diff --git a/spec/Subscription-spec.ts b/spec/Subscription-spec.ts
index 8eb9438dee..c92a3d4aa8 100644
--- a/spec/Subscription-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/Subscription-spec.ts
@@ -112,15 +112,19 @@ describe('Subscription', () => {
       expect(isCalled).to.equal(true);
     });
 
-    it('Should returns the passed one if passed a unsubscribed AnonymousSubscription', () => {
-      const sub = new Subscription();
+    it('Should wrap the AnonymousSubscription and return a subscription that unsubscribes and removes it when unsubbed', () => {
+      const sub: any = new Subscription();
+      let called = false;
       const arg = {
-        isUnsubscribed: true,
-        unsubscribe: () => undefined,
+        unsubscribe: () => called = true,
       };
       const ret = sub.add(arg);
 
-      expect(ret).to.equal(arg);
+      expect(called).to.equal(false);
+      expect(sub._subscriptions.length).to.equal(1);
+      ret.unsubscribe();
+      expect(called).to.equal(true);
+      expect(sub._subscriptions.length).to.equal(0);
     });
 
     it('Should returns the passed one if passed a AnonymousSubscription having not function `unsubscribe` member', () => {
diff --git a/spec/operators/observeOn-spec.ts b/spec/operators/observeOn-spec.ts
index 7ad8352656..431973b917 100644
--- a/spec/operators/observeOn-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/operators/observeOn-spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import * as Rx from '../../dist/cjs/Rx';
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+
 declare const {hot, asDiagram, expectObservable, expectSubscriptions};
 
 declare const rxTestScheduler: Rx.TestScheduler;
@@ -77,4 +79,46 @@ describe('Observable.prototype.observeOn', () => {
     expectObservable(result, unsub).toBe(expected);
     expectSubscriptions(e1.subscriptions).toBe(sub);
   });
+
+  it('should clean up subscriptions created by async scheduling (prevent memory leaks #2244)', (done) => {
+    //HACK: Deep introspection to make sure we're cleaning up notifications in scheduling.
+    // as the architecture changes, this test may become brittle.
+    const results = [];
+    const subscription: any = new Observable(observer => {
+      let i = 1;
+      const id = setInterval(() => {
+        if (i > 3) {
+          observer.complete();
+        } else {
+          observer.next(i++);
+        }
+      }, 0);
+
+      return () => clearInterval(id);
+    })
+      .observeOn(Rx.Scheduler.asap)
+      .subscribe(
+        x => {
+          const observeOnSubscriber = subscription._subscriptions[0]._innerSub;
+          expect(observeOnSubscriber._subscriptions.length).to.equal(2); // 1 for the consumer, and one for the notification
+          expect(observeOnSubscriber._subscriptions[1]._innerSub.state.notification.kind)
+            .to.equal('N');
+          expect(observeOnSubscriber._subscriptions[1]._innerSub.state.notification.value)
+            .to.equal(x);
+          results.push(x);
+        },
+        err => done(err),
+        () => {
+          // now that the last nexted value is done, there should only be a complete notification scheduled
+          const observeOnSubscriber = subscription._subscriptions[0]._innerSub;
+          expect(observeOnSubscriber._subscriptions.length).to.equal(2); // 1 for the consumer, one for the complete notification
+          // only this completion notification should remain.
+          expect(observeOnSubscriber._subscriptions[1]._innerSub.state.notification.kind)
+            .to.equal('C');
+          // After completion, the entire _subscriptions list is nulled out anyhow, so we can't test much further than this.
+          expect(results).to.deep.equal([1, 2, 3]);
+          done();
+        }
+      );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/Subscription.ts b/src/Subscription.ts
index f348bfb283..3fcf43c5a7 100644
--- a/src/Subscription.ts
+++ b/src/Subscription.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ export class Subscription implements ISubscription {
    */
   public closed: boolean = false;
 
+  private _subscriptions: ISubscription[];
+
   /**
    * @param {function(): void} [unsubscribe] A function describing how to
    * perform the disposal of resources when the `unsubscribe` method is called.
@@ -74,7 +76,10 @@ export class Subscription implements ISubscription {
       let trial = tryCatch(_unsubscribe).call(this);
       if (trial === errorObject) {
         hasErrors = true;
-        (errors = errors || []).push(errorObject.e);
+        errors = errors || (
+          errorObject.e instanceof UnsubscriptionError ?
+            flattenUnsubscriptionErrors(errorObject.e.errors) : [errorObject.e]
+        );
       }
     }
 
