diff --git a/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js b/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js
index 05fdc4edd8e1..d0c1b9b2c89b 100644
--- a/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js
+++ b/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js
@@ -105,16 +105,17 @@ angular.mock.$Browser = function() {
    */
   self.defer.flush = function(delay) {
     var flushedSomething = false;
+        now = self.defer.now;
 
     if (angular.isDefined(delay)) {
-      self.defer.now += delay;
+      now += delay;
     } else {
       if (self.deferredFns.length) {
-        self.defer.now = self.deferredFns[self.deferredFns.length-1].time;
+        now = self.deferredFns[self.deferredFns.length-1].time;
       }
     }
 
-    while (self.deferredFns.length && self.deferredFns[0].time <= self.defer.now) {
+    while (self.deferredFns.length && self.deferredFns[0].time <= now) {
       flushedSomething = true;
       self.deferredFns.shift().fn();
     }
@@ -126,6 +127,8 @@ angular.mock.$Browser = function() {
         throw Error('No deferred tasks with delay up to ' + delay + 'ms to be flushed!')
       }
     }
+
+    self.defer.now = now;
   };
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/ngMock/angular-mocksSpec.js b/test/ngMock/angular-mocksSpec.js
index 88e1876ff983..67fd13a131fd 100644
--- a/test/ngMock/angular-mocksSpec.js
+++ b/test/ngMock/angular-mocksSpec.js
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ describe('ngMock', function() {
       expect(function() {$timeout.flush(100);}).toThrow();
       expect(log).toEqual(['t1']);
 
-      $timeout.flush(900);
+      $timeout.flush(1000);
       expect(log).toEqual(['t1', 't2']);
       expect(function() {$timeout.flush();}).toThrow();
     });
@@ -425,6 +425,21 @@ describe('ngMock', function() {
     });
 
 
+    it('should not update the current time if an exception is thrown during a flush', function() {
+      $timeout(log.fn('t1'), 100);
+      $timeout(log.fn('t2'), 101);
+
+      expect(function() { $timeout.flush(90); }).toThrow();
+      expect(function() { $timeout.flush(90); }).toThrow();
+
+      $timeout.flush(100);
+      expect(log).toEqual(['t1']);
+
+      $timeout.flush(1);
+      expect(log).toEqual(['t1', 't2']);
+    });
+
+
     describe('verifyNoPendingTasks', function() {
 
       it('should throw an exception when not flushed', function() {