diff --git a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/AbstractMavenBuilder.java b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/AbstractMavenBuilder.java
index 2281a4ad3189aac867121ff2280b48f8d9688d14..fbd9f3d61ee73c69379533fba7a9932ab49dc5c6 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/AbstractMavenBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/AbstractMavenBuilder.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 package hudson.maven;
 
 import hudson.model.BuildListener;
-import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
+import hudson.model.Executor;
 import hudson.model.Result;
 import hudson.remoting.Channel;
 import hudson.remoting.DelegatingCallable;
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.text.NumberFormat;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+
+import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
 
 /**
  * @author Olivier Lamy
@@ -61,7 +65,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMavenBuilder implements DelegatingCallable<Result,
      * Record all asynchronous executions as they are scheduled,
      * to make sure they are all completed before we finish.
      */
-    protected transient /*final*/ List<Future<?>> futures;
+    private transient /*final*/ List<Future<?>> futures;
     
     protected AbstractMavenBuilder(BuildListener listener, List<String> goals, Map<String, String> systemProps) {
         this.listener = listener;
@@ -109,10 +113,53 @@ public abstract class AbstractMavenBuilder implements DelegatingCallable<Result,
         return Jenkins.getInstance().getPluginManager().uberClassLoader;
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Initialize the collection of the asynchronous executions.
+     * The method must be called in the Maven jail process i.e. inside the call method!
+     */
+    protected void initializeAsynchronousExecutions() {
+        futures = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<Future<?>>();
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Records a new asynchronous exection.
+     */
     protected void recordAsynchronousExecution(Future<?> future) {
         futures.add(future);
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Waits until all asynchronous executions are finished.
+     * 
+     * @return null in success case; returns an ABORT result if we were interrupted while waiting
+     */
+    protected Result waitForAsynchronousExecutions() {
+        try {
+            boolean messageReported = false;
+            
+            for (Future<?> f : futures) {
+                try {
+                    if(!f.isDone() && !messageReported) {
+                        messageReported = true;
+                        listener.getLogger().println(Messages.MavenBuilder_Waiting());
+                    }
+                    f.get();
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    // attempt to cancel all asynchronous tasks
+                    for (Future<?> g : futures)
+                        g.cancel(true);
+                    listener.getLogger().println(Messages.MavenBuilder_Aborted());
+                    return Executor.currentExecutor().abortResult();
+                } catch (ExecutionException e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace(listener.error(Messages.MavenBuilder_AsyncFailed()));
+                }
+            }
+            return null;
+        } finally {
+            futures.clear();
+        }
+    }
+    
     protected class FilterImpl extends MavenBuildProxy2.Filter<MavenBuildProxy2> implements Serializable {
         
         private MavenBuildInformation mavenBuildInformation;
diff --git a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/Maven3Builder.java b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/Maven3Builder.java
index f8483882a475e63d9cd1fd92ddc01c06be81df64..93a34e4ffa9d2c753cb471ff8f852f43d3d24380 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/Maven3Builder.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/Maven3Builder.java
@@ -27,11 +27,9 @@ import hudson.Launcher;
 import hudson.maven.MavenBuild.ProxyImpl2;
 import hudson.maven.util.ExecutionEventLogger;
 import hudson.model.BuildListener;
-import hudson.model.Executor;
 import hudson.model.Result;
 import hudson.remoting.Channel;
 import hudson.remoting.DelegatingCallable;
-import hudson.remoting.Future;
 import hudson.util.IOException2;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -48,7 +46,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.maven.cli.PrintStreamLogger;
@@ -101,7 +98,7 @@ public class Maven3Builder extends AbstractMavenBuilder implements DelegatingCal
 
         MavenExecutionListener mavenExecutionListener = new MavenExecutionListener( this );
         try {
-            futures = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<Future<?>>(  );
+            initializeAsynchronousExecutions();
             
             Maven3Launcher.setMavenExecutionListener( mavenExecutionListener );
             
@@ -115,27 +112,14 @@ public class Maven3Builder extends AbstractMavenBuilder implements DelegatingCal
             int r = Maven3Main.launch( goals.toArray(new String[goals.size()]));
 
