diff --git a/packages/core/test/test_bed_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/test_bed_spec.ts
index 7428945cedc91..76d4d5f8876c1 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/test_bed_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/test_bed_spec.ts
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ describe('TestBed', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({
         imports: [MyModule, MyModule2],
-        providers: [{provide: multiToken, useValue: ['override'], multi: true}]
       });
     });
 
@@ -311,7 +310,7 @@ describe('TestBed', () => {
       static forRoot() {
         return {
           ngModule: MyMod,
-          providers: [[{provide: TOKEN, multi: true, useValue: 'forRootValue'}]]
+          providers: [{provide: TOKEN, multi: true, useValue: 'forRootValue'}]
         };
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/core/testing/src/r3_test_bed_compiler.ts b/packages/core/testing/src/r3_test_bed_compiler.ts
index 0b31a25ac4031..9e5db8597c55a 100644
--- a/packages/core/testing/src/r3_test_bed_compiler.ts
+++ b/packages/core/testing/src/r3_test_bed_compiler.ts
@@ -381,8 +381,15 @@ export class R3TestBedCompiler {
 
       // Apply provider overrides to imported modules recursively
       const moduleDef: any = (moduleType as any)[NG_MOD_DEF];
-      for (const importType of moduleDef.imports) {
-        this.applyProviderOverridesToModule(importType);
+      for (const importedModule of moduleDef.imports) {
+        this.applyProviderOverridesToModule(importedModule);
+      }
+      // Also override the providers on any ModuleWithProviders imports since those don't appear in
+      // the moduleDef.
+      for (const importedModule of flatten(injectorDef.imports)) {
+        if (isModuleWithProviders(importedModule)) {
+          importedModule.providers = this.getOverriddenProviders(importedModule.providers);
+        }
       }
     }
   }