1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/ngAnimate/animate.js b/src/ngAnimate/animate.js
index 6b7fbcce..c09e714e 100644
--- a/src/ngAnimate/animate.js
+++ b/src/ngAnimate/animate.js
@@ -1063,6 +1063,15 @@ angular.module('ngAnimate', ['ng'])
       var closingTimestamp = 0;
       var animationElementQueue = [];
       function animationCloseHandler(element, totalTime) {
+        var node = extractElementNode(element);
+        element = angular.element(node);
+
+        //this item will be garbage collected by the closing
+        //animation timeout
+        animationElementQueue.push(element);
+
+        //but it may not need to cancel out the existing timeout
+        //if the timestamp is less than the previous one
         var futureTimestamp = Date.now() + (totalTime * 1000);
         if(futureTimestamp <= closingTimestamp) {
           return;
@@ -1070,10 +1079,6 @@ angular.module('ngAnimate', ['ng'])
 
         $timeout.cancel(closingTimer);
 
-        var node = extractElementNode(element);
-        element = angular.element(node);
-        animationElementQueue.push(element);
-
         closingTimestamp = futureTimestamp;
         closingTimer = $timeout(function() {
           closeAllAnimations(animationElementQueue);