diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/CakeSchema.php b/lib/Cake/Model/CakeSchema.php
index 38f663cc5..85ec28bb4 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/CakeSchema.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/CakeSchema.php
@@ -486,8 +486,9 @@ class CakeSchema extends Object {
 
 			foreach ($fields as $field => $value) {
 				if (!empty($old[$table][$field])) {
-					$diff = $this->_arrayDiffAssoc($value, $old[$table][$field]);
-					if (!empty($diff) && $field !== 'indexes' && $field !== 'tableParameters') {
+					$diff = !empty($this->_arrayDiffAssoc($value, $old[$table][$field]))
+						|| !empty($this->_arrayDiffAssoc($old[$table][$field], $value));
+					if ($diff && $field !== 'indexes' && $field !== 'tableParameters') {
 						$tables[$table]['change'][$field] = $value;
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/CakeSchemaTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/CakeSchemaTest.php
index 67c4d8bd5..eb2a64a82 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/CakeSchemaTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/CakeSchemaTest.php
@@ -953,6 +953,63 @@ class CakeSchemaTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $compare, 'Invalid SQL, datetime does not have length');
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Test comparing with field length/limit changed from some non-default value to the default
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testCompareLimitToDefault() {
+		$old = array(
+			'posts' => array(
+				'id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => false, 'default' => 1, 'key' => 'primary'),
+				'author_id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => false, 'limit' => 5),
+				'title' => array('type' => 'string', 'null' => true, 'length' => 45),
+				'indexes' => array(
+					'PRIMARY' => array('column' => 'id', 'unique' => true)
+				),
+				'tableParameters' => array(
+					'charset' => 'latin1',
+					'collate' => 'latin1_general_ci'
+				)
+			),
+		);
+		$new = array(
+			'posts' => array(
+				'id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => false, 'key' => 'primary'),
+				'author_id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => false),
+				'title' => array('type' => 'varchar', 'null' => true),
+				'indexes' => array(
+					'PRIMARY' => array('column' => 'id', 'unique' => true)
+				),
+				'tableParameters' => array(
+					'charset' => 'latin1',
+					'collate' => 'latin1_general_ci'
+				)
+			),
+		);
+		$compare = $this->Schema->compare($old, $new);
+		$expected = array(
+			'posts' => array(
+				'change' => array(
+					'id' => array(
+						'type' => 'integer',
+						'null' => false,
+						'key' => 'primary'
+					),
+					'author_id' => array(
+						'type' => 'integer',
+						'null' => false,
+					),
+					'title' => array(
+						'type' => 'varchar',
+						'null' => true,
+					)
+				)
+			),
+		);
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $compare, 'Invalid SQL, field length change not detected');
+	}
+
 /**
  * testSchemaLoading method
  *