diff --git a/spring-batch-integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/integration/async/AsyncItemWriter.java b/spring-batch-integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/integration/async/AsyncItemWriter.java
index 0bf837ba6..fdfa0fef4 100644
--- a/spring-batch-integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/integration/async/AsyncItemWriter.java
+++ b/spring-batch-integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/integration/async/AsyncItemWriter.java
@@ -15,18 +15,18 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.batch.integration.async;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.concurrent.Future;
-
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriter;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+
 public class AsyncItemWriter<T> implements ItemWriter<Future<T>>, InitializingBean {
 	
 	private ItemWriter<T> delegate;
-	
+
 	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
 		Assert.notNull(delegate, "A delegate ItemWriter must be provided.");
 	}
@@ -38,12 +38,23 @@ public class AsyncItemWriter<T> implements ItemWriter<Future<T>>, InitializingBe
 		this.delegate = delegate;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * In the processing of the {@link java.util.concurrent.Future}s passed, nulls are <em>not</em> passed to the
+	 * delegate since they are considered filtered out by the {@link org.springframework.batch.integration.async.AsyncItemProcessor}'s
+	 * delegated {@link org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor}.
+	 *
+	 * @param items {@link java.util.concurrent.Future}s to be upwrapped and passed to the delegate
+	 * @throws Exception
+	 */
 	public void write(List<? extends Future<T>> items) throws Exception {
 		List<T> list = new ArrayList<T>();
 		for (Future<T> future : items) {
-			list.add(future.get());
+			T item = future.get();
+
+			if(item != null) {
+				list.add(future.get());
+			}
 		}
 		delegate.write(list);
 	}
-
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch-integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/integration/async/AsyncItemWriterTests.java b/spring-batch-integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/integration/async/AsyncItemWriterTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fd6b63a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/integration/async/AsyncItemWriterTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.batch.integration.async;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriter;
+import org.springframework.core.task.SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor;
+import org.springframework.core.task.TaskExecutor;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.concurrent.FutureTask;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * @author mminella
+ */
+public class AsyncItemWriterTests {
+
+	private AsyncItemWriter<String> writer;
+	private List<String> writtenItems;
+	private TaskExecutor taskExecutor;
+
+	@Before
+	public void setup() {
+		taskExecutor = new SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor();
+		writtenItems = new ArrayList<String>();
+		writer = new AsyncItemWriter<String>();
+		writer.setDelegate(new ListItemWriter(writtenItems));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testRoseyScenario() throws Exception {
+		List<FutureTask<String>> processedItems = new ArrayList<FutureTask<String>>();
+
+		processedItems.add(new FutureTask<String>(new Callable<String>() {
+			@Override
+			public String call() throws Exception {
+				return "foo";
+			}
+		}));
+
+		processedItems.add(new FutureTask<String>(new Callable<String>() {
+			@Override
+			public String call() throws Exception {
+				return "bar";
+			}
+		}));
+
+		for (FutureTask<String> processedItem : processedItems) {
+			taskExecutor.execute(processedItem);
+		}
+
+		writer.write(processedItems);
+
+		assertEquals(2, writtenItems.size());
+		assertTrue(writtenItems.contains("foo"));
+		assertTrue(writtenItems.contains("bar"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testFilteredItem() throws Exception {
+		List<FutureTask<String>> processedItems = new ArrayList<FutureTask<String>>();
+
+		processedItems.add(new FutureTask<String>(new Callable<String>() {
+			@Override
+			public String call() throws Exception {
+				return "foo";
+			}
+		}));
+
+		processedItems.add(new FutureTask<String>(new Callable<String>() {
+			@Override
+			public String call() throws Exception {
+				return null;
+			}
+		}));
+
+		for (FutureTask<String> processedItem : processedItems) {
+			taskExecutor.execute(processedItem);
+		}
+
+		writer.write(processedItems);
+
+		assertEquals(1, writtenItems.size());
+		assertTrue(writtenItems.contains("foo"));
+	}
+
+	private class ListItemWriter implements ItemWriter<String> {
+
+		protected List<String> items;
+
+		public ListItemWriter(List<String> items) {
+			this.items = items;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void write(List<? extends String> items) throws Exception {
+			this.items.addAll(items);
+		}
+	}
+}