diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
index b06949ef5d..b45dcc2ad8 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
@@ -867,14 +867,25 @@ export class PreActivation {
   private deactiveRouteAndItsChildren(
       route: TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>, outlet: RouterOutlet): void {
     const prevChildren: {[key: string]: any} = nodeChildrenAsMap(route);
+    const r = route.value;
 
     forEach(prevChildren, (v: any, k: string) => {
-      const childOutlet = outlet ? outlet.outletMap._outlets[k] : null;
-      this.deactiveRouteAndItsChildren(v, childOutlet);
+      if (!r.component) {
+        this.deactiveRouteAndItsChildren(v, outlet);
+      } else if (!!outlet) {
+        this.deactiveRouteAndItsChildren(v, outlet.outletMap._outlets[k]);
+      } else {
+        this.deactiveRouteAndItsChildren(v, null);
+      }
     });
 
-    const component = outlet && outlet.isActivated ? outlet.component : null;
-    this.checks.push(new CanDeactivate(component, route.value));
+    if (!r.component) {
+      this.checks.push(new CanDeactivate(null, r));
+    } else if (outlet && outlet.isActivated) {
+      this.checks.push(new CanDeactivate(outlet.component, r));
+    } else {
+      this.checks.push(new CanDeactivate(null, r));
+    }
   }
 
   private runCanActivate(future: ActivatedRouteSnapshot): Observable<boolean> {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/integration.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/integration.spec.ts
index 9a29ec9b95..9f5fbea00c 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/integration.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/integration.spec.ts
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
               {
                 provide: 'RecordingDeactivate',
                 useValue: (c: any, a: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, b: RouterStateSnapshot) => {
-                  log.push(['Deactivate', a.routeConfig.path]);
+                  log.push({path: a.routeConfig.path, component: c});
                   return true;
                 }
               },
@@ -1290,7 +1290,11 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
                    children: [{
                      path: 'child',
                      canDeactivate: ['RecordingDeactivate'],
-                     children: [{path: 'simple', component: SimpleCmp}]
+                     children: [{
+                       path: 'simple',
+                       component: SimpleCmp,
+                       canDeactivate: ['RecordingDeactivate']
+                     }]
                    }]
                  }]
                },
@@ -1304,9 +1308,12 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
              router.navigateByUrl('/simple');
              advance(fixture);
 
-             expect(log).toEqual([
-               ['Deactivate', 'child'], ['Deactivate', 'parent'], ['Deactivate', 'grandparent']
+             const child = fixture.debugElement.children[1].componentInstance;
+
+             expect(log.map((a: any) => a.path)).toEqual([
+               'simple', 'child', 'parent', 'grandparent'
              ]);
+             expect(log.map((a: any) => a.component)).toEqual([child, null, null, null]);
            })));
 
         it('works with aux routes',
@@ -1333,7 +1340,7 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
              router.navigate(['two-outlets', {outlets: {aux: null}}]);
              advance(fixture);
 
-             expect(log).toEqual([['Deactivate', 'b']]);
+             expect(log.map((a: any) => a.path)).toEqual(['b']);
              expect(location.path()).toEqual('/two-outlets/(a)');
            })));