diff --git a/src/service/location.js b/src/service/location.js
index d1d34e6762be..68e825ea6065 100644
--- a/src/service/location.js
+++ b/src/service/location.js
@@ -238,8 +238,9 @@ LocationUrl.prototype = LocationHashbangUrl.prototype = {
       return this.$$url;
 
     var match = PATH_MATCH.exec(url);
-    this.path(decodeURIComponent(match[1] || '')).search(match[3] || '')
-        .hash(match[5] || '', replace);
+    if (match[1]) this.path(decodeURIComponent(match[1]));
+    if (match[2] || match[1]) this.search(match[3] || '');
+    this.hash(match[5] || '', replace);
 
     return this;
   },
diff --git a/test/service/locationSpec.js b/test/service/locationSpec.js
index 9a7aa94306c9..28864cbef010 100644
--- a/test/service/locationSpec.js
+++ b/test/service/locationSpec.js
@@ -95,6 +95,33 @@ describe('$location', function() {
     });
 
 
+    it('url() should change only hash when no search and path specified', function() {
+      url.url('#some-hash');
+
+      expect(url.hash()).toBe('some-hash');
+      expect(url.url()).toBe('/path/b?search=a&b=c&d#some-hash');
+      expect(url.absUrl()).toBe('http://www.domain.com:9877/path/b?search=a&b=c&d#some-hash');
+    });
+
+
+    it('url() should change only search and hash when no path specified', function() {
+      url.url('?a=b');
+
+      expect(url.search()).toEqual({a: 'b'});
+      expect(url.hash()).toBe('');
+      expect(url.path()).toBe('/path/b');
+    });
+
+
+    it('url() should reset search and hash even when only path specified', function() {
+      url.url('/new/path');
+
+      expect(url.path()).toBe('/new/path');
+      expect(url.search()).toEqual({});
+      expect(url.hash()).toBe('');
+    });
+
+
     it('replace should set $$replace flag and return itself', function() {
       expect(url.$$replace).toBe(false);