diff --git a/tractor/_trionics.py b/tractor/_trionics.py
index 2cca0cb..d78cbdd 100644
--- a/tractor/_trionics.py
+++ b/tractor/_trionics.py
@@ -137,30 +137,11 @@ class ActorNursery:
     async def wait(self):
         """Wait for all subactors to complete.
         """
-        async def wait_for_proc(proc, actor, portal, cancel_scope):
-            # TODO: timeout block here?
-            if proc.is_alive():
-                await trio.hazmat.wait_readable(proc.sentinel)
-            # please god don't hang
-            proc.join()
-            log.debug(f"Joined {proc}")
-            self._children.pop(actor.uid)
-            # proc terminated, cancel result waiter
-            if cancel_scope:
-                log.warn(
-                    f"Cancelling existing result waiter task for {actor.uid}")
-                cancel_scope.cancel()
-
-        async def wait_for_result(
-            portal, actor,
-            task_status=trio.TASK_STATUS_IGNORED,
-        ):
-            # cancel the actor gracefully
-            with trio.open_cancel_scope() as cs:
-                task_status.started(cs)
-                log.info(f"Cancelling {portal.channel.uid} gracefully")
-                await portal.cancel_actor()
-
+        async def maybe_consume_result(portal, actor):
+            if (
+                portal in self._cancel_after_result_on_exit and
+                (portal._result is None and portal._exc is None)
+            ):
                 log.debug(f"Waiting on final result from {subactor.uid}")
                 res = await portal.result()
                 # if it's an async-gen then we should alert the user
@@ -173,6 +154,33 @@ class ActorNursery:
                             async for item in agen:
                                 log.debug(f"Consuming item {item}")
 
+        async def wait_for_proc(proc, actor, portal, cancel_scope):
+            # TODO: timeout block here?
+            if proc.is_alive():
+                await trio.hazmat.wait_readable(proc.sentinel)
+            # please god don't hang
+            proc.join()
+            log.debug(f"Joined {proc}")
+            await maybe_consume_result(portal, actor)
+
+            self._children.pop(actor.uid)
+            # proc terminated, cancel result waiter
+            if cancel_scope:
+                log.warn(
+                    f"Cancelling existing result waiter task for {actor.uid}")
+                cancel_scope.cancel()
+
+        async def wait_for_actor(
+            portal, actor,
+            task_status=trio.TASK_STATUS_IGNORED,
+        ):
+            # cancel the actor gracefully
+            with trio.open_cancel_scope() as cs:
+                task_status.started(cs)
+                await maybe_consume_result(portal, actor)
+                log.info(f"Cancelling {portal.channel.uid} gracefully")
+                await portal.cancel_actor()
+
             if cs.cancelled_caught:
                 log.warn("Result waiter was cancelled")
 
@@ -182,7 +190,7 @@ class ActorNursery:
             for subactor, proc, portal in children.values():
                 cs = None
                 if portal in self._cancel_after_result_on_exit:
-                    cs = await nursery.start(wait_for_result, portal, subactor)
+                    cs = await nursery.start(wait_for_actor, portal, subactor)
                 nursery.start_soon(wait_for_proc, proc, subactor, portal, cs)
 
     async def cancel(self, hard_kill=False):