diff --git a/packages/ember-htmlbars/lib/helpers/yield.js b/packages/ember-htmlbars/lib/helpers/yield.js
index 998d67dba61..77f2e1fb3f0 100644
--- a/packages/ember-htmlbars/lib/helpers/yield.js
+++ b/packages/ember-htmlbars/lib/helpers/yield.js
@@ -103,5 +103,5 @@ export function yieldHelper(params, hash, options, env) {
 
   Ember.assert("You called yield in a template that was not a layout", !!view);
 
-  return view._yield(null, env, options.morph, params);
+  return view._yield(this, env, options.morph, params);
 }
diff --git a/packages/ember-htmlbars/lib/hooks/content.js b/packages/ember-htmlbars/lib/hooks/content.js
index 49c6792a914..024de0cdadd 100644
--- a/packages/ember-htmlbars/lib/hooks/content.js
+++ b/packages/ember-htmlbars/lib/hooks/content.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export default function content(env, morph, view, path) {
   }
 
   if (isStream(result)) {
-    appendSimpleBoundView(env.data.view, morph, result);
+    appendSimpleBoundView(view, morph, result);
   } else {
     morph.setContent(result);
   }
diff --git a/packages/ember-htmlbars/tests/helpers/yield_test.js b/packages/ember-htmlbars/tests/helpers/yield_test.js
index f989e2b34ad..6e542e67c79 100644
--- a/packages/ember-htmlbars/tests/helpers/yield_test.js
+++ b/packages/ember-htmlbars/tests/helpers/yield_test.js
@@ -298,6 +298,19 @@ QUnit.test("simple bindings inside of a yielded template should work properly wh
   equal(view.$().text(), "ohai");
 });
 
+QUnit.test("nested simple bindings inside of a yielded template should work properly when the yield is nested inside of another view", function() {
+  view = EmberView.create({
+    layout:   compile('{{#if view.falsy}}{{else}}{{yield}}{{/if}}'),
+    template: compile("{{#if view.falsy}}{{else}}{{view.text}}{{/if}}"),
+    text: "ohai"
+  });
+
+  run(function() {
+    view.createElement();
+  });
+
+  equal(view.$().text(), "ohai");
+});
 
 QUnit.module("ember-htmlbars: Component {{yield}}", {
   setup: function() {},
diff --git a/packages/ember-views/lib/views/view.js b/packages/ember-views/lib/views/view.js
index bbc9b9b2bd0..c2f03716d6e 100644
--- a/packages/ember-views/lib/views/view.js
+++ b/packages/ember-views/lib/views/view.js
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ var View = CoreView.extend(
 
     if (template) {
       if (template.isHTMLBars) {
-        return template.render(this, options, morph.contextualElement);
+        return template.render(context, options, morph.contextualElement);
       } else {
         return template(context, options);
       }