diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/concurrent/PromiseTask.java b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/concurrent/PromiseTask.java
index b1b106bdc6..1a14219b8c 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/concurrent/PromiseTask.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/concurrent/PromiseTask.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class PromiseTask<V> extends DefaultPromise<V> implements RunnableFuture<V> {
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    final V runTask() throws Exception {
+    V runTask() throws Throwable {
         final Object task = this.task;
         if (task instanceof Callable) {
             return ((Callable<V>) task).call();
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/concurrent/UnorderedThreadPoolEventExecutor.java b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/concurrent/UnorderedThreadPoolEventExecutor.java
index 9ebae11c54..3709a7f961 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/concurrent/UnorderedThreadPoolEventExecutor.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/concurrent/UnorderedThreadPoolEventExecutor.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.concurrent.Delayed;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionHandler;
 import java.util.concurrent.RunnableScheduledFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor;
@@ -161,12 +162,12 @@ public final class UnorderedThreadPoolEventExecutor extends ScheduledThreadPoolE
     @Override
     protected <V> RunnableScheduledFuture<V> decorateTask(Runnable runnable, RunnableScheduledFuture<V> task) {
         return runnable instanceof NonNotifyRunnable ?
-                task : new RunnableScheduledFutureTask<V>(this, task);
+                task : new RunnableScheduledFutureTask<V>(this, task, false);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected <V> RunnableScheduledFuture<V> decorateTask(Callable<V> callable, RunnableScheduledFuture<V> task) {
-        return new RunnableScheduledFutureTask<V>(this, task);
+        return new RunnableScheduledFutureTask<V>(this, task, true);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -212,10 +213,31 @@ public final class UnorderedThreadPoolEventExecutor extends ScheduledThreadPoolE
     private static final class RunnableScheduledFutureTask<V> extends PromiseTask<V>
             implements RunnableScheduledFuture<V>, ScheduledFuture<V> {
         private final RunnableScheduledFuture<V> future;
+        private final boolean wasCallable;
 
-        RunnableScheduledFutureTask(EventExecutor executor, RunnableScheduledFuture<V> future) {
+        RunnableScheduledFutureTask(EventExecutor executor, RunnableScheduledFuture<V> future, boolean wasCallable) {
             super(executor, future);
             this.future = future;
+            this.wasCallable = wasCallable;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        V runTask() throws Throwable {
+            V result =  super.runTask();
+            if (result == null && wasCallable) {
+                // If this RunnableScheduledFutureTask wraps a RunnableScheduledFuture that wraps a Callable we need
+                // to ensure that we return the correct result by calling future.get().
+                //
+                // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/11072
+                assert future.isDone();
+                try {
+                    return future.get();
+                } catch (ExecutionException e) {
+                    // unwrap exception.
+                    throw e.getCause();
+                }
+            }
+            return result;
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/common/src/test/java/io/netty/util/concurrent/UnorderedThreadPoolEventExecutorTest.java b/common/src/test/java/io/netty/util/concurrent/UnorderedThreadPoolEventExecutorTest.java
index 59120f01ef..6c7f274aa4 100644
--- a/common/src/test/java/io/netty/util/concurrent/UnorderedThreadPoolEventExecutorTest.java
+++ b/common/src/test/java/io/netty/util/concurrent/UnorderedThreadPoolEventExecutorTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package io.netty.util.concurrent;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
@@ -73,4 +74,40 @@ public class UnorderedThreadPoolEventExecutorTest {
             executor.shutdownGracefully();
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetReturnsCorrectValueOnSuccess() throws Exception {
+        UnorderedThreadPoolEventExecutor executor = new UnorderedThreadPoolEventExecutor(1);
+        try {
+            final String expected = "expected";
+            Future<String> f = executor.submit(new Callable<String>() {
+                @Override
+                public String call() {
+                    return expected;
+                }
+            });
+
+            Assert.assertEquals(expected, f.get());
+        } finally {
+            executor.shutdownGracefully();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetReturnsCorrectValueOnFailure() throws Exception {
+        UnorderedThreadPoolEventExecutor executor = new UnorderedThreadPoolEventExecutor(1);
+        try {
+            final RuntimeException cause = new RuntimeException();
+            Future<String> f = executor.submit(new Callable<String>() {
+                @Override
+                public String call() {
+                    throw cause;
+                }
+            });
+
+            Assert.assertSame(cause, f.await().cause());
+        } finally {
+            executor.shutdownGracefully();
+        }
+    }
 }