diff --git a/src/ngAnimate/animateCss.js b/src/ngAnimate/animateCss.js
index b9757f27777c..54bc23c97922 100644
--- a/src/ngAnimate/animateCss.js
+++ b/src/ngAnimate/animateCss.js
@@ -756,6 +756,13 @@ var $AnimateCssProvider = ['$animateProvider', function($animateProvider) {
           element.off(events.join(' '), onAnimationProgress);
         }
 
+        //Cancel the fallback closing timeout and remove the timer data
+        var animationTimerData = element.data(ANIMATE_TIMER_KEY);
+        if (animationTimerData) {
+          $timeout.cancel(animationTimerData[0].timer);
+          element.removeData(ANIMATE_TIMER_KEY);
+        }
+
         // if the preparation function fails then the promise is not setup
         if (runner) {
           runner.complete(!rejected);
diff --git a/test/ngAnimate/.jshintrc b/test/ngAnimate/.jshintrc
index fcaf04058079..d182bdf2d2d4 100644
--- a/test/ngAnimate/.jshintrc
+++ b/test/ngAnimate/.jshintrc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "TRANSITIONEND_EVENT": false,
     "TRANSITION_PROP": false,
     "ANIMATION_PROP": false,
-    "ANIMATIONEND_EVENT": false
+    "ANIMATIONEND_EVENT": false,
+    "ANIMATE_TIMER_KEY": false
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/ngAnimate/animateCssSpec.js b/test/ngAnimate/animateCssSpec.js
index 7de34ee58615..6e0b66073e76 100644
--- a/test/ngAnimate/animateCssSpec.js
+++ b/test/ngAnimate/animateCssSpec.js
@@ -1309,6 +1309,29 @@ describe("ngAnimate $animateCss", function() {
           expect(getPossiblyPrefixedStyleValue(element, 'transition-delay')).toBeOneOf('', '0s');
         }));
 
+
+        it("should cancel the timeout when the animation is ended normally",
+          inject(function($animateCss, $document, $rootElement, $timeout) {
+
+          ss.addRule('.ng-enter', 'transition:10s linear all;');
+
+          var element = jqLite('<div></div>');
+          $rootElement.append(element);
+          jqLite($document[0].body).append($rootElement);
+
+          var animator = $animateCss(element, { event: 'enter', structural: true });
+          animator.start();
+          triggerAnimationStartFrame();
+
+          expect(element).toHaveClass('ng-enter');
+          expect(element).toHaveClass('ng-enter-active');
+
+          animator.end();
+
+          expect(element.data(ANIMATE_TIMER_KEY)).toBeUndefined();
+          expect(function() {$timeout.verifyNoPendingTasks();}).not.toThrow();
+        }));
+
       });
 
       describe("getComputedStyle", function() {