diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
index 387775ab7b..a48d5c4c45 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
@@ -382,8 +382,8 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
         case ChildTerminated(child)       ⇒ todo = handleChildTerminated(child)
         case NoMessage                    ⇒ // only here to suppress warning
       }
-    } catch {
-      case e @ (_: InterruptedException | NonFatal(_)) ⇒ handleInvokeFailure(Nil, e, "error while processing " + message)
+    } catch handleNonFatalOrInterruptedException { e ⇒
+      handleInvokeFailure(Nil, e, "error while processing " + message)
     }
     if (todo != null) systemInvoke(todo)
   }
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
       case msg                      ⇒ receiveMessage(msg)
     }
     currentMessage = null // reset current message after successful invocation
-  } catch {
-    case e @ (_: InterruptedException | NonFatal(_)) ⇒ handleInvokeFailure(Nil, e, e.getMessage)
+  } catch handleNonFatalOrInterruptedException { e ⇒
+    handleInvokeFailure(Nil, e, e.getMessage)
   } finally {
     checkReceiveTimeout // Reschedule receive timeout
   }
@@ -471,7 +471,13 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
     }
   }
 
-  protected def create(uid: Int): Unit =
+  protected def create(uid: Int): Unit = {
+    def clearOutActorIfNonNull(): Unit = {
+      if (actor != null) {
+        clearActorFields(actor)
+        actor = null // ensure that we know that we failed during creation
+      }
+    }
     try {
       this.uid = uid
       val created = newActor()
@@ -480,11 +486,12 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
       checkReceiveTimeout
       if (system.settings.DebugLifecycle) publish(Debug(self.path.toString, clazz(created), "started (" + created + ")"))
     } catch {
+      case e: InterruptedException ⇒
+        clearOutActorIfNonNull()
+        Thread.currentThread().interrupt()
+        throw ActorInitializationException(self, "interruption during creation", e)
       case NonFatal(e) ⇒
-        if (actor != null) {
-          clearActorFields(actor)
-          actor = null // ensure that we know that we failed during creation
-        }
+        clearOutActorIfNonNull()
         e match {
           case i: InstantiationException ⇒ throw ActorInitializationException(self,
             """exception during creation, this problem is likely to occur because the class of the Actor you tried to create is either,
@@ -494,6 +501,7 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
           case x ⇒ throw ActorInitializationException(self, "exception during creation", x)
         }
     }
+  }
 
   private def supervise(child: ActorRef, async: Boolean, uid: Int): Unit =
     if (!isTerminating) {
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/dungeon/Children.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/dungeon/Children.scala
index f897535c91..9c64d79a64 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/dungeon/Children.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/dungeon/Children.scala
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ private[akka] trait Children { this: ActorCell ⇒
           cell.provider.actorOf(cell.systemImpl, props, cell.self, cell.self.path / name,
             systemService = systemService, deploy = None, lookupDeploy = true, async = async)
         } catch {
+          case e: InterruptedException ⇒
+            unreserveChild(name)
+            Thread.interrupted() // clear interrupted flag before throwing according to java convention
+            throw e
           case NonFatal(e) ⇒
             unreserveChild(name)
             throw e
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/dungeon/FaultHandling.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/dungeon/FaultHandling.scala
index b97313d794..053765296a 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/dungeon/FaultHandling.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/dungeon/FaultHandling.scala
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import akka.actor.Failed
 import akka.actor.PostRestartException
 import akka.event.Logging.Debug
 import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
+import scala.util.control.Exception._
 
 private[akka] trait FaultHandling { this: ActorCell ⇒
 
@@ -65,10 +66,9 @@ private[akka] trait FaultHandling { this: ActorCell ⇒
         try {
           // if the actor fails in preRestart, we can do nothing but log it: it’s best-effort
           if (failedActor.context ne null) failedActor.preRestart(cause, optionalMessage)
-        } catch {
-          case NonFatal(e) ⇒
-            val ex = new PreRestartException(self, e, cause, optionalMessage)
-            publish(Error(ex, self.path.toString, clazz(failedActor), e.getMessage))
+        } catch handleNonFatalOrInterruptedException { e ⇒
+          val ex = new PreRestartException(self, e, cause, optionalMessage)
+          publish(Error(ex, self.path.toString, clazz(failedActor), e.getMessage))
         } finally {
           clearActorFields(failedActor)
         }
@@ -174,20 +174,16 @@ private[akka] trait FaultHandling { this: ActorCell ⇒
         case _                             ⇒ setFailed(self); Set.empty
       }
       suspendChildren(exceptFor = skip ++ childrenNotToSuspend)
-      // tell supervisor
-      t match { // Wrap InterruptedExceptions and, clear the flag and rethrow
-        case _: InterruptedException ⇒
-          parent.tell(Failed(new ActorInterruptedException(t), uid), self)
-          Thread.interrupted() // clear interrupted flag before throwing according to java convention
-          throw t
-        case _ ⇒ parent.tell(Failed(t, uid), self)
+      t match {
+        // tell supervisor
+        case _: InterruptedException ⇒ parent.tell(Failed(new ActorInterruptedException(t), uid), self)
+        case _                       ⇒ parent.tell(Failed(t, uid), self)
       }
-    } catch {
-      case NonFatal(e) ⇒
-        publish(Error(e, self.path.toString, clazz(actor),
-          "emergency stop: exception in failure handling for " + t.getClass + Logging.stackTraceFor(t)))
-        try children foreach stop
-        finally finishTerminate()
+    } catch handleNonFatalOrInterruptedException { e ⇒
+      publish(Error(e, self.path.toString, clazz(actor),
+        "emergency stop: exception in failure handling for " + t.getClass + Logging.stackTraceFor(t)))
+      try children foreach stop
+      finally finishTerminate()
     }
   }
 
