diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/HashTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/HashTest.php
index a4bce1bcb..e40419794 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/HashTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/HashTest.php
@@ -659,6 +659,9 @@ class HashTest extends CakeTestCase {
 
 		$result = Hash::extract($data, '1.Article.title');
 		$this->assertEquals(array('Second Article'), $result);
+
+		$result = Hash::extract(array(false), '{n}.Something.another_thing');
+		$this->assertEquals(array(), $result);
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Utility/Hash.php b/lib/Cake/Utility/Hash.php
index 584d4160e..c99175f89 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Utility/Hash.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Utility/Hash.php
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class Hash {
 			}
 
 			foreach ($context[$_key] as $item) {
-				foreach ($item as $k => $v) {
+				foreach ((array)$item as $k => $v) {
 					if (self::_matchToken($k, $token)) {
 						$next[] = $v;
 					}