diff --git a/src/ngSanitize/sanitize.js b/src/ngSanitize/sanitize.js
index 9240309c5b48..ae11a825d5d3 100644
--- a/src/ngSanitize/sanitize.js
+++ b/src/ngSanitize/sanitize.js
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ function htmlParser(html, handler) {
 
     } else {
       // IE versions 9 and 10 do not understand the regex '[^]', so using a workaround with [\W\w].
-      html = html.replace(new RegExp("([\\W\\w]*)<\\s*\\/\\s*" + stack.last() + "[^>]*>", 'i'),
+      html = html.replace(new RegExp("([\\W\\w]*?)<\\s*\\/\\s*" + stack.last() + "[^>]*>", 'i'),
         function(all, text) {
           text = text.replace(COMMENT_REGEXP, "$1").replace(CDATA_REGEXP, "$1");
 
diff --git a/test/ngSanitize/sanitizeSpec.js b/test/ngSanitize/sanitizeSpec.js
index 33d036c97efc..fe7f83cf98a7 100644
--- a/test/ngSanitize/sanitizeSpec.js
+++ b/test/ngSanitize/sanitizeSpec.js
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ describe('HTML', function() {
     expectHTML('a<SCRIPT>ev<script>evil</sCript>il</scrIpt>c.').toEqual('ac.');
   });
 
+  it('should not remove elements between script elements', function() {
+    expectHTML('a<script>ev</script>b<script>il</script>c.').toEqual('abc.');
+  });
+
   it('should remove unknown  names', function() {
     expectHTML('a<xxx><B>b</B></xxx>c').toEqual('a<b>b</b>c');
   });