diff --git a/src/main/java/io/reactivex/internal/operators/parallel/ParallelFromPublisher.java b/src/main/java/io/reactivex/internal/operators/parallel/ParallelFromPublisher.java
index e50246a988..5eb11d3e4e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/reactivex/internal/operators/parallel/ParallelFromPublisher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/reactivex/internal/operators/parallel/ParallelFromPublisher.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public void onSubscribe(Subscription s) {
                     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                     QueueSubscription<T> qs = (QueueSubscription<T>) s;
 
-                    int m = qs.requestFusion(QueueSubscription.ANY);
+                    int m = qs.requestFusion(QueueSubscription.ANY | QueueSubscription.BOUNDARY);
 
                     if (m == QueueSubscription.SYNC) {
                         sourceMode = m;
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/reactivex/parallel/ParallelFromPublisherTest.java b/src/test/java/io/reactivex/parallel/ParallelFromPublisherTest.java
index 874fd62fba..69ccfc3db6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/reactivex/parallel/ParallelFromPublisherTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/reactivex/parallel/ParallelFromPublisherTest.java
@@ -14,15 +14,22 @@
 package io.reactivex.parallel;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.*;
+
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.reactivestreams.Subscriber;
+import org.reactivestreams.*;
 
-import io.reactivex.Flowable;
+import io.reactivex.*;
 import io.reactivex.exceptions.*;
-import io.reactivex.functions.Function;
+import io.reactivex.functions.*;
 import io.reactivex.internal.functions.Functions;
+import io.reactivex.internal.fuseable.QueueSubscription;
+import io.reactivex.internal.subscribers.BasicFuseableSubscriber;
 import io.reactivex.internal.subscriptions.BooleanSubscription;
 import io.reactivex.processors.UnicastProcessor;
+import io.reactivex.schedulers.Schedulers;
 
 public class ParallelFromPublisherTest {
 
@@ -53,6 +60,53 @@ public void fusedFilterBecomesEmpty() {
         .assertResult();
     }
 
+    static final class StripBoundary<T> extends Flowable<T> implements FlowableTransformer<T, T> {
+
+        final Flowable<T> source;
+
+        StripBoundary(Flowable<T> source) {
+            this.source = source;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Publisher<T> apply(Flowable<T> upstream) {
+            return new StripBoundary<T>(upstream);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void subscribeActual(Subscriber<? super T> s) {
+            source.subscribe(new StripBoundarySubscriber<T>(s));
+        }
+
+        static final class StripBoundarySubscriber<T> extends BasicFuseableSubscriber<T, T> {
+
+            StripBoundarySubscriber(Subscriber<? super T> actual) {
+                super(actual);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onNext(T t) {
+                actual.onNext(t);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public int requestFusion(int mode) {
+                QueueSubscription<T> fs = qs;
+                if (fs != null) {
+                    int m = fs.requestFusion(mode & ~QueueSubscription.BOUNDARY);
+                    this.sourceMode = m;
+                    return m;
+                }
+                return QueueSubscription.NONE;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public T poll() throws Exception {
+                return qs.poll();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void syncFusedMapCrash() {
         Flowable.just(1)
@@ -62,6 +116,7 @@ public Object apply(Integer v) throws Exception {
                 throw new TestException();
             }
         })
+        .compose(new StripBoundary<Object>(null))
         .parallel()
         .sequential()
         .test()
@@ -81,6 +136,7 @@ public Object apply(Integer v) throws Exception {
                 throw new TestException();
             }
         })
+        .compose(new StripBoundary<Object>(null))
         .parallel()
         .sequential()
         .test()
@@ -88,4 +144,45 @@ public Object apply(Integer v) throws Exception {
 
         assertFalse(up.hasSubscribers());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void boundaryConfinement() {
+        final Set<String> between = new HashSet<String>();
+        final ConcurrentHashMap<String, String> processing = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, String>();
+
+        Flowable.range(1, 10)
+        .observeOn(Schedulers.single(), false, 1)
+        .doOnNext(new Consumer<Integer>() {
+            @Override
+            public void accept(Integer v) throws Exception {
+                between.add(Thread.currentThread().getName());
+            }
+        })
+        .parallel(2, 1)
+        .runOn(Schedulers.computation(), 1)
+        .map(new Function<Integer, Object>() {
+            @Override
+            public Object apply(Integer v) throws Exception {
+                processing.putIfAbsent(Thread.currentThread().getName(), "");
+                return v;
+            }
+        })
+        .sequential()
+        .test()
+        .awaitDone(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+        .assertSubscribed()
+        .assertValueSet(Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10))
+        .assertComplete()
+        .assertNoErrors()
+        ;
+
+        assertEquals(between.toString(), 1, between.size());
+        assertTrue(between.toString(), between.iterator().next().contains("RxSingleScheduler"));
+
+        Map<String, String> map = processing; // AnimalSniffer: CHM.keySet() in Java 8 returns KeySetView
+
+        for (String e : map.keySet()) {
+            assertTrue(map.toString(), e.contains("RxComputationThreadPool"));
+        }
+    }
 }