diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/vectortilelayer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/vectortilelayer.js
index 280db28f13..ed0ffead4e 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/vectortilelayer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/vectortilelayer.js
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorTileLayer.prototype.createReplayGroup_ = function(
 
   for (var t = 0, tt = tile.tileKeys.length; t < tt; ++t) {
     var sourceTile = tile.getTile(tile.tileKeys[t]);
+    if (sourceTile.getState() == ol.TileState.ERROR) {
+      continue;
+    }
     replayState.dirty = false;
 
     var sourceTileCoord = sourceTile.tileCoord;
@@ -274,6 +277,9 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorTileLayer.prototype.forEachFeatureAtCoordinate = functi
     }
     for (var t = 0, tt = tile.tileKeys.length; t < tt; ++t) {
       var sourceTile = tile.getTile(tile.tileKeys[t]);
+      if (sourceTile.getState() == ol.TileState.ERROR) {
+        continue;
+      }
       if (sourceTile.getProjection().getUnits() === ol.proj.Units.TILE_PIXELS) {
         var sourceTileCoord = sourceTile.tileCoord;
         var sourceTileExtent = sourceTileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(sourceTileCoord, this.tmpExtent);
@@ -395,6 +401,9 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorTileLayer.prototype.postCompose = function(context, fra
         tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(tile.wrappedTileCoord)[0];
     for (var t = 0, tt = tile.tileKeys.length; t < tt; ++t) {
       var sourceTile = tile.getTile(tile.tileKeys[t]);
+      if (sourceTile.getState() == ol.TileState.ERROR) {
+        continue;
+      }
       var tilePixelRatio = this.getTilePixelRatio_(source, sourceTile);
       var replayGroup = sourceTile.getReplayGroup(layer, tileCoord.toString());
       if (renderMode != ol.layer.VectorTileRenderType.VECTOR && !replayGroup.hasReplays(replays)) {
@@ -493,6 +502,9 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorTileLayer.prototype.renderTileImage_ = function(
     var tileExtent = tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(tileCoord);
     for (var i = 0, ii = tile.tileKeys.length; i < ii; ++i) {
       var sourceTile = tile.getTile(tile.tileKeys[i]);
+      if (sourceTile.getState() == ol.TileState.ERROR) {
+        continue;
+      }
       var tilePixelRatio = this.getTilePixelRatio_(source, sourceTile);
       var sourceTileCoord = sourceTile.tileCoord;
       var pixelScale = pixelRatio / resolution;
diff --git a/src/ol/vectorimagetile.js b/src/ol/vectorimagetile.js
index b7f7d3e1bc..5a782fa5d0 100644
--- a/src/ol/vectorimagetile.js
+++ b/src/ol/vectorimagetile.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ goog.provide('ol.VectorImageTile');
 goog.require('ol');
 goog.require('ol.Tile');
 goog.require('ol.TileState');
-goog.require('ol.array');
 goog.require('ol.dom');
 goog.require('ol.events');
 goog.require('ol.extent');
@@ -134,10 +133,8 @@ ol.VectorImageTile.prototype.disposeInternal = function() {
   }
   this.tileKeys.length = 0;
   this.sourceTiles_ = null;
-  if (this.state == ol.TileState.LOADING) {
-    this.loadListenerKeys_.forEach(ol.events.unlistenByKey);
-    this.loadListenerKeys_.length = 0;
-  }
+  this.loadListenerKeys_.forEach(ol.events.unlistenByKey);
+  this.loadListenerKeys_.length = 0;
   if (this.interimTile) {
     this.interimTile.dispose();
   }
@@ -212,7 +209,13 @@ ol.VectorImageTile.prototype.getTile = function(tileKey) {
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.VectorImageTile.prototype.load = function() {
+  // Source tiles with LOADED state - we just count them because once they are
+  // loaded, we're no longer listening to state changes.
   var leftToLoad = 0;
+  // Source tiles with ERROR state - we track them because they can still have
+  // an ERROR state after another load attempt.
+  var errorSourceTiles = {};
+
   if (this.state == ol.TileState.IDLE) {
     this.setState(ol.TileState.LOADING);
   }
@@ -228,10 +231,14 @@ ol.VectorImageTile.prototype.load = function() {
           var state = sourceTile.getState();
           if (state == ol.TileState.LOADED ||
               state == ol.TileState.ERROR) {
-            --leftToLoad;
-            ol.events.unlistenByKey(key);
-            ol.array.remove(this.loadListenerKeys_, key);
-            if (leftToLoad == 0) {
+            var uid = ol.getUid(sourceTile);
+            if (state == ol.TileState.ERROR) {
+              errorSourceTiles[uid] = true;
+            } else {
+              --leftToLoad;
+              delete errorSourceTiles[uid];
+            }
+            if (leftToLoad - Object.keys(errorSourceTiles).length == 0) {
               this.finishLoading_();
             }
           }
@@ -241,7 +248,7 @@ ol.VectorImageTile.prototype.load = function() {
       }
     }.bind(this));
   }
-  if (leftToLoad == 0) {
+  if (leftToLoad - Object.keys(errorSourceTiles).length == 0) {
     setTimeout(this.finishLoading_.bind(this), 0);
   }
 };
@@ -251,21 +258,18 @@ ol.VectorImageTile.prototype.load = function() {
  * @private
  */
 ol.VectorImageTile.prototype.finishLoading_ = function() {
-  var errors = false;
   var loaded = this.tileKeys.length;
-  var state;
   for (var i = loaded - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
-    state = this.getTile(this.tileKeys[i]).getState();
+    var state = this.getTile(this.tileKeys[i]).getState();
     if (state != ol.TileState.LOADED) {
-      if (state == ol.TileState.ERROR) {
-        errors = true;
-      }
       --loaded;
     }
   }
-  this.setState(loaded > 0 ?
-    ol.TileState.LOADED :
-    (errors ? ol.TileState.ERROR : ol.TileState.EMPTY));
+  if (loaded == this.tileKeys.length) {
+    this.loadListenerKeys_.forEach(ol.events.unlistenByKey);
+    this.loadListenerKeys_.length = 0;
+  }
+  this.setState(loaded > 0 ? ol.TileState.LOADED : ol.TileState.EMPTY);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/vectorimagetile.test.js b/test/spec/ol/vectorimagetile.test.js
index 8cd14276e8..6d7559f802 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/vectorimagetile.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/vectorimagetile.test.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe('ol.VectorImageTile', function() {
     });
   });
 
