diff --git a/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/operators/OperatorToObservableFuture.java b/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/operators/OperatorToObservableFuture.java
index e263ff5023..869411bd28 100644
--- a/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/operators/OperatorToObservableFuture.java
+++ b/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/operators/OperatorToObservableFuture.java
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ public void call() {
                 }
             }));
             try {
+                //don't block or propagate CancellationException if already unsubscribed
+                if (subscriber.isUnsubscribed()) {
+                    return;
+                }
                 T value = (unit == null) ? (T) that.get() : (T) that.get(time, unit);
                 subscriber.onNext(value);
                 subscriber.onCompleted();
@@ -71,6 +75,10 @@ public void call() {
                 // since it's already subscribed.
                 // If the Future is canceled in other place, CancellationException will be still
                 // passed to the final Subscriber.
+                if (subscriber.isUnsubscribed()) {
+                    //refuse to emit onError if already unsubscribed
+                    return;
+                }
                 subscriber.onError(e);
             }
         }
diff --git a/rxjava-core/src/test/java/rx/operators/OperatorToObservableFutureTest.java b/rxjava-core/src/test/java/rx/operators/OperatorToObservableFutureTest.java
index fa5e2ec2fe..676adff915 100644
--- a/rxjava-core/src/test/java/rx/operators/OperatorToObservableFutureTest.java
+++ b/rxjava-core/src/test/java/rx/operators/OperatorToObservableFutureTest.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package rx.operators;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
@@ -22,14 +23,22 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.CancellationException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import rx.Observable;
 import rx.Observer;
+import rx.Subscriber;
 import rx.Subscription;
 import rx.observers.TestObserver;
+import rx.observers.TestSubscriber;
+import rx.schedulers.Schedulers;
 
 public class OperatorToObservableFutureTest {
 
@@ -68,4 +77,64 @@ public void testFailure() throws Exception {
         verify(o, times(1)).onError(e);
         verify(future, times(1)).cancel(true);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCancelledBeforeSubscribe() throws Exception {
+        Future<Object> future = mock(Future.class);
+        CancellationException e = new CancellationException("unit test synthetic cancellation");
+        when(future.get()).thenThrow(e);
+        Observer<Object> o = mock(Observer.class);
+
+        TestSubscriber<Object> testSubscriber = new TestSubscriber<Object>(o);
+        testSubscriber.unsubscribe();
+        Subscription sub = Observable.from(future).subscribe(testSubscriber);
+        assertEquals(0, testSubscriber.getOnErrorEvents().size());
+        assertEquals(0, testSubscriber.getOnCompletedEvents().size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCancellationDuringFutureGet() throws Exception {
+        Future<Object> future = new Future<Object>() {
+            private AtomicBoolean isCancelled = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+            private AtomicBoolean isDone = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean cancel(boolean mayInterruptIfRunning) {
+                isCancelled.compareAndSet(false, true);
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean isCancelled() {
+                return isCancelled.get();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean isDone() {
+                return isCancelled() || isDone.get();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public Object get() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
+                Thread.sleep(500);
+                isDone.compareAndSet(false, true);
+                return "foo";
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public Object get(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException {
+                return get();
+            }
+        };
+
+        Observer<Object> o = mock(Observer.class);
+
+        TestSubscriber<Object> testSubscriber = new TestSubscriber<Object>(o);
+        Observable<Object> futureObservable = Observable.from(future);
+        Subscription sub = futureObservable.subscribeOn(Schedulers.computation()).subscribe(testSubscriber);
+        sub.unsubscribe();
+        assertEquals(0, testSubscriber.getOnErrorEvents().size());
+        assertEquals(0, testSubscriber.getOnCompletedEvents().size());
+        assertEquals(0, testSubscriber.getOnNextEvents().size());
+    }
 }