diff --git a/src/NHibernate.Test/NHSpecificTest/NH3596/CachingWithTransformerTests.cs b/src/NHibernate.Test/NHSpecificTest/NH3596/CachingWithTransformerTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35f3feb2788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NHibernate.Test/NHSpecificTest/NH3596/CachingWithTransformerTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using NHibernate.Cache;
+using NHibernate.Cfg;
+using NHibernate.Cfg.MappingSchema;
+using NHibernate.Mapping.ByCode;
+using NHibernate.Mapping.ByCode.Conformist;
+using NHibernate.Transform;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace NHibernate.Test.NHSpecificTest.NH3596
+{
+	public class EntityBase
+	{
+		public virtual int Id { get; set; }
+	}
+
+	public class Role : EntityBase
+	{
+		public virtual string Name { get; set; }
+		public virtual Role Parent { get; set; }
+		public virtual IList<Role> Children { get; set; }
+	}
+
+	public class RoleMap : ClassMapping<Role>
+	{
+		public RoleMap()
+		{
+			Cache(x => x.Usage(CacheUsage.ReadOnly));
+			Id(x => x.Id, x => x.Generator(Generators.Identity));
+			Property(x => x.Name);
+			ManyToOne(x => x.Parent, x =>
+			{
+				x.Column("ParentId");
+				x.NotNullable(false);
+			});
+			Bag(x => x.Children, x =>
+			{
+				x.Cascade(Mapping.ByCode.Cascade.All);
+				x.Key(y => y.Column("ParentId"));
+			}, x => x.OneToMany());
+		}
+	}
+
+	public class CachingWithTransformerTests: TestCaseMappingByCode
+	{
+		protected override HbmMapping GetMappings()
+		{
+			var mapper = new ModelMapper();
+			mapper.AddMapping<RoleMap>();
+			var mapping = mapper.CompileMappingForAllExplicitlyAddedEntities();
+			return mapping;
+		}
+
+		protected override void OnSetUp()
+		{
+			using (var session = OpenSession())
+			using (var transaction = session.BeginTransaction())
+			{
+				var parentRoles = new List<Role>()
+                {
+                    new Role() { Name = "Admin", Children = null, Parent = null },
+                    new Role() { Name = "Manager", Children = null, Parent = null },
+                    new Role() { Name = "Support", Children = null, Parent = null }
+                };
+
+				var childRoles = new List<Role>()
+                {
+                    new Role() { Name = "Manager-Secretary", Children = null, Parent = parentRoles.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == "Manager") },
+                    new Role() { Name = "Superviser", Children = null, Parent = parentRoles.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == "Manager") }
+                };
+
+				foreach (var parentRole in parentRoles)
+				{
+					parentRole.Children = new List<Role>(childRoles.Where(x => x.Parent == parentRole));
+
+					session.Save(parentRole);
+				}
+
+				session.Flush();
+				transaction.Commit();
+			}
+		}
+
+		protected override void OnTearDown()
+		{
+			using (var session = OpenSession())
+			using (var transaction = session.BeginTransaction())
+			{
+				session.Delete("from System.Object");
+
+				session.Flush();
+				transaction.Commit();
+			}
+		}
+
+		protected override void Configure(Cfg.Configuration configuration)
+		{
+			base.Configure(configuration);
+
+			configuration.Cache(x =>
+								{
+									x.Provider<HashtableCacheProvider>();
+									x.UseQueryCache = true;
+								});
+		}
+
+		[Test]
+		public void UsingQueryOverToFutureWithCacheAndTransformerDoesntThrow()
+		{
+			//NH-3596
+			using (var session = this.OpenSession())
+			using (session.BeginTransaction())
+			{
+				Role children = null;
+				Role parent = null;
+
+				//store values in cache
+				session
+					.QueryOver<Role>()
+					.Where(x => x.Parent == null)
+					.Left.JoinAlias(x => x.Children, () => children)
+					.Left.JoinAlias(x => x.Parent, () => parent)
+					.TransformUsing(Transformers.DistinctRootEntity)
+					.Cacheable()
