diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container.js b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container.js
index cd7f3c226c..1b71ab24bb 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container.js
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export class ViewContainer {
     var detachedView = this.get(atIndex);
     ListWrapper.removeAt(this._views, atIndex);
     if (isBlank(this._lightDom)) {
-      ViewContainer.removeViewNodesFromParent(this.templateElement.parentNode, detachedView);
+      ViewContainer.removeViewNodes(detachedView);
     } else {
       this._lightDom.redistribute();
     }
@@ -173,8 +173,11 @@ export class ViewContainer {
     }
   }
 
-  static removeViewNodesFromParent(parent, view) {
-    for (var i = view.nodes.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+  static removeViewNodes(view) {
+    var len = view.nodes.length;
+    if (len == 0) return;
+    var parent = view.nodes[0].parentNode;
+    for (var i = len - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
       DOM.removeChild(parent, view.nodes[i]);
     }
   }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/directives/for_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/directives/for_spec.js
index 61b06b116d..ffdf338258 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/directives/for_spec.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/directives/for_spec.js
@@ -214,6 +214,31 @@ export function main() {
         cd.detectChanges();
         cd.detectChanges();
         expect(DOM.getText(view.nodes[0])).toEqual('a-2;b-2;|c-1;|');
+
+        component.items = [['e'], ['f', 'g']];
+        cd.detectChanges();
+        expect(DOM.getText(view.nodes[0])).toEqual('e-1;|f-2;g-2;|');
+
+        async.done();
+      });
+    }));
+
+    it('should repeat over nested arrays with no intermediate element', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+      compileWithTemplate(
+          '<div><template [for] #item [of]="items">' +
+            '<div template="for #subitem of item">' +
+            '{{subitem}}-{{item.length}};' +
+          '</div></template></div>'
+      ).then((pv) => {
+        createView(pv);
+
+        component.items = [['a', 'b'], ['c']];
+        cd.detectChanges();
+        expect(DOM.getText(view.nodes[0])).toEqual('a-2;b-2;c-1;');
+
+        component.items = [['e'], ['f', 'g']];
+        cd.detectChanges();
+        expect(DOM.getText(view.nodes[0])).toEqual('e-1;f-2;g-2;');
         async.done();
       });
     }));
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/directives/if_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/directives/if_spec.js
index edbc116a4a..3f0e4479f6 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/directives/if_spec.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/directives/if_spec.js
@@ -116,6 +116,39 @@ export function main() {
       });
     }));
 
+    it('should handle nested if correctly', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+      compileWithTemplate('<div><template [if]="booleanCondition"><copy-me *if="nestedBooleanCondition">hello</copy-me></template></div>').then((pv) => {
+        createView(pv);
+
+        component.booleanCondition = false;
+        cd.detectChanges();
+        expect(DOM.querySelectorAll(view.nodes[0], 'copy-me').length).toEqual(0);
+        expect(DOM.getText(view.nodes[0])).toEqual('');
+
+        component.booleanCondition = true;
+        cd.detectChanges();
+        expect(DOM.querySelectorAll(view.nodes[0], 'copy-me').length).toEqual(1);
+        expect(DOM.getText(view.nodes[0])).toEqual('hello');
+
+        component.nestedBooleanCondition = false;
+        cd.detectChanges();
+        expect(DOM.querySelectorAll(view.nodes[0], 'copy-me').length).toEqual(0);
+        expect(DOM.getText(view.nodes[0])).toEqual('');
+
+        component.nestedBooleanCondition = true;
+        cd.detectChanges();
+        expect(DOM.querySelectorAll(view.nodes[0], 'copy-me').length).toEqual(1);
+        expect(DOM.getText(view.nodes[0])).toEqual('hello');
+
+        component.booleanCondition = false;
+        cd.detectChanges();
+        expect(DOM.querySelectorAll(view.nodes[0], 'copy-me').length).toEqual(0);
+        expect(DOM.getText(view.nodes[0])).toEqual('');
+
+        async.done();
+      });
+    }));
+
     it('should update several nodes with if', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
       var templateString =
       '<div>' +
@@ -195,11 +228,13 @@ export function main() {
 @Component({selector: 'test-cmp'})
 class TestComponent {
   booleanCondition: boolean;
+  nestedBooleanCondition: boolean;
   numberCondition: number;
   stringCondition: string;
   functionCondition: Function;
   constructor() {
     this.booleanCondition = true;
+    this.nestedBooleanCondition = true;
     this.numberCondition = 1;
     this.stringCondition = "foo";
     this.functionCondition = function(s, n){