@@ -199,8 +195,8 @@ private[akka] trait FaultHandling { this: ActorCell ⇒
      * specific order.
      */
     try if (a ne null) a.postStop()
-    catch {
-      case NonFatal(e) ⇒ publish(Error(e, self.path.toString, clazz(a), e.getMessage))
+    catch handleNonFatalOrInterruptedException { e ⇒
+      publish(Error(e, self.path.toString, clazz(a), e.getMessage))
     } finally try dispatcher.detach(this)
     finally try parent.sendSystemMessage(ChildTerminated(self))
     finally try parent ! NullMessage // read ScalaDoc of NullMessage to see why
@@ -232,13 +228,12 @@ private[akka] trait FaultHandling { this: ActorCell ⇒
       // only after parent is up and running again do restart the children which were not stopped
       survivors foreach (child ⇒
         try child.asInstanceOf[InternalActorRef].restart(cause)
-        catch {
-          case NonFatal(e) ⇒ publish(Error(e, self.path.toString, clazz(freshActor), "restarting " + child))
+        catch handleNonFatalOrInterruptedException { e ⇒
+          publish(Error(e, self.path.toString, clazz(freshActor), "restarting " + child))
         })
-    } catch {
-      case NonFatal(e) ⇒
-        clearActorFields(actor) // in order to prevent preRestart() from happening again
-        handleInvokeFailure(survivors, new PostRestartException(self, e, cause), e.getMessage)
+    } catch handleNonFatalOrInterruptedException { e ⇒
+      clearActorFields(actor) // in order to prevent preRestart() from happening again
+      handleInvokeFailure(survivors, new PostRestartException(self, e, cause), e.getMessage)
     }
   }
 
@@ -267,8 +262,8 @@ private[akka] trait FaultHandling { this: ActorCell ⇒
      */
     if (actor != null) {
       try actor.supervisorStrategy.handleChildTerminated(this, child, children)
-      catch {
-        case NonFatal(e) ⇒ handleInvokeFailure(Nil, e, "handleChildTerminated failed")
+      catch handleNonFatalOrInterruptedException { e ⇒
+        handleInvokeFailure(Nil, e, "handleChildTerminated failed")
       }
     }
     /*
@@ -282,4 +277,12 @@ private[akka] trait FaultHandling { this: ActorCell ⇒
       case _ ⇒ null
     }
   }
+
+  final protected def handleNonFatalOrInterruptedException(thunk: (Throwable) ⇒ Unit): Catcher[Unit] = {
+    case e: InterruptedException ⇒
+      thunk(e)
+      Thread.currentThread().interrupt()
+    case NonFatal(e) ⇒
+      thunk(e)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Mailbox.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Mailbox.scala
index e3576a1184..86c908e95d 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Mailbox.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Mailbox.scala
@@ -231,12 +231,11 @@ private[akka] abstract class Mailbox(val messageQueue: MessageQueue)
       if (next ne null) {
         if (Mailbox.debug) println(actor.self + " processing message " + next)
         actor invoke next
-        processAllSystemMessages()
-        if ((left > 1) && ((dispatcher.isThroughputDeadlineTimeDefined == false) || (System.nanoTime - deadlineNs) < 0)) {
-          processMailbox(left - 1, deadlineNs)
-        } else if (Thread.interrupted()) {
+        if (Thread.interrupted())
           throw new InterruptedException("Interrupted while processing actor messages")
-        }
+        processAllSystemMessages()
+        if ((left > 1) && ((dispatcher.isThroughputDeadlineTimeDefined == false) || (System.nanoTime - deadlineNs) < 0))
+          processMailbox(left - 1, deadlineNs)
       }
     }
 
@@ -255,12 +254,10 @@ private[akka] abstract class Mailbox(val messageQueue: MessageQueue)
       nextMessage = nextMessage.next
       msg.next = null
       if (debug) println(actor.self + " processing system message " + msg + " with " + actor.childrenRefs)
-      try {
-        actor systemInvoke msg
-      } catch {
-        // we know here that systemInvoke ensures that only InterruptedException and "fatal" exceptions get rethrown
-        case e: InterruptedException ⇒ interruption = e
-      }
+      // we know here that systemInvoke ensures that only "fatal" exceptions get rethrown
+      actor systemInvoke msg
+      if (Thread.interrupted())
+        interruption = new InterruptedException("Interrupted while processing system messages")
       // don’t ever execute normal message when system message present!
       if ((nextMessage eq null) && !isClosed) nextMessage = systemDrain(null)
     }