diff --git a/src/ng/compile.js b/src/ng/compile.js
index 67496c981e67..d264d6689684 100644
--- a/src/ng/compile.js
+++ b/src/ng/compile.js
@@ -3052,8 +3052,8 @@ function $CompileProvider($provide, $$sanitizeUriProvider) {
 
       $compileNode.empty();
 
-      $templateRequest(templateUrl).
-        then(function(content) {
+      $templateRequest(templateUrl)
+        .then(function(content) {
           var compileNode, tempTemplateAttrs, $template, childBoundTranscludeFn;
 
           content = denormalizeTemplate(content);
@@ -3131,13 +3131,11 @@ function $CompileProvider($provide, $$sanitizeUriProvider) {
               childBoundTranscludeFn);
           }
           linkQueue = null;
-        }).
-        catch(function(error) {
+        }).catch(function(error) {
           if (error instanceof Error) {
             $exceptionHandler(error);
           }
-        }).
-        catch(noop);
+        }).catch(noop);
 
       return function delayedNodeLinkFn(ignoreChildLinkFn, scope, node, rootElement, boundTranscludeFn) {
         var childBoundTranscludeFn = boundTranscludeFn;
diff --git a/test/ng/templateRequestSpec.js b/test/ng/templateRequestSpec.js
index 4bf426700ca2..5c741e5e52a6 100644
--- a/test/ng/templateRequestSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/templateRequestSpec.js
@@ -114,47 +114,59 @@ describe('$templateRequest', function() {
     expect($templateCache.get('tpl.html')).toBe('matias');
   }));
 
-  it('should throw an error when the template is not found',
-    inject(function($exceptionHandler, $httpBackend, $rootScope, $templateRequest) {
-      $httpBackend.expectGET('tpl.html').respond(404, '', {}, 'Not found');
+  it('should call `$exceptionHandler` on request error', function() {
+    module(function($exceptionHandlerProvider) {
+      $exceptionHandlerProvider.mode('log');
+    });
 
-      $templateRequest('tpl.html').catch(noop);
+    inject(function($exceptionHandler, $httpBackend, $templateRequest) {
+      $httpBackend.expectGET('tpl.html').respond(404, '', {}, 'Not Found');
+
+      var err;
+      $templateRequest('tpl.html').catch(function(reason) { err = reason; });
       $httpBackend.flush();
 
+      expect(err.message).toMatch(new RegExp(
+          '^\\[\\$compile:tpload] Failed to load template: tpl\\.html ' +
+          '\\(HTTP status: 404 Not Found\\)'));
       expect($exceptionHandler.errors[0].message).toMatch(new RegExp(
           '^\\[\\$compile:tpload] Failed to load template: tpl\\.html ' +
-          '\\(HTTP status: 404 Not found\\)'));
-    })
-  );
-
-  it('should not throw when the template is not found and ignoreRequestError is true',
-    inject(function($rootScope, $templateRequest, $httpBackend) {
-
-      $httpBackend.expectGET('tpl.html').respond(404);
-
-      var err;
-      $templateRequest('tpl.html', true).catch(function(reason) { err = reason; });
-
-      $rootScope.$digest();
-      $httpBackend.flush();
+          '\\(HTTP status: 404 Not Found\\)'));
+    });
+  });
 
-      expect(err.status).toBe(404);
-  }));
+  it('should not call `$exceptionHandler` on request error when `ignoreRequestError` is true',
+    function() {
+      module(function($exceptionHandlerProvider) {
+        $exceptionHandlerProvider.mode('log');
+      });
 
-  it('should not throw an error when the template is empty',
-    inject(function($rootScope, $templateRequest, $httpBackend) {
+      inject(function($exceptionHandler, $httpBackend, $templateRequest) {
+        $httpBackend.expectGET('tpl.html').respond(404);
 
-    $httpBackend.expectGET('tpl.html').respond('');
+        var err;
+        $templateRequest('tpl.html', true).catch(function(reason) { err = reason; });
+        $httpBackend.flush();
 
-    $templateRequest('tpl.html');
+        expect(err.status).toBe(404);
+        expect($exceptionHandler.errors).toEqual([]);
+      });
+    }
+  );
 
-    $rootScope.$digest();
+  it('should not call `$exceptionHandler` when the template is empty',
+    inject(function($exceptionHandler, $httpBackend, $rootScope, $templateRequest) {
+      $httpBackend.expectGET('tpl.html').respond('');
 
-    expect(function() {
+      var onError = jasmine.createSpy('onError');
+      $templateRequest('tpl.html').catch(onError);
       $rootScope.$digest();
       $httpBackend.flush();
-    }).not.toThrow();
-  }));
+
+      expect(onError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect($exceptionHandler.errors).toEqual([]);
+    })
+  );
 
   it('should accept empty templates and refuse null or undefined templates in cache',
     inject(function($rootScope, $templateRequest, $templateCache, $sce) {