diff --git a/java/runtime/src/main/java/io/ray/runtime/task/LocalModeTaskSubmitter.java b/java/runtime/src/main/java/io/ray/runtime/task/LocalModeTaskSubmitter.java
index d729692d2..c2c3e8616 100644
--- a/java/runtime/src/main/java/io/ray/runtime/task/LocalModeTaskSubmitter.java
+++ b/java/runtime/src/main/java/io/ray/runtime/task/LocalModeTaskSubmitter.java
@@ -174,9 +174,11 @@ public class LocalModeTaskSubmitter implements TaskSubmitter {
         = new LocalModeActorHandle(actorId, getReturnIds(taskSpec).get(0));
     actorHandles.put(actorId, actorHandle.copy());
     if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(options.name)) {
-      Preconditions.checkArgument(!namedActors.containsKey(options.name),
-          String.format("Actor of name %s exists", options.name));
-      namedActors.put(options.name, actorHandle);
+      String fullName = options.global ? options.name :
+          String.format("%s-%s", Ray.getRuntimeContext().getCurrentJobId(), options.name);
+      Preconditions.checkArgument(!namedActors.containsKey(fullName),
+          String.format("Actor of name %s exists", fullName));
+      namedActors.put(fullName, actorHandle);
     }
     return actorHandle;
   }
@@ -215,11 +217,11 @@ public class LocalModeTaskSubmitter implements TaskSubmitter {
   public Optional<BaseActorHandle> getActor(String name, boolean global) {
     String fullName = global ? name :
         String.format("%s-%s", Ray.getRuntimeContext().getCurrentJobId(), name);
-    if (namedActors.containsKey(fullName)) {
-      return Optional.of(namedActors.get(fullName));
-    } else {
+    ActorHandle actorHandle = namedActors.get(fullName);
+    if (null == actorHandle) {
       return Optional.empty();
     }
+    return Optional.of(actorHandle);
   }
 
   public void shutdown() {
diff --git a/java/test/src/main/java/io/ray/test/NamedActorTest.java b/java/test/src/main/java/io/ray/test/NamedActorTest.java
index b9bdb2dfe..ec7ef7dbf 100644
--- a/java/test/src/main/java/io/ray/test/NamedActorTest.java
+++ b/java/test/src/main/java/io/ray/test/NamedActorTest.java
@@ -52,26 +52,28 @@ public class NamedActorTest extends BaseTest {
     Assert.assertEquals(namedActor.get().task(Counter::increment).remote().get(),
         Integer.valueOf(2));
 
-    // Get the global actor from another driver.
-    RayConfig rayConfig = TestUtils.getRuntime().getRayConfig();
-    ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder(
-        "java",
-        "-cp",
-        System.getProperty("java.class.path"),
-        "-Dray.redis.address=" + rayConfig.getRedisAddress(),
-        "-Dray.object-store.socket-name=" + rayConfig.objectStoreSocketName,
-        "-Dray.raylet.socket-name=" + rayConfig.rayletSocketName,
-        "-Dray.raylet.node-manager-port=" + rayConfig.getNodeManagerPort(),
-        NamedActorTest.class.getName(),
-        name);
-    builder.redirectError(ProcessBuilder.Redirect.INHERIT);
-    Process driver = builder.start();
-    Assert.assertTrue(driver.waitFor(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
-    Assert.assertEquals(driver.exitValue(), 0,
-        "The driver exited with code " + driver.exitValue());
+    if (!TestUtils.isSingleProcessMode()) {
+      // Get the global actor from another driver.
+      RayConfig rayConfig = TestUtils.getRuntime().getRayConfig();
+      ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder(
+          "java",
+          "-cp",
+          System.getProperty("java.class.path"),
+          "-Dray.redis.address=" + rayConfig.getRedisAddress(),
+          "-Dray.object-store.socket-name=" + rayConfig.objectStoreSocketName,
+          "-Dray.raylet.socket-name=" + rayConfig.rayletSocketName,
+          "-Dray.raylet.node-manager-port=" + rayConfig.getNodeManagerPort(),
+          NamedActorTest.class.getName(),
+          name);
+      builder.redirectError(ProcessBuilder.Redirect.INHERIT);
+      Process driver = builder.start();
+      Assert.assertTrue(driver.waitFor(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+      Assert.assertEquals(driver.exitValue(), 0,
+          "The driver exited with code " + driver.exitValue());
 
-    Assert.assertEquals(namedActor.get().task(Counter::increment).remote().get(),
-        Integer.valueOf(4));
+      Assert.assertEquals(namedActor.get().task(Counter::increment).remote().get(),
+          Integer.valueOf(4));
+    }
   }
 
   public static void main(String[] args) {