diff --git a/src/ng/directive/ngSwitch.js b/src/ng/directive/ngSwitch.js
index 312cdf728b0f..e34b89b0dafb 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/ngSwitch.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/ngSwitch.js
@@ -138,37 +138,29 @@ var ngSwitchDirective = ['$animate', function($animate) {
     }],
     link: function(scope, element, attr, ngSwitchController) {
       var watchExpr = attr.ngSwitch || attr.on,
-          selectedTranscludes,
-          selectedElements,
-          previousElements,
+          selectedTranscludes = [],
+          selectedElements = [],
+          previousElements = [],
           selectedScopes = [];
 
       scope.$watch(watchExpr, function ngSwitchWatchAction(value) {
-        var i, ii = selectedScopes.length;
-        if(ii > 0) {
-          if(previousElements) {
-            for (i = 0; i < ii; i++) {
-              previousElements[i].remove();
-            }
-            previousElements = null;
-          }
+        var i, ii;
+        for (i = 0, ii = previousElements.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+          previousElements[i].remove();
+        }
+        previousElements.length = 0;
 
-          previousElements = [];
-          for (i= 0; i<ii; i++) {
-            var selected = selectedElements[i];
-            selectedScopes[i].$destroy();
-            previousElements[i] = selected;
-            $animate.leave(selected, function() {
-              previousElements.splice(i, 1);
-              if(previousElements.length === 0) {
-                previousElements = null;
-              }
-            });
-          }
+        for (i = 0, ii = selectedScopes.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+          var selected = selectedElements[i];
+          selectedScopes[i].$destroy();
+          previousElements[i] = selected;
+          $animate.leave(selected, function() {
+            previousElements.splice(i, 1);
+          });
         }
 
-        selectedElements = [];
-        selectedScopes = [];
+        selectedElements.length = 0;
+        selectedScopes.length = 0;
 
         if ((selectedTranscludes = ngSwitchController.cases['!' + value] || ngSwitchController.cases['?'])) {
           scope.$eval(attr.change);
diff --git a/test/ng/directive/ngSwitchSpec.js b/test/ng/directive/ngSwitchSpec.js
index 60193adcde2e..9044147e139c 100644
--- a/test/ng/directive/ngSwitchSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/directive/ngSwitchSpec.js
@@ -212,6 +212,29 @@ describe('ngSwitch', function() {
     // element now contains only empty repeater. this element is dealocated by local afterEach.
     // afterwards a global afterEach will check for leaks in jq data cache object
   }));
+
+
+  it('should properly support case labels with different numbers of transclude fns', inject(function($rootScope, $compile) {
+    element = $compile(
+      '<div ng-switch="mode">' +
+        '<p ng-switch-when="a">Block1</p>' +
+        '<p ng-switch-when="a">Block2</p>' +
+        '<a href ng-switch-when="b">a</a>' +
+      '</div>'
+    )($rootScope);
+
+    $rootScope.$apply('mode = "a"');
+    expect(element.children().length).toBe(2);
+
+    $rootScope.$apply('mode = "b"');
+    expect(element.children().length).toBe(1);
+
+    $rootScope.$apply('mode = "a"');
+    expect(element.children().length).toBe(2);
+
+    $rootScope.$apply('mode = "b"');
+    expect(element.children().length).toBe(1);
+  }));
 });
 
 describe('ngSwitch animations', function() {