diff --git a/lib/mixins/property-effects.js b/lib/mixins/property-effects.js
index c6164ffc38..11b6ced9dc 100644
--- a/lib/mixins/property-effects.js
+++ b/lib/mixins/property-effects.js
@@ -439,20 +439,21 @@ const TRANSITIVE_DEPENDENCY = '~transitive~dependency~';
  * @param {?Object} changedProps Bag of current property changes
  * @param {?Object} oldProps Bag of previous values for changed properties
  * @param {?} info Effect metadata
+ * @param {boolean} hasPaths True with `changedProps` contains one or more paths
  * @return {void}
  * @private
  */
-function runComputedEffect(inst, property, changedProps, oldProps, info) {
+function runComputedEffect(inst, property, changedProps, oldProps, info, hasPaths) {
   if (orderedComputed) {
     // Compute any computed dependencies first; this recurses through the
     // dependency graph to ensure computed properties are never computed with
     // dependencies that may become invalidated later in this turn
-    computeDependencies(inst, info, changedProps, oldProps);
+    computeDependencies(inst, info, changedProps, oldProps, hasPaths);
     // If the dependency was not transitive, it's definitely dirty and needs to
     // be computed; if it is transitive, check its arguments against the current
     // changed props and only re-compute if it is dirty
     if (property === TRANSITIVE_DEPENDENCY && 
-        !computedPropertyIsDirty(inst, info, changedProps)) {
+        !computedPropertyIsDirty(inst, info, changedProps, hasPaths)) {
       return;
     }
   }
@@ -502,16 +503,17 @@ function runComputedEffect(inst, property, changedProps, oldProps, info) {
  * @param {Object} info Effect metadata
  * @param {Object} changedProps Bag of current property changes
  * @param {Object} oldProps Bag of previous values for changed properties
+ * @param {boolean} hasPaths True with `changedProps` contains one or more paths
  * @return {void}
  * @private
  */
- function computeDependencies(inst, info, changedProps, oldProps) {
+ function computeDependencies(inst, info, changedProps, oldProps, hasPaths) {
   let deps = computedDependenciesFor(inst, info);
   if (deps.length) {
     deps.forEach(depInfo => {
       if (depInfo.lastRun !== info.lastRun) {
         depInfo.lastRun = info.lastRun;
-        runComputedEffect(inst, TRANSITIVE_DEPENDENCY, changedProps, oldProps, depInfo);
+        runComputedEffect(inst, TRANSITIVE_DEPENDENCY, changedProps, oldProps, depInfo, hasPaths);
       }
     });
   }
@@ -523,12 +525,13 @@ function runComputedEffect(inst, property, changedProps, oldProps, info) {
  * @param {!Polymer_PropertyEffects} inst The instance to test
  * @param {?} info Effect metadata
  * @param {Object} changedProps Bag of current property changes
+ * @param {boolean} hasPaths True with `changedProps` contains one or more paths
  * @return {boolean} true when the computed effect should be re-calculated
  * @private
  */
-function computedPropertyIsDirty(inst, info, changedProps) {
-  return info.dynamicFn && propertyIsDirty(inst, {name: info.methodName}, changedProps) ||
-    info.args.some(arg => propertyIsDirty(inst, arg, changedProps));
+function computedPropertyIsDirty(inst, info, changedProps, hasPaths) {
+  return info.dynamicFn && propertyIsDirty(inst, {rootProperty: info.methodName}, changedProps, hasPaths) ||
+    info.args.some(arg => propertyIsDirty(inst, arg, changedProps, hasPaths));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -537,17 +540,23 @@ function computedPropertyIsDirty(inst, info, changedProps) {
  * @param {!Polymer_PropertyEffects} inst The instance to test
  * @param {DataTrigger} trigger Descriptor
  * @param {Object} changedProps Bag of current property changes
+ * @param {boolean} hasPaths True with `changedProps` contains one or more paths
  * @return {boolean} true when the property is dirty
  * @private
  */
-function propertyIsDirty(inst, trigger, changedProps) {
-  return [changedProps, inst.__dataPending].some(props => {
-    for (let p in props) {
-      if (pathMatchesTrigger(p, trigger)) {
-        return true;
+function propertyIsDirty(inst, trigger, changedProps, hasPaths) {
+  if (hasPaths) {
+    [changedProps, inst.__dataPending].some(props => {
+      for (let p in props) {
+        if (pathMatchesTrigger(p, trigger)) {
+          return true;
+        }
       }
-    }
-  });
+    });
+  } else {
+    return changedProps && trigger.rootProperty in changedProps ||
+          inst.__dataPending && trigger.rootProperty in inst.__dataPending;
+  }
 }
 
 /**