-  it('sets ERROR state when source tiles fail to load', function(done) {
+  it('sets LOADED state when source tiles fail to load', function(done) {
     var format = new ol.format.GeoJSON();
     var url = 'spec/ol/data/unavailable.json';
     var tile = new ol.VectorImageTile([0, 0, 0], 0, url, format,
@@ -41,7 +41,52 @@ describe('ol.VectorImageTile', function() {
     tile.load();
 
     ol.events.listen(tile, 'change', function(e) {
-      expect(tile.getState()).to.be(ol.TileState.ERROR);
+      expect(tile.getState()).to.be(ol.TileState.EMPTY);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('sets LOADED state when previously failed source tiles are loaded', function(done) {
+    var format = new ol.format.GeoJSON();
+    var url = 'spec/ol/data/unavailable.json';
+    var sourceTile;
+    var tile = new ol.VectorImageTile([0, 0, 0], 0, url, format,
+        function(tile, url) {
+          sourceTile = tile;
+          ol.VectorImageTile.defaultLoadFunction(tile, url);
+        }, [0, 0, 0], function() {
+          return url;
+        }, ol.tilegrid.createXYZ(), ol.tilegrid.createXYZ(), {},
+        1, ol.proj.get('EPSG:3857'), ol.VectorTile, function() {});
+
+    tile.load();
+    var calls = 0;
+    ol.events.listen(tile, 'change', function(e) {
+      ++calls;
+      expect(tile.getState()).to.be(calls == 2 ? ol.TileState.LOADED : ol.TileState.EMPTY);
+      if (calls == 2) {
+        done();
+      } else {
+        setTimeout(function() {
+          sourceTile.setState(ol.TileState.LOADED);
+        }, 0);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('sets EMPTY state when all source tiles fail to load', function(done) {
+    var format = new ol.format.GeoJSON();
+    var url = 'spec/ol/data/unavailable.json';
+    var tile = new ol.VectorImageTile([0, 0, 0], 0, url, format,
+        ol.VectorImageTile.defaultLoadFunction, [0, 0, 0], function() {
+          return url;
+        }, ol.tilegrid.createXYZ(), ol.tilegrid.createXYZ(), {},
+        1, ol.proj.get('EPSG:3857'), ol.VectorTile, function() {});
+
+    tile.load();
+
+    ol.events.listen(tile, 'change', function(e) {
+      expect(tile.getState()).to.be(ol.TileState.EMPTY);
       done();
     });
   });