode predNode = input.getSource();
-		if (this.branchPlan == null) {
-			this.branchPlan = predNode.branchPlan;
-		} else if (predNode.branchPlan != null) {
+		
+		if (predNode.branchPlan != null && !predNode.branchPlan.isEmpty()) {
+			
+			if (this.branchPlan == null) {
+				this.branchPlan = new HashMap<OptimizerNode, PlanNode>();
+			}
 			this.branchPlan.putAll(predNode.branchPlan);
 		}
-		
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/flink-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/plan/WorksetIterationPlanNode.java b/flink-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/plan/WorksetIterationPlanNode.java
index 8d38814ff485fdac77f799cf56df8353085c4e39..47e9b69879de7cc5d42549e9a4595cb1df9117c1 100644
--- a/flink-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/plan/WorksetIterationPlanNode.java
+++ b/flink-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/plan/WorksetIterationPlanNode.java
@@ -200,11 +200,9 @@ public class WorksetIterationPlanNode extends DualInputPlanNode implements Itera
 	 * because they can contain also some of the branching nodes.
 	 */
 	@Override
-	protected void mergeBranchPlanMaps(Map<OptimizerNode, PlanNode> branchPlan1, Map<OptimizerNode,
-			PlanNode> branchPlan2){
-
-	}
+	protected void mergeBranchPlanMaps(Map<OptimizerNode, PlanNode> branchPlan1, Map<OptimizerNode,PlanNode> branchPlan2) {}
 
+	
 	protected void mergeBranchPlanMaps() {
 		Map<OptimizerNode, PlanNode> branchPlan1 = input1.getSource().branchPlan;
 		Map<OptimizerNode, PlanNode> branchPlan2 = input2.getSource().branchPlan;
diff --git a/flink-compiler/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/BranchingPlansCompilerTest.java b/flink-compiler/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/BranchingPlansCompilerTest.java
index 2b4ff021bcfcd2a593196f5fe9f902ef81af39a8..ae185f9e5803814b1d2094074d6311ec7e6168b5 100644
--- a/flink-compiler/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/BranchingPlansCompilerTest.java
+++ b/flink-compiler/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/BranchingPlansCompilerTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.flink.compiler;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -30,7 +32,9 @@ import org.apache.flink.api.common.Plan;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.DataSet;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.ExecutionEnvironment;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.operators.IterativeDataSet;
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.MapFunction;
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.RichJoinFunction;
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.operators.base.JoinOperatorBase.JoinHint;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.record.operators.BulkIteration;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.record.operators.CoGroupOperator;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.record.operators.CrossOperator;
@@ -40,9 +44,11 @@ import org.apache.flink.api.java.record.operators.FileDataSource;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.record.operators.JoinOperator;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.record.operators.MapOperator;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.record.operators.ReduceOperator;
+import org.apache.flink.api.java.tuple.Tuple2;
 import org.apache.flink.compiler.plan.OptimizedPlan;
 import org.apache.flink.compiler.plan.SinkPlanNode;
 import org.apache.flink.compiler.plantranslate.NepheleJobGraphGenerator;
+import org.apache.flink.compiler.testfunctions.DummyFlatJoinFunction;
 import org.apache.flink.compiler.testfunctions.IdentityGroupReducer;
 import org.apache.flink.compiler.testfunctions.IdentityKeyExtractor;
 import org.apache.flink.compiler.testfunctions.IdentityMapper;
@@ -1017,4 +1023,73 @@ public class BranchingPlansCompilerTest extends CompilerTestBase {
 			Assert.fail(e.getMessage());
 		}
 	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testBranchesOnlyInBCVariables1() {
+		try{
+			ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
+			
+			DataSet<Long> input = env.generateSequence(1, 10);
+			DataSet<Long> bc_input = env.generateSequence(1, 10);
+			
+			input
+				.map(new IdentityMapper<Long>()).withBroadcastSet(bc_input, "name1")
+				.map(new IdentityMapper<Long>()).withBroadcastSet(bc_input, "name2")
+				.print();
+			
+			Plan plan = env.createProgramPlan();
+			compileNoStats(plan);
+		}
+		catch(Exception e){
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			fail(e.getMessage());
+		}
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testBranchesOnlyInBCVariables2() {
+		try{
+			ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
+			
+			DataSet<Tuple2<Long, Long>> input = env.generateSequence(1, 10).map(new Duplicator<Long>()).name("proper input");
+			
+			DataSet<Long> bc_input1 = env.generateSequence(1, 10).name("BC input 1");
+			DataSet<Long> bc_input2 = env.generateSequence(1, 10).name("BC input 1");
+			
+			DataSet<Tuple2<Long, Long>> joinInput1 =
+					input.map(new IdentityMapper<Tuple2<Long,Long>>())
+						.withBroadcastSet(bc_input1.map(new IdentityMapper<Long>()), "bc1")
+						.withBroadcastSet(bc_input2, "bc2");
+			
+			DataSet<Tuple2<Long, Long>> joinInput2 =
+					input.map(new IdentityMapper<Tuple2<Long,Long>>())
+						.withBroadcastSet(bc_input1, "bc1")
+						.withBroadcastSet(bc_input2, "bc2");
+			
+			DataSet<Tuple2<Long, Long>> joinResult = joinInput1
+				.join(joinInput2, JoinHint.REPARTITION_HASH_FIRST).where(0).equalTo(1)
+				.with(new DummyFlatJoinFunction<Tuple2<Long,Long>>());
+			
+			input
+				.map(new IdentityMapper<Tuple2<Long,Long>>())
+					.withBroadcastSet(bc_input1, "bc1")
+				.union(joinResult)
+				.print();
+			
+			Plan plan = env.createProgramPlan();
+			compileNoStats(plan);
+		}
+		catch(Exception e){
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			fail(e.getMessage());
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private static final class Duplicator<T> implements MapFunction<T, Tuple2<T, T>> {
+		
+		@Override
+		public Tuple2<T, T> map(T value) {
+			return new Tuple2<T, T>(value, value);
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/flink-compiler/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/IterationsCompilerTest.java b/flink-compiler/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/IterationsCompilerTest.java
index 9ceb25c973812bae51280781e0a8e90a4cd63105..23b7cfeeda380aefed215d72739944090192a584 100644
--- a/flink-compiler/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/IterationsCompilerTest.java
+++ b/flink-compiler/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/compiler/IterationsCompilerTest.java
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ public class IterationsCompilerTest extends CompilerTestBase {
 			Plan p = env.createProgramPlan();
 			OptimizedPlan op = compileNoStats(p);
 			
-			
+			new NepheleJobGraphGenerator().compileJobGraph(op);
 		}
 		catch (Exception e) {
 			e.printStackTrace();