diff --git a/cake/libs/view/theme.php b/cake/libs/view/theme.php
index 57642f358..d0745efa6 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/theme.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/theme.php
@@ -67,11 +67,8 @@ class ThemeView extends View {
 			}
 			$paths = array_merge($themePaths, $paths);
 		}
-
-		if (empty($this->__paths)) {
-			$this->__paths = $paths;
-		}
-		return $paths;
+		$this->__paths = $paths;
+		return $this->__paths;
 	}
 }
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cake/libs/view/view.php b/cake/libs/view/view.php
index 854bcc1e5..7f56a14bb 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/view.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/view.php
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ class View extends Object {
 	function entity() {
 		$assoc = ($this->association) ? $this->association : $this->model;
 		if (!empty($this->entityPath)) {
-			$path = explode('.',$this->entityPath);
+			$path = explode('.', $this->entityPath);
 			$count = count($path);
 			if (
 				($count == 1 && !empty($this->association)) ||
@@ -944,12 +944,8 @@ class View extends Object {
 			}
 			$paths[] = App::pluginPath($plugin) . 'views' . DS;
 		}
-		$paths = array_merge($paths, $viewPaths);
-
-		if (empty($this->__paths)) {
-			$this->__paths = $paths;
-		}
-		return $paths;
+		$this->__paths = array_merge($paths, $viewPaths);
+		return $this->__paths;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/view.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/view.test.php
index 6f52101f2..c8641a1cb 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/view.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/view.test.php
@@ -476,6 +476,13 @@ class ViewTest extends CakeTestCase {
 	function testElement() {
 		$result = $this->View->element('test_element');
 		$this->assertEqual($result, 'this is the test element');
+		
+		$result = $this->View->element('plugin_element', array('plugin' => 'test_plugin'));
+		$this->assertEqual($result, 'this is the plugin element using params[plugin]');
+		
+		$this->View->plugin = 'test_plugin';
+		$result = $this->View->element('test_plugin_element');
+		$this->assertEqual($result, 'this is the test set using View::$plugin plugin element');
 
 		$result = $this->View->element('non_existant_element');
 		$this->assertPattern('/Not Found:/', $result);