diff --git a/src/navigation/nav-controller-base.ts b/src/navigation/nav-controller-base.ts
index e67d5edf786..2849f9e982b 100644
--- a/src/navigation/nav-controller-base.ts
+++ b/src/navigation/nav-controller-base.ts
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ export class NavControllerBase extends Ion implements NavController {
       opts.direction = opts.direction || DIRECTION_BACK;
     }
 
-    const finalBalance = this._views.length + (insertViews ? insertViews.length : 0) - (destroyQueue ? destroyQueue.length : 0);
+    const finalBalance = this._views.length + (insertViews ? insertViews.length : 0) - (removeCount ? removeCount : 0);
     assert(finalBalance >= 0, 'final balance can not be negative');
     if (finalBalance === 0 && !this._isPortal) {
       console.warn(`You can't remove all the pages in the navigation stack. nav.pop() is probably called too many times.`,
diff --git a/src/navigation/test/view-controller.spec.ts b/src/navigation/test/view-controller.spec.ts
index 078de5741a2..e91a7642c6d 100644
--- a/src/navigation/test/view-controller.spec.ts
+++ b/src/navigation/test/view-controller.spec.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ describe('ViewController', () => {
       // arrange
       let viewController = mockView();
       let navControllerBase = mockNavController();
+      navControllerBase._isPortal = true;
       mockViews(navControllerBase, [viewController]);
 
       viewController.onDidDismiss((data: any) => {
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ describe('ViewController', () => {
       // arrange
       let viewController = mockView();
       let navControllerBase = mockNavController();
+      navControllerBase._isPortal = true;
       mockViews(navControllerBase, [viewController]);
 
       viewController.onDidDismiss((data: any) => {
diff --git a/src/navigation/view-controller.ts b/src/navigation/view-controller.ts
index f2e57fb9c34..0cda7dd2f7d 100644
--- a/src/navigation/view-controller.ts
+++ b/src/navigation/view-controller.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ export class ViewController {
    * @returns {any} data Returns the data passed in, if any.
    *
    */
-  dismiss(data?: any, role?: any, navOptions: NavOptions = {}) {
+  dismiss(data?: any, role?: any, navOptions: NavOptions = {}): Promise<any> {
     if (!this._nav) {
       return Promise.resolve(false);
     }