diff --git a/src/spec/tabset.component.spec.ts b/src/spec/tabset.component.spec.ts
index 6789d8dec9..fafd42a4fc 100644
--- a/src/spec/tabset.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/spec/tabset.component.spec.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { TabsetComponent } from '../tabs/tabset.component';
 const html = `
   <tabset #tabset [justified]="isJustified"
           [vertical]="isVertical">
-    <tab heading="tab0">tab0 content</tab>
+    <tab heading="tab0" (deselect)="_deselect($event)">tab0 content</tab>
     <tab *ngFor="let tab of tabs"
          [disabled]="tab.disabled"
          [customClass]="tab.customClass"
diff --git a/src/tabs/tab.directive.ts b/src/tabs/tab.directive.ts
index c5fdc077ad..c93da34253 100644
--- a/src/tabs/tab.directive.ts
+++ b/src/tabs/tab.directive.ts
@@ -37,12 +37,15 @@ export class TabDirective implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   }
 
   public set active(active: boolean) {
+    if (this._active === active) {
+      return;
+    }
     if (this.disabled && active || !active) {
-      if (!active) {
+      if (this._active && !active) {
+        this.deselect.emit(this);
         this._active = active;
       }
 
-      this.deselect.emit(this);
       return;
     }