             // now check the completion status of async ops
-            boolean messageReported = false;
             long startTime = System.nanoTime();
-            for (Future<?> f : futures) {
-                try {
-                    if(!f.isDone() && !messageReported) {
-                        messageReported = true;
-                        listener.getLogger().println(Messages.MavenBuilder_Waiting());
-                    }
-                    f.get();
-                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-                    // attempt to cancel all asynchronous tasks
-                    for (Future<?> g : futures)
-                        g.cancel(true);
-                    listener.getLogger().println(Messages.MavenBuilder_Aborted());
-                    return Executor.currentExecutor().abortResult();
-                } catch (ExecutionException e) {
-                    e.printStackTrace(listener.error(Messages.MavenBuilder_AsyncFailed()));
-                }
+            
+            Result waitForAsyncExecutionsResult = waitForAsynchronousExecutions();
+            if (waitForAsyncExecutionsResult != null) {
+                return waitForAsyncExecutionsResult;
             }
+            
             mavenExecutionListener.overheadTime += System.nanoTime()-startTime;
-            futures.clear();
 
             if(profile) {
                 NumberFormat n = NumberFormat.getInstance();
diff --git a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenBuild.java b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenBuild.java
index 3dca963030a8687e8f0d29780a2dc5adfa715a13..a189fc0b5391589288a45bf50b21a98c332b61d0 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenBuild.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenBuild.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import hudson.model.Computer;
 import hudson.model.Descriptor;
 import hudson.model.Environment;
 import hudson.model.Executor;
-import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
 import hudson.model.Node;
 import hudson.model.Result;
 import hudson.model.Run;
@@ -319,7 +318,7 @@ public class MavenBuild extends AbstractMavenBuild<MavenModule,MavenBuild> {
 
             @Override
             public void executeAsync(final BuildCallable<?,?> program) throws IOException {
-                futures.add(Channel.current().callAsync(new AsyncInvoker(core,program)));
+                recordAsynchronousExecution(Channel.current().callAsync(new AsyncInvoker(core,program)));
             }
 
             public MavenBuildInformation getMavenBuildInformation()
diff --git a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenBuilder.java b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenBuilder.java
index 03c907162ebe37f0f5337fe4e287bea29b65e3d3..561b229a4a80999cbcf3522565a79d921d3ca6de 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenBuilder.java
@@ -29,12 +29,10 @@ import hudson.maven.agent.Main;
 import hudson.maven.agent.PluginManagerListener;
 import hudson.maven.reporters.SurefireArchiver;
 import hudson.model.BuildListener;
-import hudson.model.Executor;
 import hudson.model.Result;
 import hudson.remoting.Callable;
 import hudson.remoting.Channel;
 import hudson.remoting.DelegatingCallable;
-import hudson.remoting.Future;
 import hudson.util.IOException2;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -42,11 +40,8 @@ import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.text.NumberFormat;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
-
 import org.apache.maven.BuildFailureException;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.ReactorManager;
@@ -137,7 +132,7 @@ public abstract class MavenBuilder extends AbstractMavenBuilder implements Deleg
         
         try {
 
-            futures = new ArrayList<Future<?>>();
+            initializeAsynchronousExecutions();
             Adapter a = new Adapter(this);
             callSetListenerWithReflectOnInterceptors( a, mavenJailProcessClassLoader );
             
@@ -154,27 +149,14 @@ public abstract class MavenBuilder extends AbstractMavenBuilder implements Deleg
             int r = Main.launch(goals.toArray(new String[goals.size()]));
 
             // now check the completion status of async ops
-            boolean messageReported = false;
             long startTime = System.nanoTime();
-            for (Future<?> f : futures) {
-                try {
-                    if(!f.isDone() && !messageReported) {
-                        messageReported = true;
-                        listener.getLogger().println(Messages.MavenBuilder_Waiting());
-                    }
-                    f.get();
-                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-                    // attempt to cancel all asynchronous tasks
-                    for (Future<?> g : futures)
-                        g.cancel(true);
-                    listener.getLogger().println(Messages.MavenBuilder_Aborted());
-                    return Executor.currentExecutor().abortResult();
-                } catch (ExecutionException e) {
-                    e.printStackTrace(listener.error(Messages.MavenBuilder_AsyncFailed()));
-                }
+            
+            Result waitForAsyncExecutionsResult = waitForAsynchronousExecutions();
+            if (waitForAsyncExecutionsResult != null) {
+                return waitForAsyncExecutionsResult;
             }
+            
             a.overheadTime += System.nanoTime()-startTime;
-            futures.clear();
 
             if(profile) {
                 NumberFormat n = NumberFormat.getInstance();