diff --git a/src/darray.jl b/src/darray.jl
index d3868ad..a2a308e 100644
--- a/src/darray.jl
+++ b/src/darray.jl
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ function locate(d::DArray, I::Int...)
     end
 end
 
-chunk(d::DArray{T,N,A}, i...) where {T,N,A} = remotecall_fetch(localpart, d.pids[i...], d)::A
+chunk(d::DArray{T,N,A}, pid::Int) where {T,N,A} = remotecall_fetch(localpart, pid, d)::A
 
 ## convenience constructors ##
 
@@ -568,9 +568,9 @@ DArray{T,N,S}(A::S) where {T,N,S<:AbstractArray} = distribute(convert(AbstractAr
 
 function Array{S,N}(d::DArray{T,N}) where {S,T,N}
     a = Array{S}(undef, size(d))
-    @sync begin
-        for i = 1:length(d.pids)
-            @async a[d.indices[i]...] = chunk(d, i)
+    @sync for (pid, indices) in zip(d.pids, d.indices)
+        if !any(isempty, indices)
+            @async a[indices...] = chunk(d, pid)
         end
     end
     return a
@@ -578,12 +578,12 @@ end
 
 function Array{S,N}(s::SubDArray{T,N}) where {S,T,N}
     I = s.indices
-    d = s.parent
+    d = parent(s)
     if isa(I,Tuple{Vararg{UnitRange{Int}}}) && S<:T && T<:S && !isempty(s)
         l = locate(d, map(first, I)...)
         if isequal(d.indices[l...], I)
             # SubDArray corresponds to a chunk
-            return chunk(d, l...)
+            return chunk(d, d.pids[l...])
         end
     end
     a = Array{S}(undef, size(s))
@@ -697,10 +697,11 @@ end
 
 function Base.setindex!(a::Array, d::DArray,
         I::Union{UnitRange{Int},Colon,Vector{Int},StepRange{Int,Int}}...)
-    n = length(I)
-    @sync for i = 1:length(d.pids)
-        K = d.indices[i]
-        @async a[[I[j][K[j]] for j=1:n]...] = chunk(d, i)
+    @sync for (pid, K) in zip(d.pids, d.indices)
+        idxs = map((Ij, Kj) -> Ij[Kj], I, K)
+        if !any(isempty, idxs)
+            @async a[idxs...] = chunk(d, pid)
+        end
     end
     return a
 end
@@ -809,24 +810,20 @@ function Base.setindex!(a::Array, s::SubDArray,
         I::Union{UnitRange{Int},Colon,Vector{Int},StepRange{Int,Int}}...)
     Inew = Base.to_indices(a, I)
     Base.setindex_shape_check(s, Base.index_lengths(Inew...)...)
-    n = length(Inew)
-    d = s.parent
+    d = parent(s)
     J = Base.to_indices(d, s.indices)
-    @sync for i = 1:length(d.pids)
-        K_c = d.indices[i]
+    @sync for (pid, K_c) in zip(d.pids, d.indices)
         K = map(intersect, J, K_c)
         if !any(isempty, K)
             K_mask = map(indexin_mask, J, K_c)
             idxs = restrict_indices(Inew, K_mask)
             if isequal(K, K_c)
                 # whole chunk
-                @async a[idxs...] = chunk(d, i)
+                @async a[idxs...] = chunk(d, pid)
             else
                 # partial chunk
-                @async a[idxs...] =
-                    remotecall_fetch(d.pids[i]) do
-                        view(localpart(d), [K[j].-first(K_c[j]).+1 for j=1:length(J)]...)
-                    end
+                localidxs = map((Kj, K_cj) -> Kj .- (first(K_cj) - 1), K, K_c)
+                @async a[idxs...] = remotecall_fetch((d, idxs) -> localpart(d)[idxs...], pid, d, localidxs)
             end
         end
     end