diff --git a/cake/libs/set.php b/cake/libs/set.php
index 9b90a5951..7b8e0d7db 100644
--- a/cake/libs/set.php
+++ b/cake/libs/set.php
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ class Set {
 		$options = array_merge(array('flatten' => true), $options);
 		if (!isset($contexts[0])) {
 			$current = current($data);
-			if ((is_array($current) && count($data) <= 1) || !is_array($current) || !Set::numeric(array_keys($data))) {
+			if ((is_array($current) && count($data) < 1) || !is_array($current) || !Set::numeric(array_keys($data))) {
 				$contexts = array($data);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/set.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/set.test.php
index a6518155e..ba5b21a07 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/set.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/set.test.php
@@ -1132,6 +1132,27 @@ class SetTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$expected = array(0 => array('Article' => array('id' => 1, 'approved' => 1)));
 		$result = Set::extract('/Article[approved=1]', $startingAtOne);
 		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
+
+		$items = array(
+			240 => array(
+				'A' => array(
+					'field1' => 'a240',
+					'field2' => 'a240',
+				),
+				'B' => array(
+					'field1' => 'b240',
+					'field2' => 'b240'
+				),
+			)
+		);
+
+		$expected = array(
+			0 => 'b240'
+		);
+
+		$result = Set::extract('/B/field1', $items);
+		$this->assertIdentical($result, $expected);
+		$this->assertIdentical($result, Set::extract('{n}.B.field1', $items));
 	}
 /**
  * testExtractWithArrays method