@@ -92,7 +97,7 @@ export class Subscription implements ISubscription {
             errors = errors || [];
             let err = errorObject.e;
             if (err instanceof UnsubscriptionError) {
-              errors = errors.concat(err.errors);
+              errors = errors.concat(flattenUnsubscriptionErrors(err.errors));
             } else {
               errors.push(err);
             }
@@ -140,18 +145,20 @@ export class Subscription implements ISubscription {
         sub = new Subscription(<(() => void) > teardown);
       case 'object':
         if (sub.closed || typeof sub.unsubscribe !== 'function') {
-          break;
+          return sub;
         } else if (this.closed) {
           sub.unsubscribe();
-        } else {
-          ((<any> this)._subscriptions || ((<any> this)._subscriptions = [])).push(sub);
+          return sub;
         }
         break;
       default:
         throw new Error('unrecognized teardown ' + teardown + ' added to Subscription.');
     }
 
-    return sub;
+    const childSub = new ChildSubscription(sub, this);
+    this._subscriptions = this._subscriptions || [];
+    this._subscriptions.push(childSub);
+    return childSub;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -179,3 +186,19 @@ export class Subscription implements ISubscription {
     }
   }
 }
+
+export class ChildSubscription extends Subscription {
+  constructor(private _innerSub: ISubscription, private _parent: Subscription) {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  _unsubscribe() {
+    const { _innerSub, _parent } = this;
+    _parent.remove(this);
+    _innerSub.unsubscribe();
+  }
+}
+
+function flattenUnsubscriptionErrors(errors: any[]) {
+ return errors.reduce((errs, err) => errs.concat((err instanceof UnsubscriptionError) ? err.errors : err), []);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/operator/observeOn.ts b/src/operator/observeOn.ts
index 88d070ed85..5694cd4a19 100644
--- a/src/operator/observeOn.ts
+++ b/src/operator/observeOn.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import { Operator } from '../Operator';
 import { PartialObserver } from '../Observer';
 import { Subscriber } from '../Subscriber';
 import { Notification } from '../Notification';
-import { TeardownLogic } from '../Subscription';
+import { TeardownLogic, Subscription } from '../Subscription';
+import { Action } from '../scheduler/Action';
 
 /**
  * @see {@link Notification}
@@ -34,9 +35,12 @@ export class ObserveOnOperator<T> implements Operator<T, T> {
  * @extends {Ignored}
  */
 export class ObserveOnSubscriber<T> extends Subscriber<T> {
-  static dispatch(arg: ObserveOnMessage) {
-    const { notification, destination } = arg;
+  static dispatch(this: Action<ObserveOnMessage>, arg: ObserveOnMessage) {
+    const { notification, destination, subscription } = arg;
     notification.observe(destination);
+    if (subscription) {
+      subscription.unsubscribe();
+    }
   }
 
   constructor(destination: Subscriber<T>,
@@ -46,10 +50,11 @@ export class ObserveOnSubscriber<T> extends Subscriber<T> {
   }
 
   private scheduleMessage(notification: Notification<any>): void {
-     this.add(this.scheduler.schedule(ObserveOnSubscriber.dispatch,
-                                      this.delay,
-                                      new ObserveOnMessage(notification, this.destination)));
-   }
+    const message = new ObserveOnMessage(notification, this.destination);
+    message.subscription = this.add(
+        this.scheduler.schedule(ObserveOnSubscriber.dispatch, this.delay, message)
+    );
+  }
 
   protected _next(value: T): void {
     this.scheduleMessage(Notification.createNext(value));
@@ -65,6 +70,8 @@ export class ObserveOnSubscriber<T> extends Subscriber<T> {
 }
 
 export class ObserveOnMessage {
+  public subscription: Subscription;
+
   constructor(public notification: Notification<any>,
               public destination: PartialObserver<any>) {
   }
diff --git a/src/scheduler/VirtualTimeScheduler.ts b/src/scheduler/VirtualTimeScheduler.ts
index 21279b9696..6cd31bc19f 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/VirtualTimeScheduler.ts
+++ b/src/scheduler/VirtualTimeScheduler.ts
@@ -54,15 +54,17 @@ export class VirtualAction<T> extends AsyncAction<T> {
   }
 
   public schedule(state?: T, delay: number = 0): Subscription {
-    return !this.id ?
-      super.schedule(state, delay) : (
-      // If an action is rescheduled, we save allocations by mutating its state,
-      // pushing it to the end of the scheduler queue, and recycling the action.
-      // But since the VirtualTimeScheduler is used for testing, VirtualActions
-      // must be immutable so they can be inspected later.
-      <VirtualAction<T>> this.add(
-        new VirtualAction<T>(this.scheduler, this.work))
-      ).schedule(state, delay);
+    if (!this.id) {
+      return super.schedule(state, delay);
+    }
+
+    // If an action is rescheduled, we save allocations by mutating its state,
+    // pushing it to the end of the scheduler queue, and recycling the action.
+    // But since the VirtualTimeScheduler is used for testing, VirtualActions
+    // must be immutable so they can be inspected later.
+    const action = new VirtualAction(this.scheduler, this.work);
+    this.add(action);
+    return action.schedule(state, delay);
   }
 
   protected requestAsyncId(scheduler: VirtualTimeScheduler, id?: any, delay: number = 0): any {