diff --git a/kazoo/handlers/gevent.py b/kazoo/handlers/gevent.py
index 78d234d9..96ee765d 100644
--- a/kazoo/handlers/gevent.py
+++ b/kazoo/handlers/gevent.py
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ def __init__(self):
         self._state_change = Semaphore()
         self._workers = []
 
+    @property
+    def running(self):
+        return self._running
+
     class timeout_exception(gevent.Timeout):
         def __init__(self, msg):
             gevent.Timeout.__init__(self, exception=msg)
diff --git a/kazoo/handlers/threading.py b/kazoo/handlers/threading.py
index afd05c56..1ab33491 100644
--- a/kazoo/handlers/threading.py
+++ b/kazoo/handlers/threading.py
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ def __init__(self):
         self._state_change = threading.Lock()
         self._workers = []
 
+    @property
+    def running(self):
+        return self._running
+
     def _create_thread_worker(self, queue):
         def _thread_worker():  # pragma: nocover
             while True:
diff --git a/kazoo/handlers/utils.py b/kazoo/handlers/utils.py
index 25173906..bd1b92ef 100644
--- a/kazoo/handlers/utils.py
+++ b/kazoo/handlers/utils.py
@@ -46,20 +46,14 @@ def set(self, value=None):
         with self._condition:
             self.value = value
             self._exception = None
-            for callback in self._callbacks:
-                self._handler.completion_queue.put(
-                    functools.partial(callback, self)
-                )
+            self._do_callbacks()
             self._condition.notify_all()
 
     def set_exception(self, exception):
         """Store the exception. Wake up the waiters."""
         with self._condition:
             self._exception = exception
-            for callback in self._callbacks:
-                self._handler.completion_queue.put(
-                    functools.partial(callback, self)
-                )
+            self._do_callbacks()
             self._condition.notify_all()
 
     def get(self, block=True, timeout=None):
@@ -102,16 +96,13 @@ def rawlink(self, callback):
         """Register a callback to call when a value or an exception is
         set"""
         with self._condition:
-            # Are we already set? Dispatch it now
-            if self.ready():
-                self._handler.completion_queue.put(
-                    functools.partial(callback, self)
-                )
-                return
-
             if callback not in self._callbacks:
                 self._callbacks.append(callback)
 
+            # Are we already set? Dispatch it now
+            if self.ready():
+                self._do_callbacks()
+
     def unlink(self, callback):
         """Remove the callback set by :meth:`rawlink`"""
         with self._condition:
@@ -122,6 +113,18 @@ def unlink(self, callback):
             if callback in self._callbacks:
                 self._callbacks.remove(callback)
 
+    def _do_callbacks(self):
+        """Execute the callbacks that were registered by :meth:`rawlink`.
+        If the handler is in running state this method only schedules
+        the calls to be performed by the handler. If it's stopped,
+        the callbacks are called right away."""
+
+        for callback in self._callbacks:
+            if self._handler.running:
+                self._handler.completion_queue.put(
+                    functools.partial(callback, self))
+            else:
+                functools.partial(callback, self)()
 
 def _set_fd_cloexec(fd):
     flags = fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_GETFD)
diff --git a/kazoo/tests/test_client.py b/kazoo/tests/test_client.py
index e22261de..e988fdb1 100644
--- a/kazoo/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/kazoo/tests/test_client.py
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ def test_context(self):
         eq_(self.client.get('/smith')[0], b'32')
 
 
-class TestCallbacks(unittest.TestCase):
+class TestSessionCallbacks(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_session_callback_states(self):
         from kazoo.protocol.states import KazooState, KeeperState
         from kazoo.client import KazooClient
@@ -1185,6 +1185,28 @@ def test_session_callback_states(self):
         eq_(client.state, KazooState.SUSPENDED)
 
 
+class TestCallbacks(KazooTestCase):
+    def test_async_result_callbacks_are_always_called(self):
+        # create a callback object
+        callback_mock = mock.Mock()
+
+        # simulate waiting for a response
+        async_result = self.client.handler.async_result()
+        async_result.rawlink(callback_mock)
+
+        # begin the procedure to stop the client
+        self.client.stop()
+
+        # the response has just been received;
+        # this should be on another thread,
+        # simultaneously with the stop procedure
+        async_result.set_exception(
+            Exception("Anything that throws an exception"))
+
+        # with the fix the callback should be called
+        self.assertGreater(callback_mock.call_count, 0)
+
+
 class TestNonChrootClient(KazooTestCase):
 
     def test_create(self):