diff --git a/akka-core/src/main/scala/dispatch/Queues.scala b/akka-core/src/main/scala/dispatch/Queues.scala
index e12f22a526..7f16f7aa57 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/main/scala/dispatch/Queues.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/main/scala/dispatch/Queues.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ class BoundedTransferQueue[E <: AnyRef](
   require(pushTimeUnit ne null)
   
   protected val guard = new Semaphore(capacity)
-  
+
+  //Enqueue an item within the push timeout (acquire Semaphore)
   protected def enq(f: => Boolean): Boolean = {
     if (guard.tryAcquire(pushTimeout,pushTimeUnit)) {
       val result = try {
@@ -35,10 +36,10 @@ class BoundedTransferQueue[E <: AnyRef](
       false
   }
 
-  protected def deq(f: => E): E = {
-    val result: E = f
-    if (result ne null) guard.release
-    result
+  //Dequeue an item (release Semaphore)
+  protected def deq(e: E): E = {
+    if (e ne null) guard.release //Signal removal of item
+    e
   }
 
   override def take(): E = deq(super.take)
@@ -46,9 +47,15 @@ class BoundedTransferQueue[E <: AnyRef](
   override def poll(timeout: Long, unit: TimeUnit): E = deq(super.poll(timeout,unit))
 
   override def remainingCapacity = guard.availablePermits
-  override def remove(o: AnyRef): Boolean = deq({
-    (if (o.isInstanceOf[E] && super.remove(o)) o else null).asInstanceOf[E]
-  }) ne null
+
+  override def remove(o: AnyRef): Boolean = {
+    if (super.remove(o)) {
+      guard.release
+      true
+    } else {
+      false
+    }
+  }
 
   override def offer(e: E): Boolean =
     enq(super.offer(e))
diff --git a/akka-core/src/main/scala/remote/RemoteServer.scala b/akka-core/src/main/scala/remote/RemoteServer.scala
index 5f3c12d5a4..7c9f73258c 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/main/scala/remote/RemoteServer.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/main/scala/remote/RemoteServer.scala
@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ class RemoteServerHandler(
           } else future.getChannel.close
         }
       })
+    } else {
+       server.foreachListener(_ ! RemoteServerClientConnected(server))
     }
   }