diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/SetTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/SetTest.php
index a0f0042cc..9476cc43f 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/SetTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/SetTest.php
@@ -991,6 +991,32 @@ class SetTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		);
 		$result = Set::extract('/Category[id=1]/..', $data);
 		$this->assertEqual($expected, $result);
+
+		$data = array(
+			array(
+				'ChildNode' => array('id' => 1),
+				array('name' => 'Item 1')
+			),
+			array(
+				'ChildNode' => array('id' => 2),
+				array('name' => 'Item 2')
+			),
+		);
+
+		$expected = array(
+			'Item 1',
+			'Item 2'
+		);
+		$result = Set::extract('/0/name', $data);
+		$this->assertEqual($expected, $result);
+
+		$data = array(
+			array('A1', 'B1'),
+			array('A2', 'B2')
+		);
+		$expected = array('A1', 'A2');
+		$result =  Set::extract('/0', $data);
+		$this->assertEqual($expected, $result);
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Utility/Set.php b/lib/Cake/Utility/Set.php
index b93b4e18f..f5527dd58 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Utility/Set.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Utility/Set.php
@@ -400,14 +400,9 @@ class Set {
 						'key' => $key,
 						'item' => array_keys($context['item']),
 					);
-				} elseif (($key === $token || (ctype_digit($token) && $key == $token) || $token === '.')) {
-					$context['trace'][] = $key;
-					$matches[] = array(
-						'trace' => $context['trace'],
-						'key' => $key,
-						'item' => $context['item'],
-					);
-				} elseif (is_array($context['item']) && array_key_exists($token, $context['item'])) {
+				} elseif (is_array($context['item'])
+					&& array_key_exists($token, $context['item'])
+					&& !(strval($key) === strval($token) && count($tokens) == 1 && $tokens[0] === '.')) {
 					$items = $context['item'][$token];
 					if (!is_array($items)) {
 						$items = array($items);
@@ -446,6 +441,13 @@ class Set {
 							'item' => $item,
 						);
 					}
+				} elseif ($key === $token || (ctype_digit($token) && $key == $token) || $token === '.') {
+					$context['trace'][] = $key;
+					$matches[] = array(
+						'trace' => $context['trace'],
+						'key' => $key,
+						'item' => $context['item'],
+					);
 				}
 			}
 			if ($conditions) {