diff --git a/django/utils/timesince.py b/django/utils/timesince.py
index 06accab2e0..1bf24809d4 100644
--- a/django/utils/timesince.py
+++ b/django/utils/timesince.py
@@ -40,10 +40,15 @@ def timesince(d, now=None, reversed=False):
     if not now:
         now = datetime.datetime.now(utc if is_aware(d) else None)
 
-    delta = (d - now) if reversed else (now - d)
+    if reversed:
+        d, now = now, d
+    delta = now - d
 
     # Deal with leapyears by subtracing the number of leapdays
-    delta -= datetime.timedelta(calendar.leapdays(d.year, now.year))
+    leapdays = calendar.leapdays(d.year, now.year)
+    if leapdays != 0 and calendar.isleap(d.year):
+        leapdays -= 1
+    delta -= datetime.timedelta(leapdays)
 
     # ignore microseconds
     since = delta.days * 24 * 60 * 60 + delta.seconds
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.10.5.txt b/docs/releases/1.10.5.txt
index 381f956bc8..0c70fc04b5 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.10.5.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.10.5.txt
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ Bugfixes
 
 * Fixed occasional missing plural forms in ``JavaScriptCatalog``
   (:ticket:`27418`).
+
+* Fixed a regression in the ``timesince`` and ``timeuntil`` filters that caused
+  incorrect results for dates in a leap year.
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.9.13.txt b/docs/releases/1.9.13.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..093b40f057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releases/1.9.13.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+===========================
+Django 1.9.13 release notes
+===========================
+
+*Under development*
+
+Django 1.9.13 fixes a bug in 1.9.12.
+
+Bugfixes
+========
+
+* Fixed a regression in the ``timesince`` and ``timeuntil`` filters that caused
+  incorrect results for dates in a leap year.
diff --git a/docs/releases/index.txt b/docs/releases/index.txt
index 6b0157502c..c3734f6e58 100644
--- a/docs/releases/index.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/index.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ versions of the documentation contain the release notes for any later releases.
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   1.9.13
    1.9.12
    1.9.11
    1.9.10
diff --git a/tests/utils_tests/test_timesince.py b/tests/utils_tests/test_timesince.py
index a410032acf..08c9bc2950 100644
--- a/tests/utils_tests/test_timesince.py
+++ b/tests/utils_tests/test_timesince.py
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ class TimesinceTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(timeuntil(today - self.oneday, today), '0\xa0minutes')
         self.assertEqual(timeuntil(today + self.oneweek, today), '1\xa0week')
 
+    def test_leap_year(self):
+        start_date = datetime.date(2016, 12, 25)
+        self.assertEqual(timeuntil(start_date + self.oneweek, start_date), '1\xa0week')
+        self.assertEqual(timesince(start_date, start_date + self.oneweek), '1\xa0week')
+
     def test_naive_datetime_with_tzinfo_attribute(self):
         class naive(datetime.tzinfo):
             def utcoffset(self, dt):
@@ -117,3 +122,4 @@ class TimesinceTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_thousand_years_ago(self):
         t = datetime.datetime(1007, 8, 14, 13, 46, 0)
         self.assertEqual(timesince(t, self.t), '1000\xa0years')
+        self.assertEqual(timeuntil(self.t, t), '1000\xa0years')