diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Sqlserver.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Sqlserver.php
index 92f133674..941630c6c 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Sqlserver.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Sqlserver.php
@@ -216,14 +216,20 @@ class Sqlserver extends DboSource {
 			$fields[$field] = array(
 				'type' => $this->column($column),
 				'null' => ($column->Null === 'YES' ? true : false),
-				'default' => preg_replace("/^[(]{1,2}'?([^')]*)?'?[)]{1,2}$/", "$1", $column->Default),
+				'default' => $column->Default,
 				'length' => $this->length($column),
 				'key' => ($column->Key == '1') ? 'primary' : false
 			);
 
 			if ($fields[$field]['default'] === 'null') {
 				$fields[$field]['default'] = null;
-			} else {
+			}
+			if ($fields[$field]['default'] !== null) {
+				$fields[$field]['default'] = preg_replace(
+					"/^[(]{1,2}'?([^')]*)?'?[)]{1,2}$/",
+					"$1",
+					$fields[$field]['default']
+				);
 				$this->value($fields[$field]['default'], $fields[$field]['type']);
 			}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/Database/SqlserverTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/Database/SqlserverTest.php
index 4c5fe5699..e2611699d 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/Database/SqlserverTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/Database/SqlserverTest.php
@@ -448,7 +448,16 @@ class SqlserverTest extends CakeTestCase {
 				'Length' => 72,
 				'Null' => 'NO',
 				'Size' => ''
-			)
+			),
+			(object)array(
+				'Default' => null,
+				'Field' => 'parent_id',
+				'Key' => '0',
+				'Type' => 'bigint',
+				'Length' => 8,
+				'Null' => 'YES',
+				'Size' => '0',
+			),
 		));
 		$this->db->executeResultsStack = array($SqlserverTableDescription);
 		$dummyModel = $this->model;
@@ -478,9 +487,16 @@ class SqlserverTest extends CakeTestCase {
 				'default' => '',
 				'length' => 36,
 				'key' => 'primary'
-			)
+			),
+			'parent_id' => array(
+				'type' => 'biginteger',
+				'null' => true,
+				'default' => null,
+				'length' => 8,
+			),
 		);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+		$this->assertSame($expected['parent_id'], $result['parent_id']);
 	}
 
 /**