diff --git a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/MemcachedClient.java b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/MemcachedClient.java
index 77d0f04..4e77434 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/MemcachedClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/MemcachedClient.java
@@ -1292,8 +1292,11 @@ public class MemcachedClient extends SpyObject implements MemcachedClientIF,
       StringUtils.validateKey(key, opFact instanceof BinaryOperationFactory);
       final MemcachedNode primaryNode = locator.getPrimary(key);
       MemcachedNode node = null;
-      if (primaryNode.isActive()) {
+      if (primaryNode.isActive() || connFactory.getFailureMode() == FailureMode.Retry) {
         node = primaryNode;
+      } else if (connFactory.getFailureMode() == FailureMode.Cancel) {
+        // skip - cache miss
+        continue;
       } else {
         for (Iterator<MemcachedNode> i = locator.getSequence(key); node == null
             && i.hasNext();) {