diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/concurrent/FutureAdapter.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/concurrent/FutureAdapter.java
index b0c6e182831..37aac9310eb 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/concurrent/FutureAdapter.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/concurrent/FutureAdapter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -59,27 +59,27 @@ public abstract class FutureAdapter<T, S> implements Future<T> {
 	 * Returns the adaptee.
 	 */
 	protected Future<S> getAdaptee() {
-		return adaptee;
+		return this.adaptee;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean cancel(boolean mayInterruptIfRunning) {
-		return adaptee.cancel(mayInterruptIfRunning);
+		return this.adaptee.cancel(mayInterruptIfRunning);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean isCancelled() {
-		return adaptee.isCancelled();
+		return this.adaptee.isCancelled();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean isDone() {
-		return adaptee.isDone();
+		return this.adaptee.isDone();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public T get() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
-		return adaptInternal(adaptee.get());
+		return adaptInternal(this.adaptee.get());
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ public abstract class FutureAdapter<T, S> implements Future<T> {
 						this.state = State.FAILURE;
 						throw ex;
 					}
+					catch (Throwable ex) {
+						ExecutionException execEx = new ExecutionException(ex);
+						this.result = execEx;
+						this.state = State.FAILURE;
+						throw execEx;
+					}
 				default:
 					throw new IllegalStateException();
 			}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/AsyncRestTemplate.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/AsyncRestTemplate.java
index 6ed6132b69b..08924ac16a9 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/AsyncRestTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/AsyncRestTemplate.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ public class AsyncRestTemplate extends AsyncHttpAccessor implements AsyncRestOpe
 	 * @param asyncRequestFactory the asynchronous request factory
 	 * @param syncRequestFactory the synchronous request factory
 	 */
-	public AsyncRestTemplate(AsyncClientHttpRequestFactory asyncRequestFactory, ClientHttpRequestFactory syncRequestFactory) {
+	public AsyncRestTemplate(
+			AsyncClientHttpRequestFactory asyncRequestFactory, ClientHttpRequestFactory syncRequestFactory) {
+
 		this(asyncRequestFactory, new RestTemplate(syncRequestFactory));
 	}
 
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ public class AsyncRestTemplate extends AsyncHttpAccessor implements AsyncRestOpe
 	 * @param restTemplate the synchronous template to use
 	 */
 	public AsyncRestTemplate(AsyncClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory, RestTemplate restTemplate) {
-		Assert.notNull(restTemplate, "'restTemplate' must not be null");
+		Assert.notNull(restTemplate, "RestTemplate must not be null");
 		this.syncTemplate = restTemplate;
 		setAsyncRequestFactory(requestFactory);
 	}
@@ -141,7 +143,9 @@ public class AsyncRestTemplate extends AsyncHttpAccessor implements AsyncRestOpe
 		this.syncTemplate.setErrorHandler(errorHandler);
 	}
 
-	/** Return the error handler. */
+	/**
+	 * Return the error handler.
+	 */
 	public ResponseErrorHandler getErrorHandler() {
 		return this.syncTemplate.getErrorHandler();
 	}
@@ -163,7 +167,7 @@ public class AsyncRestTemplate extends AsyncHttpAccessor implements AsyncRestOpe
 	 * Return the message body converters.
 	 */
 	public List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> getMessageConverters() {
-		return syncTemplate.getMessageConverters();
+		return this.syncTemplate.getMessageConverters();
 	}
 
 
@@ -215,6 +219,7 @@ public class AsyncRestTemplate extends AsyncHttpAccessor implements AsyncRestOpe
 		return execute(url, HttpMethod.HEAD, null, headersExtractor);
 	}
 
+
 	// POST
 
 	@Override
@@ -639,7 +644,7 @@ public class AsyncRestTemplate extends AsyncHttpAccessor implements AsyncRestOpe
 				}
 				return convertResponse(response);
 			}
-			catch (IOException ex) {
+			catch (Throwable ex) {
 				throw new ExecutionException(ex);
 			}
 			finally {