diff --git a/src/ng/directive/input.js b/src/ng/directive/input.js
index 977be6c7bfa6..392286de0367 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/input.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/input.js
@@ -956,13 +956,7 @@ function baseInputType(scope, element, attr, ctrl, $sniffer, $browser) {
     // value, so it may be necessary to revalidate (by calling $setViewValue again) even if the
     // control's value is the same empty value twice in a row.
     if (ctrl.$viewValue !== value || (value === '' && ctrl.$$hasNativeValidators)) {
-      if (scope.$root.$$phase) {
-        ctrl.$setViewValue(value, event);
-      } else {
-        scope.$apply(function() {
-          ctrl.$setViewValue(value, event);
-        });
-      }
+      ctrl.$setViewValue(value, event);
     }
   };
 
@@ -1173,9 +1167,7 @@ function radioInputType(scope, element, attr, ctrl) {
 
   var listener = function(ev) {
     if (element[0].checked) {
-      scope.$apply(function() {
-        ctrl.$setViewValue(attr.value, ev && ev.type);
-      });
+      ctrl.$setViewValue(attr.value, ev && ev.type);
     }
   };
 
@@ -1207,9 +1199,7 @@ function checkboxInputType(scope, element, attr, ctrl, $sniffer, $browser, $filt
   var falseValue = parseConstantExpr($parse, scope, 'ngFalseValue', attr.ngFalseValue, false);
 
   var listener = function(ev) {
-    scope.$apply(function() {
-      ctrl.$setViewValue(element[0].checked, ev && ev.type);
-    });
+    ctrl.$setViewValue(element[0].checked, ev && ev.type);
   };
 
   element.on('click', listener);
@@ -1588,8 +1578,8 @@ var VALID_CLASS = 'ng-valid',
  *
  *
  */
-var NgModelController = ['$scope', '$exceptionHandler', '$attrs', '$element', '$parse', '$animate', '$timeout',
-    function($scope, $exceptionHandler, $attr, $element, $parse, $animate, $timeout) {
+var NgModelController = ['$scope', '$exceptionHandler', '$attrs', '$element', '$parse', '$animate', '$timeout', '$rootScope',
+    function($scope, $exceptionHandler, $attr, $element, $parse, $animate, $timeout, $rootScope) {
   this.$viewValue = Number.NaN;
   this.$modelValue = Number.NaN;
   this.$validators = {};
@@ -2112,8 +2102,12 @@ var NgModelController = ['$scope', '$exceptionHandler', '$attrs', '$element', '$
       pendingDebounce = $timeout(function() {
         ctrl.$commitViewValue();
       }, debounceDelay);
-    } else {
+    } else if ($rootScope.$$phase) {
       ctrl.$commitViewValue();
+    } else {
+      $scope.$apply(function() {
+        ctrl.$commitViewValue();
+      });
     }
   };
 
@@ -2330,9 +2324,7 @@ var ngModelDirective = function() {
         var modelCtrl = ctrls[0];
         if (modelCtrl.$options && modelCtrl.$options.updateOn) {
           element.on(modelCtrl.$options.updateOn, function(ev) {
-            scope.$apply(function() {
-              modelCtrl.$$debounceViewValueCommit(ev && ev.type);
-            });
+            modelCtrl.$$debounceViewValueCommit(ev && ev.type);
           });
         }
 
diff --git a/test/ng/directive/inputSpec.js b/test/ng/directive/inputSpec.js
index 3c5e6d437cb1..ed9bef89f86a 100644
--- a/test/ng/directive/inputSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/directive/inputSpec.js
@@ -1414,6 +1414,22 @@ describe('input', function() {
 
     }));
 
+    it('should not trigger digest while debouncing', inject(function($timeout) {
+      compileInput(
+          '<input type="text" ng-model="name" name="alias" '+
+            'ng-model-options="{ debounce: 10000 }"'+
+          '/>');
+
+      var watchSpy = jasmine.createSpy('watchSpy');
+      scope.$watch(watchSpy);
+
+      changeInputValueTo('a');
+      expect(watchSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      $timeout.flush(10000);
+      expect(watchSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    }));
+
     it('should allow selecting different debounce timeouts for each event',
       inject(function($timeout) {
       compileInput(