diff --git a/packages/ember-debug/lib/main.js b/packages/ember-debug/lib/main.js
index 4bb376c49cf..92a3a16daeb 100644
--- a/packages/ember-debug/lib/main.js
+++ b/packages/ember-debug/lib/main.js
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ Ember.debug = function(message) {
   @public
 */
 Ember.deprecate = function(message, test, options) {
+  if (Ember.ENV.RAISE_ON_DEPRECATION) {
+    deprecationManager.setDefaultLevel(deprecationLevels.RAISE);
+  }
   if (deprecationManager.getLevel(options && options.id) === deprecationLevels.SILENCE) {
     return;
   }
@@ -269,9 +272,6 @@ if (!Ember.testing) {
   }
 }
 
-if (Ember.ENV.RAISE_ON_DEPRECATION) {
-  deprecationManager.setDefaultLevel(deprecationLevels.RAISE);
-}
 Ember.Debug = {
   _addDeprecationLevel(id, level) {
     deprecationManager.setLevel(id, level);
diff --git a/packages/ember-debug/tests/main_test.js b/packages/ember-debug/tests/main_test.js
index b5cb0614c6c..dea4baca8ee 100644
--- a/packages/ember-debug/tests/main_test.js
+++ b/packages/ember-debug/tests/main_test.js
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ QUnit.module('ember-debug', {
     originalDeprecationDefault = deprecationManager.defaultLevel;
     originalDeprecationLevels = deprecationManager.individualLevels;
     originalEnvValue = Ember.ENV.RAISE_ON_DEPRECATION;
-    Ember.ENV.RAISE_ON_DEPRECATION = true;
+
+    Ember.ENV.RAISE_ON_DEPRECATION = false;
+    deprecationManager.setDefaultLevel(deprecationLevels.RAISE);
   },
 
   teardown() {
@@ -32,6 +34,43 @@ QUnit.test('Ember.deprecate does not throw if default level is silence', functio
   }
 });
 
+QUnit.test('Ember.deprecate re-sets deprecation level to RAISE if ENV.RAISE_ON_DEPRECATION is set', function(assert) {
+  assert.expect(2);
+
+  deprecationManager.setDefaultLevel(deprecationLevels.SILENCE);
+
+  Ember.ENV.RAISE_ON_DEPRECATION = true;
+
+  assert.throws(function() {
+    Ember.deprecate('Should throw', false);
+  }, /Should throw/);
+
+  assert.equal(deprecationManager.defaultLevel, deprecationLevels.RAISE,
+               'default level re-set to RAISE');
+});
+
+QUnit.test('When ENV.RAISE_ON_DEPRECATION is true, it is still possible to silence a deprecation by id', function(assert) {
+  assert.expect(3);
+
+  Ember.ENV.RAISE_ON_DEPRECATION = true;
+  deprecationManager.setLevel('my-deprecation', deprecationLevels.SILENCE);
+
+  try {
+    Ember.deprecate('should be silenced with matching id', false, { id: 'my-deprecation' });
+    assert.ok(true, 'Did not throw when level is set by id');
+  } catch(e) {
+    assert.ok(false, `Expected Ember.deprecate not to throw but it did: ${e.message}`);
+  }
+
+  assert.throws(function() {
+    Ember.deprecate('Should throw with no id', false);
+  }, /Should throw with no id/);
+
+  assert.throws(function() {
+    Ember.deprecate('Should throw with non-matching id', false, { id: 'other-id' });
+  }, /Should throw with non-matching id/);
+});
+
 QUnit.test('Ember.deprecate throws deprecation if second argument is falsy', function() {
   expect(3);