diff --git a/src/ng/compile.js b/src/ng/compile.js
index 85728ea01315..9123d8f7815c 100644
--- a/src/ng/compile.js
+++ b/src/ng/compile.js
@@ -1654,7 +1654,7 @@ function $CompileProvider($provide, $$sanitizeUriProvider) {
       previousCompileContext = previousCompileContext || {};
 
       var terminalPriority = -Number.MAX_VALUE,
-          newScopeDirective,
+          newScopeDirective = previousCompileContext.newScopeDirective,
           controllerDirectives = previousCompileContext.controllerDirectives,
           newIsolateScopeDirective = previousCompileContext.newIsolateScopeDirective,
           templateDirective = previousCompileContext.templateDirective,
@@ -1820,6 +1820,7 @@ function $CompileProvider($provide, $$sanitizeUriProvider) {
           nodeLinkFn = compileTemplateUrl(directives.splice(i, directives.length - i), $compileNode,
               templateAttrs, jqCollection, hasTranscludeDirective && childTranscludeFn, preLinkFns, postLinkFns, {
                 controllerDirectives: controllerDirectives,
+                newScopeDirective: (newScopeDirective !== directive) && newScopeDirective,
                 newIsolateScopeDirective: newIsolateScopeDirective,
                 templateDirective: templateDirective,
                 nonTlbTranscludeDirective: nonTlbTranscludeDirective
diff --git a/test/ng/compileSpec.js b/test/ng/compileSpec.js
index 794a95a48ebf..f8e42da02110 100755
--- a/test/ng/compileSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/compileSpec.js
@@ -2370,7 +2370,7 @@ describe('$compile', function() {
           })
         );
 
-        it('should not allow more then one isolate scope creation per element', inject(
+        it('should not allow more than one isolate scope creation per element', inject(
           function($rootScope, $compile) {
             expect(function() {
               $compile('<div class="iscope-a; scope-b"></div>');
@@ -2379,6 +2379,18 @@ describe('$compile', function() {
           })
         );
 
+        it('should not allow more than one isolate/new scope creation per element regardless of `templateUrl`',
+          inject(function($httpBackend) {
+            $httpBackend.expect('GET', 'tiscope.html').respond('<div>Hello, world !</div>');
+
+            expect(function() {
+              compile('<div class="tiscope-a; scope-b"></div>');
+              $httpBackend.flush();
+            }).toThrowMinErr('$compile', 'multidir', 'Multiple directives [scopeB, tiscopeA] ' +
+                'asking for new/isolated scope on: <div class="tiscope-a; scope-b ng-scope">');
+          })
+        );
+
         it('should not allow more than one isolate scope creation per element regardless of directive priority', function() {
           module(function($compileProvider) {
             $compileProvider.directive('highPriorityScope', function() {