diff --git a/evcache-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/evcache/operation/EVCacheBulkGetFuture.java b/evcache-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/evcache/operation/EVCacheBulkGetFuture.java
index d63c0810..2c6790fd 100644
--- a/evcache-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/evcache/operation/EVCacheBulkGetFuture.java
+++ b/evcache-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/evcache/operation/EVCacheBulkGetFuture.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import com.netflix.evcache.EVCacheGetOperationListener;
 import net.spy.memcached.internal.BulkGetCompletionListener;
+import net.spy.memcached.internal.CheckedOperationTimeoutException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -181,9 +182,27 @@ public <U> CompletableFuture<U> makeFutureWithTimeout(long timeout, TimeUnit uni
     public CompletableFuture<Map<String, T>> getAsyncSome(long timeout, TimeUnit units) {
         CompletableFuture<Map<String, T>> future = makeFutureWithTimeout(timeout, units);
         doAsyncGetSome(future);
-        return future;
+        return future.handle((data, ex) -> {
+            if (ex != null) {
+                handleBulkTimeoutException();
+            }
+            return data;
+        });
     }
 
+    public void handleBulkTimeoutException() {
+        ExecutionException t = null;
+        for (Operation op : ops) {
+            if (op.isCancelled()) t =  new ExecutionException(new CancellationException("Cancelled"));
+            else if (op.hasErrored()) t =  new ExecutionException(op.getException());
+            else {
+                op.timeOut();
+                MemcachedConnection.opTimedOut(op);
+                t = new ExecutionException(new CheckedOperationTimeoutException("Checked Operation timed out.", op));
+            }
+        }
+        throw new RuntimeException(t);
+    }
     public void doAsyncGetSome(CompletableFuture<Map<String, T>> promise) {
         this.addListener(future -> {
             try {