diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/repeat/policy/CompletionPolicySupport.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/repeat/policy/CompletionPolicySupport.java
index 600796db1..c96eb9fcc 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/repeat/policy/CompletionPolicySupport.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/repeat/policy/CompletionPolicySupport.java
@@ -30,13 +30,19 @@ import org.springframework.batch.repeat.context.RepeatContextSupport;
 public class CompletionPolicySupport implements CompletionPolicy {
 
 	/**
-	 * Delegate to {@link #isComplete(RepeatContext)}.
+	 * Return <code>true</code> if exit status is not continuable, otherwise
+	 * delegate to {@link #isComplete(RepeatContext)}.
 	 * 
 	 * @see org.springframework.batch.repeat.CompletionPolicy#isComplete(org.springframework.batch.repeat.RepeatContext,
 	 * ExitStatus)
 	 */
 	public boolean isComplete(RepeatContext context, ExitStatus result) {
-		return isComplete(context);
+		if (result != null && !result.isContinuable()) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		else {
+			return isComplete(context);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/repeat/policy/TimeoutCompletionPolicyTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/repeat/policy/TimeoutCompletionPolicyTests.java
index 453246142..926db410a 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/repeat/policy/TimeoutCompletionPolicyTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/repeat/policy/TimeoutCompletionPolicyTests.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.batch.repeat.policy;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.RepeatContext;
 
 public class TimeoutCompletionPolicyTests extends TestCase {
@@ -35,6 +36,12 @@ public class TimeoutCompletionPolicyTests extends TestCase {
 		RepeatContext context = policy.start(null);
 		assertFalse(policy.isComplete(context, null));
 	}
+	
+	public void testNonContinuableResult() throws Exception {
+		TimeoutTerminationPolicy policy = new TimeoutTerminationPolicy();
+		ExitStatus result = new ExitStatus(false, "non-continuable exit status");
+		assertTrue(policy.isComplete(policy.start(null), result));
+	}
 
 	public void testUpdate() throws Exception {
 		TimeoutTerminationPolicy policy = new TimeoutTerminationPolicy(20L);