diff --git a/pymemcache/test/test_client.py b/pymemcache/test/test_client.py
index 24d6b9d6..530f4c13 100644
--- a/pymemcache/test/test_client.py
+++ b/pymemcache/test/test_client.py
@@ -723,6 +723,41 @@ def make_client(self, mock_socket_values, **kwargs):
         client.sock = MockSocket(list(mock_socket_values))
         return client
 
+    def test_get_found(self):
+        client = self.make_client([
+            b'STORED\r\n',
+            b'VALUE key 0 5\r\nvalue\r\nEND\r\n',
+        ])
+        result = client.set(b'key', b'value', noreply=False)
+        result = client.get(b'key')
+        assert result == b'value'
+
+    def test_deserialization(self):
+        def _serializer(key, value):
+            if isinstance(value, dict):
+                return json.dumps(value).encode('UTF-8'), 1
+            return value, 0
+
+        def _deserializer(key, value, flags):
+            if flags == 1:
+                return json.loads(value.decode('UTF-8'))
+            return value
+
+        client = self.make_client([
+            b'STORED\r\n',
+            b'VALUE key1 0 5\r\nhello\r\nEND\r\n',
+            b'STORED\r\n',
+            b'VALUE key2 0 18\r\n{"hello": "world"}\r\nEND\r\n',
+        ], serializer=_serializer, deserializer=_deserializer)
+
+        result = client.set(b'key1', b'hello', noreply=False)
+        result = client.get(b'key1')
+        assert result == b'hello'
+
+        result = client.set(b'key2', dict(hello='world'), noreply=False)
+        result = client.get(b'key2')
+        assert result == dict(hello='world')
+
 
 class TestPrefixedClient(ClientTestMixin, unittest.TestCase):
     def make_client(self, mock_socket_values, **kwargs):
diff --git a/pymemcache/test/utils.py b/pymemcache/test/utils.py
index 997a58e9..f2c5a80b 100644
--- a/pymemcache/test/utils.py
+++ b/pymemcache/test/utils.py
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ def get(self, key, default=None):
         if key not in self._contents:
             return default
 
-        expire, value, was_serialized = self._contents[key]
+        expire, value, flags = self._contents[key]
         if expire and expire < time.time():
             del self._contents[key]
             return default
 
         if self.deserializer:
-            return self.deserializer(key, value, 2 if was_serialized else 1)
+            return self.deserializer(key, value, flags)
         return value
 
     def get_many(self, keys):
@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ def set(self, key, value, expire=0, noreply=True):
         if isinstance(value, six.text_type):
             raise MemcacheIllegalInputError(value)
 
-        was_serialized = False
+        flags = 0
         if self.serializer:
-            value = self.serializer(key, value)
+            value, flags = self.serializer(key, value)
 
         if expire:
             expire += time.time()
 
-        self._contents[key] = expire, value, was_serialized
+        self._contents[key] = expire, value, flags
         return True
 
     def set_many(self, values, expire=None, noreply=True):