diff --git a/src/View/ViewVarsTrait.php b/src/View/ViewVarsTrait.php
index 9d3fa3af98a..a78748f2508 100644
--- a/src/View/ViewVarsTrait.php
+++ b/src/View/ViewVarsTrait.php
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ trait ViewVarsTrait
     public function getView($viewClass = null)
     {
         if ($viewClass === null && $this->View) {
+            $this->View->viewVars = $this->viewVars;
             return $this->View;
         }
 
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ public function getView($viewClass = null)
         }
 
         if ($this->View && $this->View instanceof $className) {
+            $this->View->viewVars = $this->viewVars;
             return $this->View;
         }
 
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ public function createView($viewClass = null)
         }
 
         $viewOptions = [];
-        foreach ($this->_validViewOptions as $option) {
+        foreach ($this->viewOptions() as $option) {
             if (property_exists($this, $option)) {
                 $viewOptions[$option] = $this->{$option};
             }
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/View/ViewVarsTraitTest.php b/tests/TestCase/View/ViewVarsTraitTest.php
index dfa591af912..47be0664f3a 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/View/ViewVarsTraitTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/View/ViewVarsTraitTest.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 namespace Cake\Test\TestCase\View;
 
+use Cake\Controller\Controller;
 use Cake\TestSuite\TestCase;
 use Cake\View\ViewVarsTrait;
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ public function setUp()
     {
         parent::setUp();
 
-        $this->subject = $this->getObjectForTrait('Cake\View\ViewVarsTrait');
+        $this->subject = new Controller;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ public function testAddOneViewOption()
         $option = 'newOption';
         $this->subject->viewOptions($option);
 
-        $this->assertContains($option, $this->subject->_validViewOptions);
+        $this->assertContains($option, $this->subject->viewOptions());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ public function testAddOneViewOption()
      */
     public function testAddTwoViewOption()
     {
-        $this->subject->_validViewOptions = ['oldOption'];
+        $this->subject->viewOptions(['oldOption'], false);
         $option = ['newOption', 'anotherOption'];
         $result = $this->subject->viewOptions($option);
         $expects = ['oldOption', 'newOption', 'anotherOption'];
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ public function testAddTwoViewOption()
      */
     public function testReadingViewOptions()
     {
-        $expected = $this->subject->_validViewOptions = ['one', 'two', 'three'];
+        $expected = $this->subject->viewOptions(['one', 'two', 'three'], false);
         $result = $this->subject->viewOptions();
 
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ public function testReadingViewOptions()
      */
     public function testMergeFalseViewOptions()
     {
-        $this->subject->_validViewOptions = ['one', 'two', 'three'];
+        $this->subject->viewOptions(['one', 'two', 'three'], false);
         $expected = ['four', 'five', 'six'];
         $result = $this->subject->viewOptions($expected, false);
 
@@ -153,12 +154,28 @@ public function testMergeFalseViewOptions()
      */
     public function testUndefinedValidViewOptions()
     {
-        $result = $this->subject->viewOptions();
+        $result = $this->subject->viewOptions([], false);
 
         $this->assertTrue(is_array($result));
         $this->assertTrue(empty($result));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * test that getView() updates viewVars of View instance on each call.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testUptoDateViewVars()
+    {
+        $expected = ['one' => 'one'];
+        $this->subject->set($expected);
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $this->subject->getView()->viewVars);
+
+        $expected = ['one' => 'one', 'two' => 'two'];
+        $this->subject->set($expected);
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $this->subject->getView()->viewVars);
+    }
+
     /**
      * test getView() throws exception if view class cannot be found
      *