diff --git a/src/ng/httpBackend.js b/src/ng/httpBackend.js
index 742d7aa86a85..1a262b9cb8b6 100644
--- a/src/ng/httpBackend.js
+++ b/src/ng/httpBackend.js
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@ function createHttpBackend($browser, createXhr, $browserDefer, callbacks, rawDoc
 
     function completeRequest(callback, status, response, headersString, statusText) {
       // cancel timeout and subsequent timeout promise resolution
-      timeoutId && $browserDefer.cancel(timeoutId);
+      if (timeoutId !== void 0) {
+        $browserDefer.cancel(timeoutId);
+      }
       jsonpDone = xhr = null;
 
       callback(status, response, headersString, statusText);
diff --git a/test/ng/httpBackendSpec.js b/test/ng/httpBackendSpec.js
index 2c1da6eba4bb..9b3116932d49 100644
--- a/test/ng/httpBackendSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/httpBackendSpec.js
@@ -103,6 +103,19 @@ describe('$httpBackend', function() {
   });
 
 
+  it('should cancel timeout on completeRequest()', function() {
+    fakeTimeout.ids.length = fakeTimeout.fns.length = fakeTimeout.delays.length = 0;
+    fakeTimeoutId = 0;
+    spyOn(fakeTimeout, 'cancel').andCallThrough();
+    $backend('GET', '/some-url', null, callback, void 0, 100);
+    xhr = MockXhr.$$lastInstance;
+    expect(fakeTimeout.cancel).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    xhr.status = 200;
+    xhr.onload();
+    expect(fakeTimeout.cancel).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1);
+  });
+
+
   it('should normalize IE\'s 1223 status code into 204', function() {
     callback.andCallFake(function(status) {
       expect(status).toBe(204);