diff --git a/view/view.js b/view/view.js
index 50d152dd42e..3dcfa9e5e04 100644
--- a/view/view.js
+++ b/view/view.js
@@ -56,7 +56,13 @@ steal('can/util', function (can) {
 	 * @param {Boolean} async If the ajax request should be asynchronous.
 	 * @returns {can.Deferred} a `view` renderer deferred.
 	 */
-	var	get = function (obj, async) {
+	var	getRenderer = function (obj, async) {
+		// If `obj` already is a renderer function just resolve a Deferred with it
+		if(isFunction(obj)) {
+			var def = can.Deferred();
+			return def.resolve(obj);
+		}
+
 		var url = typeof obj === 'string' ? obj : obj.url,
 			suffix = (obj.engine && '.' + obj.engine) || url.match(/\.[\w\d]+$/),
 			type,
@@ -191,15 +197,9 @@ steal('can/util', function (can) {
 			callback = helpers;
 			helpers = undefined;
 		}
-		var result;
-		// Get the result, if a renderer function is passed in, then we just use that to render the data
-		if( isFunction(view) ) {
-			result = view(data, helpers, callback);
-		} else {
-			result = $view.renderAs("fragment",view, data, helpers, callback);
-		}
 
-		return result;
+		// Render the view as a fragment
+		return $view.renderAs("fragment",view, data, helpers, callback);
 	};
 
 	// can.view methods
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ steal('can/util', function (can) {
 				dataCopy = can.extend({}, data);
 
 				// Add the view request to the list of deferreds.
-				deferreds.push(get(view, true));
+				deferreds.push(getRenderer(view, true));
 				// Wait for the view and all deferreds to finish...
 				can.when.apply(can, deferreds)
 					.then(function (resolved) {
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ steal('can/util', function (can) {
 				// If there's a `callback` function
 				async = isFunction(callback);
 				// Get the `view` type
-				deferred = get(view, async);
+				deferred = getRenderer(view, async);
 
 				if (reading) {
 					can.__setReading(reading);
diff --git a/view/view_test.js b/view/view_test.js
index 26ccc8eea85..06f4b805a24 100644
--- a/view/view_test.js
+++ b/view/view_test.js
@@ -815,4 +815,22 @@ steal("can/view/callbacks",
 		}
 		ok(pass);
 	});
+	test('renderer passed with Deferred gets executed (#1139)', 1, function() {
+		// See http://jsfiddle.net/a35ZH/1/
+		var template = can.view.mustache('<h1>Value is {{value}}!</h1>');
+		var def = can.Deferred();
+
+		stop();
+
+		setTimeout(function() {
+			def.resolve({
+				value: 'Test'
+			});
+		}, 50);
+
+		can.view(template, def, function (frag) {
+			equal(frag.textContent, 'Value is Test!');
+			start();
+		});
+	});
 });