diff --git a/src/tooltip/tooltip.js b/src/tooltip/tooltip.js
index c88dc0eb4d..5f440b2a61 100644
--- a/src/tooltip/tooltip.js
+++ b/src/tooltip/tooltip.js
@@ -210,10 +210,9 @@ angular.module('ui.bootstrap.tooltip', ['ui.bootstrap.position', 'ui.bootstrap.s
             }
 
             function hideTooltipBind () {
-              hide();
-              if (!$rootScope.$$phase) {
-                $rootScope.$digest();
-              }
+              scope.$evalAsync(function () {
+                hide();
+              });
             }
 
             // Show the tooltip popup element.
@@ -243,9 +242,7 @@ angular.module('ui.bootstrap.tooltip', ['ui.bootstrap.position', 'ui.bootstrap.s
                 isOpenExp.assign(ttScope.origScope, ttScope.isOpen);
               }
 
-              if (!$rootScope.$$phase) {
-                ttScope.$apply(); // digest required as $apply is not called
-              }
+              ttScope.$applyAsync(); // digest required as $apply is not called
 
               positionTooltip();
             }
@@ -284,7 +281,7 @@ angular.module('ui.bootstrap.tooltip', ['ui.bootstrap.position', 'ui.bootstrap.s
             function createTooltip() {
               // There can only be one tooltip element per directive shown at once.
               if (tooltip) {
-                removeTooltip();
+                return;
               }
               tooltipLinkedScope = ttScope.$new();
               tooltip = tooltipLinker(tooltipLinkedScope, function(tooltip) {