diff --git a/packages/upgrade/src/common/upgrade_helper.ts b/packages/upgrade/src/common/upgrade_helper.ts
index c31ba7eb1c..8782de9c9e 100644
--- a/packages/upgrade/src/common/upgrade_helper.ts
+++ b/packages/upgrade/src/common/upgrade_helper.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ export class UpgradeHelper {
     return this.compileHtml(template);
   }
 
+  onDestroy($scope: angular.IScope, controllerInstance?: any) {
+    if (controllerInstance && isFunction(controllerInstance.$onDestroy)) {
+      controllerInstance.$onDestroy();
+    }
+    $scope.$destroy();
+  }
+
   prepareTransclusion(): angular.ILinkFn|undefined {
     const transclude = this.directive.transclude;
     const contentChildNodes = this.extractChildNodes();
diff --git a/packages/upgrade/src/dynamic/upgrade_ng1_adapter.ts b/packages/upgrade/src/dynamic/upgrade_ng1_adapter.ts
index b31657bc7b..f52e178640 100644
--- a/packages/upgrade/src/dynamic/upgrade_ng1_adapter.ts
+++ b/packages/upgrade/src/dynamic/upgrade_ng1_adapter.ts
@@ -262,13 +262,7 @@ class UpgradeNg1ComponentAdapter implements OnInit, OnChanges, DoCheck {
     }
   }
 
-  ngOnDestroy() {
-    if (this.controllerInstance && isFunction(this.controllerInstance.$onDestroy)) {
-      this.controllerInstance.$onDestroy();
-    }
-
-    this.componentScope.$destroy();
-  }
+  ngOnDestroy() { this.helper.onDestroy(this.componentScope, this.controllerInstance); }
 
   setComponentProperty(name: string, value: any) {
     this.destinationObj ![this.propertyMap[name]] = value;
diff --git a/packages/upgrade/src/static/upgrade_component.ts b/packages/upgrade/src/static/upgrade_component.ts
index a63699f8b4..73b7771b37 100644
--- a/packages/upgrade/src/static/upgrade_component.ts
+++ b/packages/upgrade/src/static/upgrade_component.ts
@@ -217,10 +217,7 @@ export class UpgradeComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, DoCheck, OnDestroy {
     if (isFunction(this.unregisterDoCheckWatcher)) {
       this.unregisterDoCheckWatcher();
     }
-    if (this.controllerInstance && isFunction(this.controllerInstance.$onDestroy)) {
-      this.controllerInstance.$onDestroy();
-    }
-    this.$componentScope.$destroy();
+    this.helper.onDestroy(this.$componentScope, this.controllerInstance);
   }
 
   private initializeBindings(directive: angular.IDirective) {