+					.CacheMode(CacheMode.Normal)
+					.Future();
+
+				//get values from cache
+				var roles = session
+					.QueryOver<Role>()
+					.Where(x => x.Parent == null)
+					.Left.JoinAlias(x => x.Children, () => children)
+					.Left.JoinAlias(x => x.Parent, () => parent)
+					.TransformUsing(Transformers.DistinctRootEntity)
+					.Cacheable()
+					.CacheMode(CacheMode.Normal)
+					.Future();
+
+				var result = roles.ToList();
+
+				Assert.AreEqual(3, result.Count);
+			}
+		}
+
+		[Test]
+		public void UsingHqlToFutureWithCacheAndTransformerDoesntThrow()
+		{
+			//NH-3596
+			using (var session = this.OpenSession())
+			using (session.BeginTransaction())
+			{
+				//store values in cache
+				session
+					.CreateQuery("select r from Role r left join r.Children left join r.Parent where r.Parent is null")
+					.SetResultTransformer(Transformers.DistinctRootEntity)
+					.SetCacheable(true)
+					.SetCacheMode(CacheMode.Normal)
+					.Future<Role>();
+
+				//get values from cache
+				var roles = session
+					.CreateQuery("select r from Role r left join r.Children left join r.Parent where r.Parent is null")
+					.SetResultTransformer(Transformers.DistinctRootEntity)
+					.SetCacheable(true)
+					.SetCacheMode(CacheMode.Normal)
+					.Future<Role>();
+
+				var result = roles.ToList();
+
+				Assert.AreEqual(3, result.Count);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/src/NHibernate.Test/NHibernate.Test.csproj b/src/NHibernate.Test/NHibernate.Test.csproj
index 8fae8736b23..c517f63165a 100644
--- a/src/NHibernate.Test/NHibernate.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/NHibernate.Test/NHibernate.Test.csproj
@@ -787,6 +787,7 @@
     <Compile Include="NHSpecificTest\NH3570\BiFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="NHSpecificTest\NH3570\Model.cs" />
     <Compile Include="NHSpecificTest\NH3570\UniFixture.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="NHSpecificTest\NH3596\CachingWithTransformerTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="NHSpecificTest\NH3666\Entity.cs" />
     <Compile Include="NHSpecificTest\NH3666\Fixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="NHSpecificTest\NH3731\Entity.cs" />
diff --git a/src/NHibernate/Impl/MultipleQueriesCacheAssembler.cs b/src/NHibernate/Impl/MultipleQueriesCacheAssembler.cs
index bfb354e5f87..e4ba00617ce 100644
--- a/src/NHibernate/Impl/MultipleQueriesCacheAssembler.cs
+++ b/src/NHibernate/Impl/MultipleQueriesCacheAssembler.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using NHibernate.Cache;
 using NHibernate.Engine;
 using NHibernate.Type;
@@ -28,13 +29,29 @@ public object Disassemble(object value, ISessionImplementor session, object owne
 				var singleQueryCached = new List<object>();
 				foreach (object objToCache in itemList)
 				{
-					if (assemblers.Length == 1)
-					{
-						singleQueryCached.Add(assemblers[0].Disassemble(objToCache, session, owner));
-					}
-					else
+					if (objToCache != null)
 					{
-						singleQueryCached.Add(TypeHelper.Disassemble((object[]) objToCache, assemblers, null, session, null));
+						var valuesToCache = objToCache as object[];
+						var assemblersToCache = assemblers;
+
+						if (valuesToCache != null)
+						{
+							assemblersToCache = assemblers.Where((x, index) => valuesToCache[index] != null).ToArray();
+							valuesToCache = valuesToCache.Where(x => x != null).ToArray();
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							valuesToCache = new object[] { objToCache };
+						}
+
+						if (valuesToCache.Length == 1)
+						{
+							singleQueryCached.Add(assemblers[0].Disassemble(valuesToCache[0], session, owner));
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							singleQueryCached.Add(TypeHelper.Disassemble(valuesToCache, assemblersToCache, null, session, null));
+						}
 					}
 				}
 				cacheable.Add(singleQueryCached);