diff --git a/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php b/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php
index 238793912..39834b2a2 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class CakeRequest implements ArrayAccess {
 	protected function _processFiles() {
 		if (isset($_FILES) && is_array($_FILES)) {
 			foreach ($_FILES as $name => $data) {
-				if ($name != 'data') {
+				if ($name !== 'data') {
 					$this->params['form'][$name] = $data;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/CakeRequestTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/CakeRequestTest.php
index d4d4c9dda..564191c54 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/CakeRequestTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/CakeRequestTest.php
@@ -587,6 +587,24 @@ class CakeRequestTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals($request->params['form'], $_FILES);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Test that files in the 0th index work.
+ */
+	public function testFilesZeroithIndex() {
+		$_FILES = array(
+			0 => array(
+				'name' => 'cake_sqlserver_patch.patch',
+				'type' => 'text/plain',
+				'tmp_name' => '/private/var/tmp/phpy05Ywj',
+				'error' => 0,
+				'size' => 6271,
+			),
+		);
+
+		$request = new CakeRequest('some/path');
+		$this->assertEquals($_FILES, $request->params['form']);
+	}
+
 /**
  * test method overrides coming in from POST data.
  *