diff --git a/src/MarkerCluster.js b/src/MarkerCluster.js
index 551532967..e3d1abbf9 100644
--- a/src/MarkerCluster.js
+++ b/src/MarkerCluster.js
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ L.MarkerCluster = L.Marker.extend({
 		if (!this._haveGeneratedChildClusters && this._canAcceptPosition(layer.getLatLng(), zoom)) {
 			//Don't need to cluster it in as we haven't clustered
 			this._addChild(layer);
+			this._childCount++;
 			result = true;
 		} else {
 			for (var i = this._childClusters.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ L.MarkerCluster = L.Marker.extend({
 				if (c._bounds.contains(layer.getLatLng()) || c._canAcceptPosition(layer.getLatLng(), zoom + 1)) {
 					result = c._recursivelyAddLayer(layer, zoom + 1);
 					if (result) {
+						this._childCount++;
 						break;
 					}
 				}
@@ -114,15 +116,14 @@ L.MarkerCluster = L.Marker.extend({
 					result = true;
 				}
 			}
-
-			if (result) {
-				this._childCount++;
-				if (this._icon) {
-					this.setIcon(this._group.options.iconCreateFunction(this._childCount));
-				}
-			}
 		}
 
+		if (result) {
+			//if (!this._zoom) { //TODO: Enable this when i've tracked the weird bug
+				this.setIcon(this._group.options.iconCreateFunction(this._childCount));
+			//}
+			this._recalculateBounds();
+		}
 		if (result === true) {
 			if (this._icon) {
 				result = this;