jnothman
diff --git a/‎sklearn/neighbors/base.py
Lines changed: 24 additions & 6 deletions b/‎sklearn/neighbors/base.py
Lines changed: 24 additions & 6 deletions
@@ -283,6 +283,15 @@ def _pairwise(self):
         return self.metric == 'precomputed'
 
 
+def _tree_query_parallel_helper(tree, data, n_neighbors, return_distance):
+    """Helper for the Parallel calls in KNeighborsMixin.kneighbors
+
+    The Cython method tree.query is not directly picklable by cloudpickle
+    under PyPy.
+    """
+    return tree.query(data, n_neighbors, return_distance)
+
+
 class KNeighborsMixin(object):
     """Mixin for k-neighbors searches"""
 
@@ -433,15 +442,15 @@ class from an array representing our data set and ask who's
             if (sys.version_info < (3,) or
                     LooseVersion(joblib_version) < LooseVersion('0.12')):
                 # Deal with change of API in joblib
-                delayed_query = delayed(self._tree.query,
+                delayed_query = delayed(_tree_query_parallel_helper,
                                         check_pickle=False)
                 parallel_kwargs = {"backend": "threading"}
             else:
-                delayed_query = delayed(self._tree.query)
+                delayed_query = delayed(_tree_query_parallel_helper)
                 parallel_kwargs = {"prefer": "threads"}
             result = Parallel(n_jobs, **parallel_kwargs)(
                 delayed_query(
-                    X[s], n_neighbors, return_distance)
+                    self._tree, X[s], n_neighbors, return_distance)
                 for s in gen_even_slices(X.shape[0], n_jobs)
             )
         else:
@@ -561,6 +570,15 @@ def kneighbors_graph(self, X=None, n_neighbors=None,
         return kneighbors_graph
 
 
+def _tree_query_radius_parallel_helper(tree, data, radius, return_distance):
+    """Helper for the Parallel calls in RadiusNeighborsMixin.radius_neighbors
+
+    The Cython method tree.query_radius is not directly picklable by
+    cloudpickle under PyPy.
+    """
+    return tree.query_radius(data, radius, return_distance)
+
+
 class RadiusNeighborsMixin(object):
     """Mixin for radius-based neighbors searches"""
 
@@ -717,14 +735,14 @@ class from an array representing our data set and ask who's
             n_jobs = effective_n_jobs(self.n_jobs)
             if LooseVersion(joblib_version) < LooseVersion('0.12'):
                 # Deal with change of API in joblib
-                delayed_query = delayed(self._tree.query_radius,
+                delayed_query = delayed(_tree_query_radius_parallel_helper,
                                         check_pickle=False)
                 parallel_kwargs = {"backend": "threading"}
             else:
-                delayed_query = delayed(self._tree.query_radius)
+                delayed_query = delayed(_tree_query_radius_parallel_helper)
                 parallel_kwargs = {"prefer": "threads"}
             results = Parallel(n_jobs, **parallel_kwargs)(
-                delayed_query(X[s], radius, return_distance)
+                delayed_query(self._tree, X[s], radius, return_distance)
                 for s in gen_even_slices(X.shape[0], n_jobs)
             )
             if return_distance: