diff --git a/src/ng/compile.js b/src/ng/compile.js
index 8b6491091de7..f3cb311a20e7 100644
--- a/src/ng/compile.js
+++ b/src/ng/compile.js
@@ -2534,6 +2534,12 @@ function $CompileProvider($provide, $$sanitizeUriProvider) {
             startingTag(node));
       }
 
+      if (EVENT_HANDLER_ATTR_REGEXP.test(name)) {
+        throw $compileMinErr('nodomevents',
+            "Interpolations for HTML DOM event attributes are disallowed.  Please use the " +
+                "ng- versions (such as ng-click instead of onclick) instead.");
+      }
+
       directives.push({
         priority: 100,
         compile: function() {
@@ -2541,12 +2547,6 @@ function $CompileProvider($provide, $$sanitizeUriProvider) {
               pre: function attrInterpolatePreLinkFn(scope, element, attr) {
                 var $$observers = (attr.$$observers || (attr.$$observers = createMap()));
 
-                if (EVENT_HANDLER_ATTR_REGEXP.test(name)) {
-                  throw $compileMinErr('nodomevents',
-                      "Interpolations for HTML DOM event attributes are disallowed.  Please use the " +
-                          "ng- versions (such as ng-click instead of onclick) instead.");
-                }
-
                 // If the attribute has changed since last $interpolate()ed
                 var newValue = attr[name];
                 if (newValue !== value) {
diff --git a/test/ng/compileSpec.js b/test/ng/compileSpec.js
index da016f74c5ac..d19493e19924 100755
--- a/test/ng/compileSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/compileSpec.js
@@ -7795,17 +7795,17 @@ describe('$compile', function() {
       // All interpolations are disallowed.
       $rootScope.onClickJs = "";
       expect(function() {
-          $compile('<button onclick="{{onClickJs}}"></script>')($rootScope);
+          $compile('<button onclick="{{onClickJs}}"></script>');
         }).toThrowMinErr(
           "$compile", "nodomevents", "Interpolations for HTML DOM event attributes are disallowed.  " +
           "Please use the ng- versions (such as ng-click instead of onclick) instead.");
       expect(function() {
-          $compile('<button ONCLICK="{{onClickJs}}"></script>')($rootScope);
+          $compile('<button ONCLICK="{{onClickJs}}"></script>');
         }).toThrowMinErr(
           "$compile", "nodomevents", "Interpolations for HTML DOM event attributes are disallowed.  " +
           "Please use the ng- versions (such as ng-click instead of onclick) instead.");
       expect(function() {
-          $compile('<button ng-attr-onclick="{{onClickJs}}"></script>')($rootScope);
+          $compile('<button ng-attr-onclick="{{onClickJs}}"></script>');
         }).toThrowMinErr(
           "$compile", "nodomevents", "Interpolations for HTML DOM event attributes are disallowed.  " +
           "Please use the ng- versions (such as ng-click instead of onclick) instead.");