diff --git a/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/CookieComponent.php b/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/CookieComponent.php
index a8ad8bbbe..1d01e227d 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/CookieComponent.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/CookieComponent.php
@@ -261,22 +261,7 @@ class CookieComponent extends Component {
 		if ($key === null) {
 			return $this->_values[$this->name];
 		}
-
-		if (strpos($key, '.') !== false) {
-			$names = explode('.', $key, 2);
-			$key = $names[0];
-		}
-		if (!isset($this->_values[$this->name][$key])) {
-			return null;
-		}
-
-		if (!empty($names[1])) {
-			if (is_array($this->_values[$this->name][$key])) {
-				return Hash::get($this->_values[$this->name][$key], $names[1]);
-			}
-			return null;
-		}
-		return $this->_values[$this->name][$key];
+		return Hash::get($this->_values[$this->name], $key);
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/CookieComponentTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/CookieComponentTest.php
index 5524e3366..1620842ac 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/CookieComponentTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/CookieComponentTest.php
@@ -714,6 +714,20 @@ class CookieComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals(array(), $this->Cookie->read('Array'));
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Test reading empty key
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testReadEmptyKey() {
+		$_COOKIE['CakeTestCookie'] = array(
+			'0' => '{"name":"value"}',
+			'foo' => array('bar'),
+		);
+		$this->assertEquals('value', $this->Cookie->read('0.name'));
+		$this->assertEquals('bar', $this->Cookie->read('foo.0'));
+	}
+
 /**
  * test that no error is issued for non array data.
  *