diff --git a/src/ng/directive/input.js b/src/ng/directive/input.js
index 9644ab21a0d7..32a045d92914 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/input.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/input.js
@@ -2200,11 +2200,15 @@ var NgModelController = ['$scope', '$exceptionHandler', '$attrs', '$element', '$
     var prevModelValue = ctrl.$modelValue;
     var allowInvalid = ctrl.$options && ctrl.$options.allowInvalid;
     ctrl.$$rawModelValue = modelValue;
+
     if (allowInvalid) {
       ctrl.$modelValue = modelValue;
       writeToModelIfNeeded();
     }
-    ctrl.$$runValidators(parserValid, modelValue, viewValue, function(allValid) {
+
+    // Pass the $$lastCommittedViewValue here, because the cached viewValue might be out of date.
+    // This can happen if e.g. $setViewValue is called from inside a parser
+    ctrl.$$runValidators(parserValid, modelValue, ctrl.$$lastCommittedViewValue, function(allValid) {
       if (!allowInvalid) {
         // Note: Don't check ctrl.$valid here, as we could have
         // external validators (e.g. calculated on the server),
diff --git a/test/ng/directive/inputSpec.js b/test/ng/directive/inputSpec.js
index e579eb0f8db3..d089f412cf8d 100644
--- a/test/ng/directive/inputSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/directive/inputSpec.js
@@ -1066,6 +1066,56 @@ describe('NgModelController', function() {
 
       dealoc(element);
     }));
+
+    it('should always use the most recent $viewValue for validation', function() {
+      ctrl.$parsers.push(function(value) {
+        if (value && value.substr(-1) === 'b') {
+          value = 'a';
+          ctrl.$setViewValue(value);
+          ctrl.$render();
+        }
+
+        return value;
+      });
+
+      ctrl.$validators.mock = function(modelValue) {
+        return true;
+      };
+
+      spyOn(ctrl.$validators, 'mock').andCallThrough();
+
+      ctrl.$setViewValue('ab');
+
+      expect(ctrl.$validators.mock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('a', 'a');
+      expect(ctrl.$validators.mock.calls.length).toEqual(2);
+    });
+
+    it('should validate even if the modelValue did not change', function() {
+      ctrl.$parsers.push(function(value) {
+        if (value && value.substr(-1) === 'b') {
+          value = 'a';
+        }
+
+        return value;
+      });
+
+      ctrl.$validators.mock = function(modelValue) {
+        return true;
+      };
+
+      spyOn(ctrl.$validators, 'mock').andCallThrough();
+
+      ctrl.$setViewValue('a');
+
+      expect(ctrl.$validators.mock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('a', 'a');
+      expect(ctrl.$validators.mock.calls.length).toEqual(1);
+
+      ctrl.$setViewValue('ab');
+
+      expect(ctrl.$validators.mock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('a', 'ab');
+      expect(ctrl.$validators.mock.calls.length).toEqual(2);
+    });
+
   });
 });