diff --git a/cake/libs/http_socket.php b/cake/libs/http_socket.php
index 6686ebbce..5d1198f38 100644
--- a/cake/libs/http_socket.php
+++ b/cake/libs/http_socket.php
@@ -196,7 +196,10 @@ class HttpSocket extends CakeSocket {
 			$request['uri'] = null;
 		}
 		$uri = $this->_parseUri($request['uri']);
-
+		$hadAuth = false;
+		if (is_array($uri) && array_key_exists('user', $uri)) {
+			$hadAuth = true;
+		}
 		if (!isset($uri['host'])) {
 			$host = $this->config['host'];
 		}
@@ -204,11 +207,14 @@ class HttpSocket extends CakeSocket {
 			$host = $request['host'];
 			unset($request['host']);
 		}
-
 		$request['uri'] = $this->url($request['uri']);
 		$request['uri'] = $this->_parseUri($request['uri'], true);
 		$this->request = Set::merge($this->request, $this->config['request'], $request);
 
+		if (!$hadAuth && !empty($this->config['request']['auth']['user'])) {
+			$this->request['uri']['user'] = $this->config['request']['auth']['user'];
+			$this->request['uri']['pass'] = $this->config['request']['auth']['pass'];
+		}
 		$this->_configUri($this->request['uri']);
 
 		if (isset($host)) {
@@ -605,7 +611,6 @@ class HttpSocket extends CakeSocket {
 		if (!isset($uri['host'])) {
 			return false;
 		}
-
 		$config = array(
 			'request' => array(
 				'uri' => array_intersect_key($uri, $this->config['request']['uri']),
@@ -1049,7 +1054,6 @@ class HttpSocket extends CakeSocket {
 		if (empty($initalState)) {
 			$initalState = get_class_vars(__CLASS__);
 		}
-
 		if ($full == false) {
 			$this->request = $initalState['request'];
 			$this->response = $initalState['response'];
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/http_socket.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/http_socket.test.php
index d61d654f5..a49222235 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/http_socket.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/http_socket.test.php
@@ -638,6 +638,31 @@ class HttpSocketTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->RequestSocket->get('http://www.google.com/', null, array('auth' => array('user' => 'foo', 'pass' => 'bar')));
 	}
 
+/**
+ * test that two consecutive get() calls reset the authentication credentials.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function testConsecutiveGetResetsAuthCredentials() {
+		$socket = new MockHttpSocket();
+		$socket->config['request']['auth'] = array(
+			'method' => 'Basic',
+			'user' => 'mark',
+			'pass' => 'secret'
+		);
+		$socket->get('http://mark:secret@example.com/test');
+		$this->assertEqual($socket->request['uri']['user'], 'mark');
+		$this->assertEqual($socket->request['uri']['pass'], 'secret');
+
+		$socket->get('/test2');
+		$this->assertEqual($socket->request['auth']['user'], 'mark');
+		$this->assertEqual($socket->request['auth']['pass'], 'secret');
+
+		$socket->get('/test3');
+		$this->assertEqual($socket->request['auth']['user'], 'mark');
+		$this->assertEqual($socket->request['auth']['pass'], 'secret');
+	}
+
 /**
  * testPostPutDelete method
  *