diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
index 2ac533315..78ed898d0 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
@@ -1456,11 +1456,10 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
  */
 	public function testTagIsInvalid() {
 		$Contact = ClassRegistry::getObject('Contact');
-		$Contact->validationErrors[0]['email'] = array('Please provide an email');
+		$Contact->validationErrors[0]['email'] = $expected = array('Please provide an email');
 
 		$this->Form->setEntity('Contact.0.email');
 		$result = $this->Form->tagIsInvalid();
-		$expected = array('Please provide an email');
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 
 		$this->Form->setEntity('Contact.1.email');
@@ -1472,6 +1471,26 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertFalse($result);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Test tagIsInvalid with validation errors from a saveMany
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testTagIsInvalidSaveMany() {
+		$Contact = ClassRegistry::getObject('Contact');
+		$Contact->validationErrors[0]['email'] = $expected = array('Please provide an email');
+
+		$this->Form->create('Contact');
+
+		$this->Form->setEntity('0.email');
+		$result = $this->Form->tagIsInvalid();
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+
+		$this->Form->setEntity('0.Contact.email');
+		$result = $this->Form->tagIsInvalid();
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+	}
+
 /**
  * Test validation errors.
  *
@@ -8486,6 +8505,24 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertTags($result, array('div' => array('class' => 'error-message'), 'Error in field city', '/div'));
 	}
 
+/**
+ * test the correct display of multi-record form validation errors.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testSaveManyRecordFormValidationErrors() {
+		$this->Form->create('ValidateUser');
+		$ValidateUser = ClassRegistry::getObject('ValidateUser');
+		$ValidateUser->validationErrors[0]['ValidateItem']['name'] = array('Error in field name');
+
+		$result = $this->Form->error('0.ValidateUser.ValidateItem.name');
+		$this->assertTags($result, array('div' => array('class' => 'error-message'), 'Error in field name', '/div'));
+
+		$ValidateUser->validationErrors[0]['city'] = array('Error in field city');
+		$result = $this->Form->error('ValidateUser.0.city');
+		$this->assertTags($result, array('div' => array('class' => 'error-message'), 'Error in field city', '/div'));
+	}
+
 /**
  * tests the ability to change the order of the form input placeholder "input", "label", "before", "between", "after", "error"
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
index ad331a8d7..db577155a 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
@@ -272,6 +272,13 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
 	public function tagIsInvalid() {
 		$entity = $this->entity();
 		$model = array_shift($entity);
+
+		// 0.Model.field. Fudge entity path
+		if (empty($model) || is_numeric($model)) {
+			array_splice($entity, 1, 0, $model);
+			$model = array_shift($entity);
+		}
+
 		$errors = array();
 		if (!empty($entity) && isset($this->validationErrors[$model])) {
 			$errors = $this->validationErrors[$model];