diff --git a/src/ng/http.js b/src/ng/http.js
index 0c54f5bb636e..e47216b44302 100644
--- a/src/ng/http.js
+++ b/src/ng/http.js
@@ -941,8 +941,7 @@ function $HttpProvider() {
         if (isDefined(cachedResp)) {
           if (cachedResp.then) {
             // cached request has already been sent, but there is no response yet
-            cachedResp.then(removePendingReq, removePendingReq);
-            return cachedResp;
+            cachedResp.then(cacheDone, cacheDone);
           } else {
             // serving from cache
             if (isArray(cachedResp)) {
@@ -987,6 +986,18 @@ function $HttpProvider() {
       }
 
 
+      /**
+       * Callback to resolve based on an in-flight cache entry.
+       */
+      function cacheDone(resolution) {
+        if (isUndefined(resolution.status)) {
+          resolvePromise(resolution, 200, {});
+        } else {
+          resolvePromise(resolution.data, resolution.status, resolution.headers);
+        }
+      }
+
+
       /**
        * Resolves the raw $http promise.
        */
diff --git a/test/ng/httpSpec.js b/test/ng/httpSpec.js
index a7b244831f6f..8da64a5f546f 100644
--- a/test/ng/httpSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/httpSpec.js
@@ -1267,6 +1267,30 @@ describe('$http', function() {
       });
 
 
+      it('should resolve with correct config if second request was made before the first returned',
+          function() {
+            $httpBackend.expect('GET', '/url').respond(201, 'fake-response');
+
+            callback.andCallFake(function(response) {
+              expect(response.data).toBe('fake-response');
+              expect(response.status).toBe(201);
+              return response;
+            });
+
+            $http({method: 'GET', url: '/url', cache: cache}).then(callback);
+            $http({method: 'GET', url: '/url', cache: cache, extraData: 'some-data'})
+              .then(callback)
+              .then(function(response) {
+                expect(response.config.extraData).toBe('some-data');
+              });
+
+            $httpBackend.flush();
+            expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(callback.callCount).toBe(2);
+          }
+      );
+
+
       it('should allow the cached value to be an empty string', function () {
         cache.put('/abc', '');