diff --git a/src/history/base.js b/src/history/base.js
index 072cfb8e8..367c0bad5 100644
--- a/src/history/base.js
+++ b/src/history/base.js
@@ -252,11 +252,17 @@ export class History {
     // Default implementation is empty
   }
 
-  teardownListeners () {
+  teardown () {
+    // clean up event listeners
+    // https://github.com/vuejs/vue-router/issues/2341
     this.listeners.forEach(cleanupListener => {
       cleanupListener()
     })
     this.listeners = []
+
+    // reset current history route
+    // https://github.com/vuejs/vue-router/issues/3294
+    this.current = START
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 22ecff96d..3eda7f778 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -102,11 +102,7 @@ export default class VueRouter {
       // we do not release the router so it can be reused
       if (this.app === app) this.app = this.apps[0] || null
 
-      if (!this.app) {
-        // clean up event listeners
-        // https://github.com/vuejs/vue-router/issues/2341
-        this.history.teardownListeners()
-      }
+      if (!this.app) this.history.teardown()
     })
 
     // main app previously initialized