diff --git a/lib/http/chainable.rb b/lib/http/chainable.rb
index a3d9d49b..0ff4c8d4 100644
--- a/lib/http/chainable.rb
+++ b/lib/http/chainable.rb
@@ -95,27 +95,7 @@ def timeout(options)
       klass, options = case options
                        when Numeric then [HTTP::Timeout::Global, {:global_timeout => options}]
                        when Hash
-                         options = options.dup
-                         %i[read write connect].each do |k|
-                           next unless options.key? k
-
-                           if options.key?("#{k}_timeout".to_sym)
-                             raise ArgumentError, "can't pass both #{k} and #{"#{k}_timeout".to_sym}"
-                           end
-
-                           options["#{k}_timeout".to_sym] = options.delete k
-                         end
-
-                         options.each do |key, value|
-                           unless HTTP::Timeout::PerOperation::SETTINGS.member?(key) && value.is_a?(Numeric)
-                             raise ArgumentError, "invalid option #{key.inspect}, must be numeric " \
-                                                  "`.timeout(connect: x, write: y, read: z)`."
-                           end
-                         end
-
-                         raise ArgumentError, "at least one option" if options.empty?
-
-                         [HTTP::Timeout::PerOperation, options.dup]
+                         [HTTP::Timeout::PerOperation, HTTP::Timeout::PerOperation.parse_options(options)]
                        when :null then [HTTP::Timeout::Null, {}]
                        else raise ArgumentError, "Use `.timeout(:null)`, " \
                                                  "`.timeout(global_timeout_in_seconds)` or " \
diff --git a/lib/http/timeout/per_operation.rb b/lib/http/timeout/per_operation.rb
index f80d751f..bb20b57d 100644
--- a/lib/http/timeout/per_operation.rb
+++ b/lib/http/timeout/per_operation.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,38 @@ def initialize(*args)
         @connect_timeout = options.fetch(:connect_timeout, CONNECT_TIMEOUT)
       end
 
+      class << self
+        def parse_options(options)
+          options = options.dup.then { |opts| undo_short_names(opts) }
+          options.each do |key, value|
+            unless SETTINGS.member?(key) && value.is_a?(Numeric)
+              raise ArgumentError, "invalid option #{key.inspect}, must be numeric " \
+                                   "`.timeout(connect: x, write: y, read: z)`."
+            end
+          end
+
+          raise ArgumentError, "at least one option" if options.empty?
+
+          options
+        end
+
+        private
+
+        def undo_short_names(options)
+          %i[read write connect].each do |k|
+            next unless options.key? k
+
+            if options.key?("#{k}_timeout".to_sym)
+              raise ArgumentError, "can't pass both #{k} and #{"#{k}_timeout".to_sym}"
+            end
+
+            options["#{k}_timeout".to_sym] = options.delete k
+          end
+
+          options
+        end
+      end
+
       def connect(socket_class, host, port, nodelay = false)
         ::Timeout.timeout(@connect_timeout, ConnectTimeoutError) do
           @socket = socket_class.open(host, port)