diff --git a/src/tooltip/test/tooltip2.spec.js b/src/tooltip/test/tooltip2.spec.js
index fb5956e641..7162d23208 100644
--- a/src/tooltip/test/tooltip2.spec.js
+++ b/src/tooltip/test/tooltip2.spec.js
@@ -102,4 +102,35 @@ describe('tooltip directive', function () {
     });
 
   });
+
+  it('should show even after close trigger is called multiple times - issue #1847', function () {
+    var fragment = compileTooltip('<span tooltip="tooltip text">Trigger here</span>');
+
+    fragment.find('span').trigger( 'mouseenter' );
+    expect(fragment).toHaveOpenTooltips();
+
+    closeTooltip(fragment.find('span'), null, true);
+    // Close trigger is called again before timer completes
+    // The close trigger can be called any number of times (even after close has already been called)
+    // since users can trigger the hide triggers manually.
+    closeTooltip(fragment.find('span'), null, true);
+    expect(fragment).toHaveOpenTooltips();
+
+    fragment.find('span').trigger( 'mouseenter' );
+    expect(fragment).toHaveOpenTooltips();
+
+    $timeout.flush();
+    expect(fragment).toHaveOpenTooltips();
+  });
+
+  it('should hide even after show trigger is called multiple times', function () {
+    var fragment = compileTooltip('<span tooltip="tooltip text" tooltip-popup-delay="1000">Trigger here</span>');
+
+    fragment.find('span').trigger( 'mouseenter' );
+    fragment.find('span').trigger( 'mouseenter' );
+
+    closeTooltip(fragment.find('span'));
+    expect(fragment).not.toHaveOpenTooltips();
+  });
+
 });
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diff --git a/src/tooltip/tooltip.js b/src/tooltip/tooltip.js
index da1b356799..de6d66dc16 100644
--- a/src/tooltip/tooltip.js
+++ b/src/tooltip/tooltip.js
@@ -147,8 +147,12 @@ angular.module( 'ui.bootstrap.tooltip', [ 'ui.bootstrap.position', 'ui.bootstrap
                 return;
               }
               if ( scope.tt_popupDelay ) {
-                popupTimeout = $timeout( show, scope.tt_popupDelay, false );
-                popupTimeout.then(function(reposition){reposition();});
+                // Do nothing if the tooltip was already scheduled to pop-up.
+                // This happens if show is triggered multiple times before any hide is triggered.
+                if (!popupTimeout) {
+                  popupTimeout = $timeout( show, scope.tt_popupDelay, false );
+                  popupTimeout.then(function(reposition){reposition();});
+                }
               } else {
                 show()();
               }
@@ -163,6 +167,14 @@ angular.module( 'ui.bootstrap.tooltip', [ 'ui.bootstrap.position', 'ui.bootstrap
             // Show the tooltip popup element.
             function show() {
 
+              popupTimeout = null;
+
+              // If there is a pending remove transition, we must cancel it, lest the
+              // tooltip be mysteriously removed.
+              if ( transitionTimeout ) {
+                $timeout.cancel( transitionTimeout );
+                transitionTimeout = null;
+              }
 
               // Don't show empty tooltips.
               if ( ! scope.tt_content ) {
@@ -171,12 +183,6 @@ angular.module( 'ui.bootstrap.tooltip', [ 'ui.bootstrap.position', 'ui.bootstrap
 
               createTooltip();
 
-              // If there is a pending remove transition, we must cancel it, lest the
-              // tooltip be mysteriously removed.
-              if ( transitionTimeout ) {
-                $timeout.cancel( transitionTimeout );
-              }
-
               // Set the initial positioning.
               tooltip.css({ top: 0, left: 0, display: 'block' });
 
@@ -206,12 +212,15 @@ angular.module( 'ui.bootstrap.tooltip', [ 'ui.bootstrap.position', 'ui.bootstrap
 
               //if tooltip is going to be shown after delay, we must cancel this
               $timeout.cancel( popupTimeout );
+              popupTimeout = null;
 
               // And now we remove it from the DOM. However, if we have animation, we 
               // need to wait for it to expire beforehand.
               // FIXME: this is a placeholder for a port of the transitions library.
               if ( scope.tt_animation ) {
-                transitionTimeout = $timeout(removeTooltip, 500);
+                if (!transitionTimeout) {
+                  transitionTimeout = $timeout(removeTooltip, 500);
+                }
               } else {
                 removeTooltip();
               }
@@ -229,6 +238,7 @@ angular.module( 'ui.bootstrap.tooltip', [ 'ui.bootstrap.position', 'ui.bootstrap
             }
 
             function removeTooltip() {
+              transitionTimeout = null;
               if (tooltip) {
                 tooltip.remove();
                 tooltip = null;