diff --git a/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js b/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
index 83444915922..f99fec8d1e1 100644
--- a/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
+++ b/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
@@ -373,6 +373,8 @@ define( [
 				} else if ( forward ) {
 					( opts.either || opts.isForward )( false );
 				}
+
+				console.log( "directHashChange: " + urlHistory.activeIndex + " has become active" );
 			},
 
 			//disable hashchange event listener internally to ignore one change
@@ -1107,7 +1109,7 @@ define( [
 			// However, if a dialog is already displayed at this point, and we're
 			// about to display another dialog, then we must add another hash and
 			// history entry on top so that one may navigate back to the original dialog
-			if ( active.url.indexOf( dialogHashKey ) > -1 && !$.mobile.activePage.is( ".ui-dialog" ) ) {
+			if ( active.url.indexOf( dialogHashKey ) > -1 && active.pageUrl === toPage.jqmData( "url" ) ) {
 				settings.changeHash = false;
 				alreadyThere = true;
 			}
@@ -1432,6 +1434,7 @@ define( [
 		});
 
 		$.mobile._handleHashChange = function( hash ) {
+
 			//find first page via hash
 			var to = path.stripHash( hash ),
 				//transition is false if it's the first page, undefined otherwise (and may be overridden by default)
@@ -1492,15 +1495,27 @@ define( [
 						either: function( isBack ) {
 							var active = $.mobile.urlHistory.getActive();
 
-							to = active.pageUrl;
-
-							// make sure to set the role, transition and reversal
-							// as most of this is lost by the domCache cleaning
-							$.extend( changePageOptions, {
-								role: active.role,
-								transition: active.transition,
-								reverse: isBack
-							});
+							// If we've ended up at a stale dialog location, do not attempt to load it, but keep
+							// going in the same direction - much as if the current page had not been a dialog
+							// (the case above)
+							if ( active.stale ) {
+								if ( isBack) {
+									window.history.back();
+								} else {
+									window.history.forward();
+								}
+								return;
+							} else {
+								to = active.pageUrl;
+
+								// make sure to set the role, transition and reversal
+								// as most of this is lost by the domCache cleaning
+								$.extend( changePageOptions, {
+									role: active.role,
+									transition: active.transition,
+									reverse: isBack
+								});
+							}
 						}
 					});
 				}
diff --git a/js/widgets/dialog.js b/js/widgets/dialog.js
index a0a470d9dca..971ffef9442 100644
--- a/js/widgets/dialog.js
+++ b/js/widgets/dialog.js
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ $.widget( "mobile.dialog", $.mobile.widget, {
 
 		if ( this._isCloseable ) {
 			this._isCloseable = false;
+			$.mobile.urlHistory.getActive().stale = true;
 			if ( $.mobile.hashListeningEnabled ) {
 				window.history.back();
 			} else {