diff --git a/src/model/k2v/rpc.rs b/src/model/k2v/rpc.rs
index f5d8ffc2..117103b6 100644
--- a/src/model/k2v/rpc.rs
+++ b/src/model/k2v/rpc.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap};
 use std::convert::TryInto;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, MutexGuard};
-use std::time::Duration;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use futures::stream::FuturesUnordered;
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ use crate::k2v::item_table::*;
 use crate::k2v::seen::*;
 use crate::k2v::sub::*;
 
+const POLL_RANGE_EXTRA_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_millis(200);
+
 const TIMESTAMP_KEY: &'static [u8] = b"timestamp";
 
 /// RPC messages for K2V
@@ -271,6 +273,8 @@ impl K2VRpcHandler {
 	) -> Result<Option<(BTreeMap<String, K2VItem>, String)>, HelperError> {
 		let has_seen_marker = seen_str.is_some();
 
+		// Parse seen marker, we will use it below. This is also the first check
+		// that it is valid, which returns a bad request error if not.
 		let mut seen = seen_str
 			.as_deref()
 			.map(RangeSeenMarker::decode_helper)
@@ -278,30 +282,67 @@ impl K2VRpcHandler {
 			.unwrap_or_default();
 		seen.restrict(&range);
 
+		// Prepare PollRange RPC to send to the storage nodes responsible for the parititon
 		let nodes = self
 			.item_table
 			.data
 			.replication
 			.write_nodes(&range.partition.hash());
-
-		let rpc = self.system.rpc.try_call_many(
-			&self.endpoint,
-			&nodes[..],
-			K2VRpc::PollRange {
-				range,
-				seen_str,
-				timeout_msec,
-			},
-			RequestStrategy::with_priority(PRIO_NORMAL)
-				.with_quorum(self.item_table.data.replication.read_quorum())
-				.without_timeout(),
-		);
-		let timeout_duration = Duration::from_millis(timeout_msec) + self.system.rpc.rpc_timeout();
-		let resps = select! {
-			r = rpc => r?,
-			_ = tokio::time::sleep(timeout_duration) => return Ok(None),
+		let quorum = self.item_table.data.replication.read_quorum();
+		let msg = K2VRpc::PollRange {
+			range,
+			seen_str,
+			timeout_msec,
 		};
 
+		// Send the request to all nodes, use FuturesUnordered to get the responses in any order
+		let msg = msg.into_req().map_err(netapp::error::Error::from)?;
+		let rs = RequestStrategy::with_priority(PRIO_NORMAL).without_timeout();
+		let mut requests = nodes
+			.iter()
+			.map(|node| self.system.rpc.call(&self.endpoint, *node, msg.clone(), rs))
+			.collect::<FuturesUnordered<_>>();
+
+		// Fetch responses. This procedure stops fetching responses when any of the following
+		// conditions arise:
+		// - we have a response to all requests
+		// - we have a response to a read quorum of requests (e.g. 2/3), and an extra delay
+		//   has passed since the quorum was achieved
+		// - a global RPC timeout expired
+		// The extra delay after a quorum was received is usefull if the third response was to
+		// arrive during this short interval: this would allow us to consider all the data seen
+		// by that last node in the response we produce, and would likely help reduce the
+		// size of the seen marker that we will return (because we would have an info of the
+		// kind: all items produced by that node until time ts have been returned, so we can
+		// bump the entry in the global vector clock and possibly remove some item-specific
+		// vector clocks)
+		let mut deadline =
+			Instant::now() + Duration::from_millis(timeout_msec) + self.system.rpc.rpc_timeout();
+		let mut resps = vec![];
+		let mut errors = vec![];
+		loop {
+			select! {
+				_ =	tokio::time::sleep_until(deadline.into()) => {
+					break;
+				}
+				res = requests.next() => match res {
+					None => break,
+					Some(Err(e)) => errors.push(e),
+					Some(Ok(r)) => {
+						resps.push(r);
+						if resps.len() >= quorum {
+							deadline = std::cmp::min(deadline, Instant::now() + POLL_RANGE_EXTRA_DELAY);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if errors.len() > nodes.len() - quorum {
+			let errors = errors.iter().map(|e| format!("{}", e)).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+			return Err(Error::Quorum(quorum, resps.len(), nodes.len(), errors).into());
+		}
+
+		// Take all returned items into account to produce the response.
 		let mut new_items = BTreeMap::<String, K2VItem>::new();
 		for v in resps {
 			if let K2VRpc::PollRangeResponse(node, items) = v {
diff --git a/src/rpc/rpc_helper.rs b/src/rpc/rpc_helper.rs
index 1ec250c3..e59c372a 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rpc_helper.rs
+++ b/src/rpc/rpc_helper.rs
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ use opentelemetry::{
 };
 
 pub use netapp::endpoint::{Endpoint, EndpointHandler, StreamingEndpointHandler};
-use netapp::message::IntoReq;
 pub use netapp::message::{
-	Message as Rpc, OrderTag, Req, RequestPriority, Resp, PRIO_BACKGROUND, PRIO_HIGH, PRIO_NORMAL,
-	PRIO_SECONDARY,
+	IntoReq, Message as Rpc, OrderTag, Req, RequestPriority, Resp, PRIO_BACKGROUND, PRIO_HIGH,
+	PRIO_NORMAL, PRIO_SECONDARY,
 };
 use netapp::peering::fullmesh::FullMeshPeeringStrategy;
 pub use netapp::{self, NetApp, NodeID};