diff --git a/src/service/compiler.js b/src/service/compiler.js
index 784b8a3c7b79..9e03f18626eb 100644
--- a/src/service/compiler.js
+++ b/src/service/compiler.js
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ function $CompileProvider($provide) {
          childLinkingFn = /* nodesetLinkingFn */ linkingFns[i++];
 
          if (directiveLinkingFn) {
-           if (directiveLinkingFn.scope && !rootElement) {
+           if (directiveLinkingFn.scope) {
              childScope = scope.$new(isObject(directiveLinkingFn.scope));
              jqLite(node).data('$scope', childScope);
            } else {
diff --git a/test/service/compilerSpec.js b/test/service/compilerSpec.js
index a95e9eb34b77..d7ecdafc90b5 100644
--- a/test/service/compilerSpec.js
+++ b/test/service/compilerSpec.js
@@ -1035,10 +1035,11 @@ describe('$compile', function() {
         );
 
 
-        it('should allow more then one scope creation per element', inject(
+        it('should allow more one new scope directives per element, but directives should share' +
+            'the scope', inject(
           function($rootScope, $compile, log) {
-            $compile('<div class="scope-a; scope-b"></div>')($rootScope);
-            expect(log).toEqual('001; 001');
+            element = $compile('<div class="scope-a; scope-b"></div>')($rootScope);
+            expect(log).toEqual('002; 002');
           })
         );
 
@@ -1064,10 +1065,18 @@ describe('$compile', function() {
         );
 
 
-        it('should treat new scope on new template as noop', inject(
+        it('should create new scope even at the root of the template', inject(
           function($rootScope, $compile, log) {
             element = $compile('<div scope-a></div>')($rootScope);
-            expect(log).toEqual('001');
+            expect(log).toEqual('002');
+          })
+        );
+
+
+        it('should create isolate scope even at the root of the template', inject(
+          function($rootScope, $compile, log) {
+            element = $compile('<div iscope></div>')($rootScope);
+            expect(log).toEqual('002');
           })
         );
       });