diff --git a/src/ng/templateRequest.js b/src/ng/templateRequest.js
index 4d3989ce4904..81cea32d750a 100644
--- a/src/ng/templateRequest.js
+++ b/src/ng/templateRequest.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ function $TemplateRequestProvider() {
 
       return $http.get(tpl, httpOptions)
         .then(function(response) {
+          $templateCache.put(tpl, response.data);
           self.totalPendingRequests--;
           return response.data;
         }, handleError);
diff --git a/src/ngRoute/route.js b/src/ngRoute/route.js
index ad7bbc710b48..56ec491a207e 100644
--- a/src/ngRoute/route.js
+++ b/src/ngRoute/route.js
@@ -607,8 +607,8 @@ function $RouteProvider() {
               return $q.all(locals);
             }
           }).
-          // after route change
           then(function(locals) {
+            // after route change
             if (nextRoute == $route.current) {
               if (nextRoute) {
                 nextRoute.locals = locals;
diff --git a/test/ng/templateRequestSpec.js b/test/ng/templateRequestSpec.js
index 2b695d6ab300..f4a245c86437 100644
--- a/test/ng/templateRequestSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/templateRequestSpec.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe('$templateRequest', function() {
   }));
 
   it('should cache the request to prevent extra downloads',
-    inject(function($rootScope, $templateRequest, $httpBackend) {
+    inject(function($rootScope, $templateRequest, $templateCache, $httpBackend) {
 
     $httpBackend.expectGET('tpl.html').respond('matias');
 
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ describe('$templateRequest', function() {
 
     expect(content[0]).toBe('matias');
     expect(content[1]).toBe('matias');
+    expect($templateCache.get('tpl.html')).toBe('matias');
   }));
 
   it('should throw an error when the template is not found',