diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Future.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Future.scala
index 370bad6d1c..6ca346dbdf 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Future.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Future.scala
@@ -205,10 +205,7 @@ sealed trait Future[+T] {
    * and will throw a java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException if there is no result
    * within the Futures timeout
    */
-  def apply(): T = this.await.resultOrException match {
-    case None => throw new java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException("Future timed out!")
-    case s: Some[T] => s.get
-  }
+  def apply(): T = this.await.resultOrException.get
 
   /**
    * Java API for apply()
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/test/scala/akka/dispatch/FutureSpec.scala b/akka-actor/src/test/scala/akka/dispatch/FutureSpec.scala
index 2cdd9b340d..ec46140859 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/test/scala/akka/dispatch/FutureSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/test/scala/akka/dispatch/FutureSpec.scala
@@ -334,6 +334,11 @@ class FutureSpec extends JUnitSuite {
     assert(f2.resultOrException === None)
     latch.open
     assert(f2() === 10)
+
+    val f3 = Future({ Thread.sleep(100); 5}, 10)
+    intercept[FutureTimeoutException] {
+      f3()
+    }
   }
 
   @Test def lesslessIsMore {