diff --git a/js/angular/service/viewSwitcher.js b/js/angular/service/viewSwitcher.js
index fc8b30cdab..5e899f8b4b 100644
--- a/js/angular/service/viewSwitcher.js
+++ b/js/angular/service/viewSwitcher.js
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ function($timeout, $document, $q, $ionicClickBlock, $ionicConfig, $ionicNavBarDe
           var enteringData = getTransitionData(viewLocals, enteringEle, registerData.direction, enteringView);
           var transitionFn = $ionicConfig.transitions.views[enteringData.transition];
 
+          // disconnect the leaving scope before reconnecting or creating a scope for the entering view
+          leavingEle && ionic.Utils.disconnectScope(leavingEle.scope());
+
           if (alreadyInDom) {
             // it was already found in the DOM, just reconnect the scope
             ionic.Utils.reconnectScope(enteringEle.scope());
@@ -345,8 +348,6 @@ function($timeout, $document, $q, $ionicClickBlock, $ionicConfig, $ionicNavBarDe
 
           destroyViewEle(removableEle);
 
-          ionic.Utils.disconnectScope(leavingEle && leavingEle.scope());
-
           if (enteringEle.data(DATA_NO_CACHE)) {
             enteringEle.data(DATA_DESTROY_ELE, true);
           }
diff --git a/test/unit/angular/directive/navView.unit.js b/test/unit/angular/directive/navView.unit.js
index 8ea77cadcb..27945e2e48 100644
--- a/test/unit/angular/directive/navView.unit.js
+++ b/test/unit/angular/directive/navView.unit.js
@@ -480,6 +480,34 @@ describe('Ionic nav-view', function() {
     expect(divs.eq(0).attr('nav-view')).toBe('active');
   }));
 
+  it('should disconnect and reconnect view scopes', inject(function ($state, $q, $timeout, $compile) {
+    elem.append($compile('<div><ion-nav-view></ion-nav-view></div>')(scope));
+
+    $state.go(page1State);
+    $q.flush();
+    $timeout.flush();
+    $timeout.flush();
+
+    var divs = elem.find('ion-nav-view').find('div');
+    expect(divs.eq(0).scope().$$disconnected).toBeUndefined();
+
+    $state.go(page2State);
+    $q.flush();
+    $timeout.flush();
+    $timeout.flush();
+
+    divs = elem.find('ion-nav-view').find('div');
+    expect(divs.eq(0).scope().$$disconnected).toBe(true);
+    expect(divs.eq(1).scope().$$disconnected).toBeUndefined();
+
+    $state.go(page1State);
+    $q.flush();
+    $timeout.flush();
+    $timeout.flush();
+    divs = elem.find('ion-nav-view').find('div');
+    expect(divs.eq(0).scope().$$disconnected).toBe(false);
+  }));
+
   it('should not cache ion-nav-views that were forward when moving back', inject(function ($state, $q, $timeout, $compile, $ionicConfig) {
     elem.append($compile('<div><ion-nav-view></ion-nav-view></div>')(scope));