diff --git a/cake/libs/xml.php b/cake/libs/xml.php
index ba37d5d96..4c2e03894 100644
--- a/cake/libs/xml.php
+++ b/cake/libs/xml.php
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ class XmlNode extends Object {
 
 		foreach ($this->children as $child) {
 			$key = $camelize ? Inflector::camelize($child->name) : $child->name;
+			//debug($key);
 
 			if (is_a($child, 'XmlTextNode')) {
 				$out['value'] = $child->value;
@@ -688,7 +689,7 @@ class XmlNode extends Object {
 				if (isset($out[$key]) || isset($multi[$key])) {
 					if (!isset($multi[$key])) {
 						$multi[$key] = array($out[$key]);
-						unset($out[$key]);
+						//unset($out[$key]);
 					}
 					$multi[$key][] = $value;
 				} elseif (!empty($value)) {
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/xml.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/xml.test.php
index bb71e1456..abcb7d0f4 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/xml.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/xml.test.php
@@ -1244,6 +1244,43 @@ class XmlTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			)
 		);
 		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
+
+		$text = '<main><first label="first type node 1" /><first label="first type node 2" /><second label="second type node" /></main>';
+		$xml =  new Xml($text);
+		$result = $xml->toArray();
+		$expected = array(
+		    'Main' => array(
+		        'First' => array(
+		            array('label' => 'first type node 1'),
+		            array('label' => 'first type node 2')
+		        ),
+		        'Second' => array('label'=>'second type node')
+		    )
+		);
+		$this->assertIdentical($result,$expected);
+
+		$text = '<main><first label="first type node 1" /><first label="first type node 2" /><second label="second type node" /><collection><fifth label="fifth type node"/><third label="third type node 1"/><third label="third type node 2"/><third label="third type node 3"/><fourth label="fourth type node"/></collection></main>';
+		$xml =  new Xml($text);
+		$result = $xml->toArray();
+		$expected = array(
+		    'Main' => array(
+		        'First' => array(
+		            array('label' => 'first type node 1'),
+		            array('label' => 'first type node 2')
+		        ),
+		        'Second' => array('label'=>'second type node'),
+				'Collection' => array(
+					'Fifth' => array('label' => 'fifth type node'),
+					'Third' => array(
+						array('label' => 'third type node 1'),
+						array('label' => 'third type node 2'),
+						array('label' => 'third type node 3'),
+					),
+					'Fourth' => array('label' => 'fourth type node'),
+				)
+		    )
+		);
+		$this->assertIdentical($result,$expected);
 	}
 /**
  * testAppend method