diff --git a/packages/ember/tests/routing/router_service_test/replaceWith_test.js b/packages/ember/tests/routing/router_service_test/replaceWith_test.js
index cd98bf46ed0..b688b317196 100644
--- a/packages/ember/tests/routing/router_service_test/replaceWith_test.js
+++ b/packages/ember/tests/routing/router_service_test/replaceWith_test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import NoneLocation from '@ember/routing/none-location';
-import { RouterTestCase, moduleFor } from 'internal-test-helpers';
+import { RouterTestCase, moduleFor, runLoopSettled } from 'internal-test-helpers';
 import { InternalTransition as Transition } from 'router_js';
 import Controller from '@ember/controller';
+import Route from '@ember/routing/route';
 
 moduleFor(
   'Router Service - replaceWith',
@@ -136,5 +137,45 @@ moduleFor(
           assert.deepEqual(this.state, ['/', '/child']);
         });
     }
+
+    async ['@test RouterService#replaceWith with `refreshModel: true` query param does not always refresh'](
+      assert
+    ) {
+      assert.expect(3);
+
+      let parentBeforeModelCount = 0;
+
+      this.add(
+        'route:parent',
+        Route.extend({
+          beforeModel() {
+            parentBeforeModelCount++;
+          },
+          queryParams: {
+            foo: {
+              refreshModel: true,
+            },
+          },
+        })
+      );
+
+      this.add(
+        'controller:parent',
+        Controller.extend({
+          queryParams: ['foo'],
+          foo: 'default',
+        })
+      );
+
+      await this.visit('/child');
+
+      assert.equal(parentBeforeModelCount, 1, 'parent.beforeModel called once');
+
+      this.routerService.replaceWith('parent.sister');
+      await runLoopSettled();
+
+      assert.equal(this.routerService.get('currentURL'), '/sister', 'transitioned');
+      assert.equal(parentBeforeModelCount, 1, 'parent.beforeModel still called only once');
+    }
   }
 );
diff --git a/packages/ember/tests/routing/router_service_test/transitionTo_test.js b/packages/ember/tests/routing/router_service_test/transitionTo_test.js
index 71409cbe433..5c0d6a8d8fc 100644
--- a/packages/ember/tests/routing/router_service_test/transitionTo_test.js
+++ b/packages/ember/tests/routing/router_service_test/transitionTo_test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import NoneLocation from '@ember/routing/none-location';
 import Controller from '@ember/controller';
 import { run } from '@ember/runloop';
 import { get } from '@ember/object';
-import { RouterTestCase, moduleFor } from 'internal-test-helpers';
+import { RouterTestCase, moduleFor, runLoopSettled } from 'internal-test-helpers';
 import { InternalTransition as Transition } from 'router_js';
 
 moduleFor(
@@ -423,5 +423,146 @@ moduleFor(
         assert.equal(this.routerService.get('currentURL'), '/?url_sort=a');
       });
     }
+
+    async ['@test RouterService#transitionTo with `refreshModel: true` query param does not always refresh'](
+      assert
+    ) {
+      assert.expect(3);
+
+      let parentBeforeModelCount = 0;
+
+      this.add(
+        'route:parent',
+        Route.extend({
+          beforeModel() {
+            parentBeforeModelCount++;
+          },
+          queryParams: {
+            foo: {
+              refreshModel: true,
+            },
+          },
+        })
+      );
+
+      this.add(
+        'controller:parent',
+        Controller.extend({
+          queryParams: ['foo'],
+          foo: 'default',
+        })
+      );
+
+      await this.visit('/child');
+
+      assert.equal(parentBeforeModelCount, 1, 'parent.beforeModel called once');
+
+      this.routerService.transitionTo('parent.sister');
+      await runLoopSettled();
+
+      assert.equal(this.routerService.get('currentURL'), '/sister', 'transitioned');
+      assert.equal(parentBeforeModelCount, 1, 'parent.beforeModel still called only once');
+    }
+
+    async ['@test RouterService#transitionTo query param transition during initial transition'](
+      assert
+    ) {
+      assert.expect(1);
+
+      let initialTransition = true;
+
+      this.add(
+        'route:parent',
+        Route.extend({
+          queryParams: {
+            foo: {
+              refreshModel: true,
+            },
+          },
+        })
+      );
+
+      this.add(
+        'controller:parent',
+        Controller.extend({
+          queryParams: ['foo'],
+          foo: 'default',
+        })
+      );
+
+      this.add(
+        'route:parent.child',
+        Route.extend({
+          routerService: service('router'),
+          afterModel() {
+            if (initialTransition) {
+              initialTransition = false;
+              this.routerService.transitionTo('parent.child', {
+                queryParams: {
+                  foo: 'bar',
+                },
+              });
+            }
+          },
+        })
+      );
+
+      await this.visit('/child');
+
+      assert.equal(this.routerService.get('currentURL'), '/child?foo=bar');
+    }
+
+    async ['@test RouterService#transitionTo query param transition during later transition'](
+      assert
+    ) {
+      assert.expect(2);
+
+      let initialTransition = true;
+
+      this.add(
+        'route:parent',
+        Route.extend({
+          queryParams: {
+            foo: {
+              refreshModel: true,
+            },
+          },
+        })
+      );
+
+      this.add(
+        'controller:parent',
+        Controller.extend({
+          queryParams: ['foo'],
+          foo: 'default',
+        })
+      );
+
+      this.add(
+        'route:parent.child',
+        Route.extend({
+          routerService: service('router'),
+          afterModel() {
+            if (initialTransition) {
+              initialTransition = false;
+              this.routerService.transitionTo('parent.child', {
+                queryParams: {
+                  foo: 'bar',
+                },
+              });
+            }
+          },
+        })
+      );
+
+      await this.visit('/');
+
+      assert.equal(this.routerService.get('currentURL'), '/');
+
+      this.routerService.transitionTo('parent.child');
+      await runLoopSettled();
+
+      assert.equal(this.routerService.get('currentURL'), '/child?foo=bar');
+    }
   }
 );