diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index ee3480e7b..ae766aa0d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2.8.4.dev
+---------
+
+- fix #1190: ``deprecated_call()`` now works when the deprecated
+  function has been already called by another test in the same
+  module. Thanks Mikhail Chernykh for the report and Bruno Oliveira for the
+  PR.
+
 2.8.3
 -----
 
diff --git a/_pytest/recwarn.py b/_pytest/recwarn.py
index 129d8250c..c4f9dc322 100644
--- a/_pytest/recwarn.py
+++ b/_pytest/recwarn.py
@@ -29,29 +29,39 @@ def pytest_namespace():
 
 
 def deprecated_call(func, *args, **kwargs):
-    """ assert that calling ``func(*args, **kwargs)``
-    triggers a DeprecationWarning.
-    """
-    l = []
-    oldwarn_explicit = getattr(warnings, 'warn_explicit')
-    def warn_explicit(*args, **kwargs):
-        l.append(args)
-        oldwarn_explicit(*args, **kwargs)
-    oldwarn = getattr(warnings, 'warn')
-    def warn(*args, **kwargs):
-        l.append(args)
-        oldwarn(*args, **kwargs)
+    """ assert that calling ``func(*args, **kwargs)`` triggers a
+    ``DeprecationWarning`` or ``PendingDeprecationWarning``.
 
+    Note: we cannot use WarningsRecorder here because it is still subject
+    to the mechanism that prevents warnings of the same type from being
+    triggered twice for the same module. See #1190.
+    """
+    categories = []
+
+    def warn_explicit(message, category, *args, **kwargs):
+        categories.append(category)
+        old_warn_explicit(message, category, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def warn(message, category=None, **kwargs):
+        if isinstance(message, Warning):
+            categories.append(message.__class__)
+        else:
+            categories.append(category)
+        old_warn(message, category, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    old_warn = warnings.warn
+    old_warn_explicit = warnings.warn_explicit
     warnings.warn_explicit = warn_explicit
     warnings.warn = warn
     try:
         ret = func(*args, **kwargs)
     finally:
-        warnings.warn_explicit = oldwarn_explicit
-        warnings.warn = oldwarn
-    if not l:
+        warnings.warn_explicit = old_warn_explicit
+        warnings.warn = old_warn
+    deprecation_categories = (DeprecationWarning, PendingDeprecationWarning)
+    if not any(issubclass(c, deprecation_categories) for c in categories):
         __tracebackhide__ = True
-        raise AssertionError("%r did not produce DeprecationWarning" %(func,))
+        raise AssertionError("%r did not produce DeprecationWarning" % (func,))
     return ret
 
 
diff --git a/testing/test_recwarn.py b/testing/test_recwarn.py
index 03bbd1eb4..c426ea82e 100644
--- a/testing/test_recwarn.py
+++ b/testing/test_recwarn.py
@@ -63,32 +63,30 @@ class TestWarningsRecorderChecker(object):
                     with rec:
                         pass  # can't enter twice
 
-#
-# ============ test pytest.deprecated_call() ==============
-#
-
-def dep(i):
-    if i == 0:
-        py.std.warnings.warn("is deprecated", DeprecationWarning)
-    return 42
-
-reg = {}
-def dep_explicit(i):
-    if i == 0:
-        py.std.warnings.warn_explicit("dep_explicit", category=DeprecationWarning,
-                                      filename="hello", lineno=3)
 
 class TestDeprecatedCall(object):
+    """test pytest.deprecated_call()"""
+
+    def dep(self, i):
+        if i == 0:
+            py.std.warnings.warn("is deprecated", DeprecationWarning)
+        return 42
+
+    def dep_explicit(self, i):
+        if i == 0:
+            py.std.warnings.warn_explicit("dep_explicit", category=DeprecationWarning,
+                                          filename="hello", lineno=3)
+
     def test_deprecated_call_raises(self):
-        excinfo = pytest.raises(AssertionError,
-                                "pytest.deprecated_call(dep, 3)")
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError) as excinfo:
+            pytest.deprecated_call(self.dep, 3)
         assert str(excinfo).find("did not produce") != -1
 
     def test_deprecated_call(self):
-        pytest.deprecated_call(dep, 0)
+        pytest.deprecated_call(self.dep, 0)
 
     def test_deprecated_call_ret(self):
-        ret = pytest.deprecated_call(dep, 0)
+        ret = pytest.deprecated_call(self.dep, 0)
         assert ret == 42
 
     def test_deprecated_call_preserves(self):
@@ -104,25 +102,48 @@ class TestDeprecatedCall(object):
         assert warn_explicit is py.std.warnings.warn_explicit
 
     def test_deprecated_explicit_call_raises(self):
-        pytest.raises(AssertionError,
-                      "pytest.deprecated_call(dep_explicit, 3)")
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+            pytest.deprecated_call(self.dep_explicit, 3)
 
     def test_deprecated_explicit_call(self):
-        pytest.deprecated_call(dep_explicit, 0)
-        pytest.deprecated_call(dep_explicit, 0)
+        pytest.deprecated_call(self.dep_explicit, 0)
+        pytest.deprecated_call(self.dep_explicit, 0)
 
     def test_deprecated_call_pending(self):
-        f = lambda: py.std.warnings.warn(PendingDeprecationWarning("hi"))
+        def f():
+            py.std.warnings.warn(PendingDeprecationWarning("hi"))
         pytest.deprecated_call(f)
 
     def test_deprecated_call_specificity(self):
         other_warnings = [Warning, UserWarning, SyntaxWarning, RuntimeWarning,
                           FutureWarning, ImportWarning, UnicodeWarning]
         for warning in other_warnings:
-            f = lambda: py.std.warnings.warn(warning("hi"))
+            def f():
+                py.std.warnings.warn(warning("hi"))
             with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
                 pytest.deprecated_call(f)
 
+    def test_deprecated_function_already_called(self, testdir):
+        """deprecated_call should be able to catch a call to a deprecated
+        function even if that function has already been called in the same
+        module. See #1190.
+        """
+        testdir.makepyfile("""
+            import warnings
+            import pytest
+
+            def deprecated_function():
+                warnings.warn("deprecated", DeprecationWarning)
+
+            def test_one():
+                deprecated_function()
+
+            def test_two():
+                pytest.deprecated_call(deprecated_function)
+        """)
+        result = testdir.runpytest()
+        result.stdout.fnmatch_lines('*=== 2 passed in *===')
+
 
 class TestWarns(object):
     def test_strings(self):