diff --git a/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample b/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample
index 4872c479d7..d381d5fc14 100644
--- a/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ use = egg:swift#proxy
 # node_timeout = 10
 # conn_timeout = 0.5
 #
+# How long to wait for requests to finish after a quorum has been established.
+# post_quorum_timeout = 0.5
+#
 # How long without an error before a node's error count is reset. This will
 # also be how long before a node is reenabled after suppression is triggered.
 # error_suppression_interval = 60
diff --git a/swift/common/utils.py b/swift/common/utils.py
index 1290b94d73..390e57c129 100644
--- a/swift/common/utils.py
+++ b/swift/common/utils.py
@@ -1595,6 +1595,10 @@ class ContextPool(GreenPool):
             coro.kill()
 
 
+class GreenAsyncPileWaitallTimeout(Timeout):
+    pass
+
+
 class GreenAsyncPile(object):
     """
     Runs jobs in a pool of green threads, and the results can be retrieved by
@@ -1627,6 +1631,22 @@ class GreenAsyncPile(object):
         self._inflight += 1
         self._pool.spawn(self._run_func, func, args, kwargs)
 
+    def waitall(self, timeout):
+        """
+        Wait timeout seconds for any results to come in.
+
+        :param timeout: seconds to wait for results
+        :returns: list of results accrued in that time
+        """
+        results = []
+        try:
+            with GreenAsyncPileWaitallTimeout(timeout):
+                while True:
+                    results.append(self.next())
+        except (GreenAsyncPileWaitallTimeout, StopIteration):
+            pass
+        return results
+
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
 
diff --git a/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py b/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py
index 35ca457830..61f695f417 100644
--- a/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py
+++ b/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py
@@ -1012,6 +1012,8 @@ class Controller(object):
             statuses.append(resp[0])
             if self.have_quorum(statuses, len(start_nodes)):
                 break
+        # give any pending requests *some* chance to finish
+        pile.waitall(self.app.post_quorum_timeout)
         while len(response) < len(start_nodes):
             response.append((HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, '', '', ''))
         statuses, reasons, resp_headers, bodies = zip(*response)
diff --git a/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py b/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
index da690b4680..8235c54125 100644
--- a/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
+++ b/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
@@ -859,6 +859,8 @@ class ObjectController(Controller):
                     etags.add(response.getheader('etag').strip('"'))
                 if self.have_quorum(statuses, len(nodes)):
                     break
+        # give any pending requests *some* chance to finish
+        pile.waitall(self.app.post_quorum_timeout)
         while len(statuses) < len(nodes):
             statuses.append(HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE)
             reasons.append('')
diff --git a/swift/proxy/server.py b/swift/proxy/server.py
index 569fc653c8..b489ed9e7c 100644
--- a/swift/proxy/server.py
+++ b/swift/proxy/server.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class Application(object):
         self.object_chunk_size = int(conf.get('object_chunk_size', 65536))
         self.client_chunk_size = int(conf.get('client_chunk_size', 65536))
         self.trans_id_suffix = conf.get('trans_id_suffix', '')
+        self.post_quorum_timeout = float(conf.get('post_quorum_timeout', 0.5))
         self.error_suppression_interval = \
             int(conf.get('error_suppression_interval', 60))
         self.error_suppression_limit = \
diff --git a/test/unit/common/test_utils.py b/test/unit/common/test_utils.py
index b262004a08..3ecd175dcb 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/test_utils.py
@@ -2567,6 +2567,32 @@ class TestGreenAsyncPile(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(next(pile), None)
         self.assertRaises(StopIteration, lambda: next(pile))
 
+    def test_waitall_timeout_timesout(self):
+        def run_test(sleep_duration):
+            eventlet.sleep(sleep_duration)
+            completed[0] += 1
+            return sleep_duration
+
+        completed = [0]
+        pile = utils.GreenAsyncPile(3)
+        pile.spawn(run_test, 0.1)
+        pile.spawn(run_test, 1.0)
+        self.assertEqual(pile.waitall(0.2), [0.1])
+        self.assertEqual(completed[0], 1)
+
+    def test_waitall_timeout_completes(self):
+        def run_test(sleep_duration):
+            eventlet.sleep(sleep_duration)
+            completed[0] += 1
+            return sleep_duration
+
+        completed = [0]
+        pile = utils.GreenAsyncPile(3)
+        pile.spawn(run_test, 0.1)
+        pile.spawn(run_test, 0.1)
+        self.assertEqual(pile.waitall(0.5), [0.1, 0.1])
+        self.assertEqual(completed[0], 2)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()