diff --git a/spec/observables/dom/webSocket-spec.ts b/spec/observables/dom/webSocket-spec.ts
index 1e3051d538..eb00be6646 100644
--- a/spec/observables/dom/webSocket-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/observables/dom/webSocket-spec.ts
@@ -394,6 +394,81 @@ describe('Observable.webSocket', () => {
   });
 
   describe('multiplex', () => {
+    it('should be retryable', () => {
+      const results = [];
+      const subject = Observable.webSocket('ws://websocket');
+      const source = subject.multiplex(() => {
+        return { sub: 'foo'};
+      }, () => {
+        return { unsub: 'foo' };
+      }, function (value: any) {
+        return value.name === 'foo';
+      });
+
+      source
+        .retry(1)
+        .map((x: any) => x.value)
+        .take(2)
+        .subscribe((x: any) => {
+          results.push(x);
+        });
+
+      const socket = MockWebSocket.lastSocket;
+      socket.open();
+
+      expect(socket.lastMessageSent).to.deep.equal({ sub: 'foo' });
+      socket.triggerClose({ wasClean: false }); // Bad connection
+
+      const socket2 = MockWebSocket.lastSocket;
+      expect(socket2).not.to.equal(socket);
+
+      socket2.open();
+      expect(socket2.lastMessageSent).to.deep.equal({ sub: 'foo' });
+
+      socket2.triggerMessage(JSON.stringify({ name: 'foo', value: 'test' }));
+      socket2.triggerMessage(JSON.stringify({ name: 'foo', value: 'this' }));
+
+      expect(results).to.deep.equal(['test', 'this']);
+    });
+
+    it('should be repeatable', () => {
+      const results = [];
+      const subject = Observable.webSocket('ws://websocket');
+      const source = subject.multiplex(() => {
+        return { sub: 'foo'};
+      }, () => {
+        return { unsub: 'foo' };
+      }, function (value: any) {
+        return value.name === 'foo';
+      });
+
+      source
+        .repeat(2)
+        .map((x: any) => x.value)
+        .subscribe((x: any) => {
+          results.push(x);
+        });
+
+      const socket = MockWebSocket.lastSocket;
+      socket.open();
+
+      expect(socket.lastMessageSent).to.deep.equal({ sub: 'foo' }, 'first multiplexed sub');
+      socket.triggerMessage(JSON.stringify({ name: 'foo', value: 'test' }));
+      socket.triggerMessage(JSON.stringify({ name: 'foo', value: 'this' }));
+      socket.triggerClose({ wasClean: true });
+
+      const socket2 = MockWebSocket.lastSocket;
+      expect(socket2).not.to.equal(socket, 'a new socket was not created');
+
+      socket2.open();
+      expect(socket2.lastMessageSent).to.deep.equal({ sub: 'foo' }, 'second multiplexed sub');
+      socket2.triggerMessage(JSON.stringify({ name: 'foo', value: 'test' }));
+      socket2.triggerMessage(JSON.stringify({ name: 'foo', value: 'this' }));
+      socket2.triggerClose({ wasClean: true });
+
+      expect(results).to.deep.equal(['test', 'this', 'test', 'this'], 'results were not equal');
+    });
+
     it('should multiplex over the websocket', () => {
       const results = [];
       const subject = Observable.webSocket('ws://websocket');
@@ -432,28 +507,6 @@ describe('Observable.webSocket', () => {
       (<any>socket.close).restore();
     });
 
-    it('should work in combination with retry (issue #1466)', () => {
-      const error = { wasClean: false};
-      const results = [];
-
-      const subject = Observable.webSocket(<any>{url: 'ws://mysocket'})
-        .multiplex(
-          () => results.push('sub'),
-          () => results.push('unsub'),
-          () => true)
-        .retry(1);
-
-      subject.subscribe(
-        () => results.push('next'),
-        (e) => results.push(e));
-
-      let socket = MockWebSocket.lastSocket;
-
-      socket.triggerClose(error);
-
-      expect(results).to.deep.equal(['sub', 'unsub', 'sub', error, 'unsub']);
-    });
-
     it('should not close the socket until all subscriptions complete', () => {
       const socketSubject = Rx.Observable.webSocket(<any>{url: 'ws://mysocket'});
       const results = [];
diff --git a/src/observable/dom/WebSocketSubject.ts b/src/observable/dom/WebSocketSubject.ts
index 8c4ba943e9..3dea185c29 100644
--- a/src/observable/dom/WebSocketSubject.ts
+++ b/src/observable/dom/WebSocketSubject.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ export class WebSocketSubject<T> extends AnonymousSubject<T> {
     return sock;
   }
 
+  private _resetState() {
+    this.socket = null;
+    if (!this.source) {
+      this.destination = new ReplaySubject();
+    }
+    this._output = new Subject<T>();
+  }
+
   // TODO: factor this out to be a proper Operator/Subscriber implementation and eliminate closures
   multiplex(subMsg: () => any, unsubMsg: () => any, messageFilter: (value: T) => boolean) {
     const self = this;
@@ -155,8 +163,7 @@ export class WebSocketSubject<T> extends AnonymousSubject<T> {
             observer.error(new TypeError('WebSocketSubject.error must be called with an object with an error code, ' +
               'and an optional reason: { code: number, reason: string }'));
           }
-          this.destination = new ReplaySubject();
-          this.socket = null;
+          this._resetState();
         },
         ( ) => {
           const closingObserver = this.closingObserver;
@@ -164,8 +171,7 @@ export class WebSocketSubject<T> extends AnonymousSubject<T> {
             closingObserver.next(undefined);
           }
           socket.close();
-          this.destination = new ReplaySubject();
-          this.socket = null;
+          this._resetState();
         }
       );
 
@@ -174,9 +180,13 @@ export class WebSocketSubject<T> extends AnonymousSubject<T> {
       }
     };
 
-    socket.onerror = (e: Event) => observer.error(e);
+    socket.onerror = (e: Event) => {
+      this._resetState();
+      observer.error(e);
+    };
 
     socket.onclose = (e: CloseEvent) => {
+      this._resetState();
       const closeObserver = this.closeObserver;
       if (closeObserver) {
         closeObserver.next(e);
@@ -212,8 +222,8 @@ export class WebSocketSubject<T> extends AnonymousSubject<T> {
       const { socket } = this;
       if (this._output.observers.length === 0 && socket && socket.readyState === 1) {
         socket.close();
-        this.socket = null;
       }
+      this._resetState();
     });
     return subscription;
   }
@@ -222,7 +232,7 @@ export class WebSocketSubject<T> extends AnonymousSubject<T> {
     const { source, socket } = this;
     if (socket && socket.readyState === 1) {
       socket.close();
-      this.socket = null;
+      this._resetState();
     }
     super.unsubscribe();
     if (!source) {