diff --git a/cake/libs/view/view.php b/cake/libs/view/view.php
index 1f272dcb173..33df1c0dfaa 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/view.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/view.php
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ public function element($name, $params = array(), $callbacks = false) {
 			if ($callbacks) {
 				$this->Helpers->trigger('beforeRender', array($file));
 			}
-			$element = $this->_render($file, array_merge($this->viewVars, $params), $loadHelpers);
+			$element = $this->_render($file, array_merge($this->viewVars, $params));
 			if ($callbacks) {
 				$this->Helpers->trigger('afterRender', array($file, $element));
 			}
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/view.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/view.test.php
index 5c303cf747f..7c723a366c1 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/view.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/view.test.php
@@ -475,6 +475,21 @@ function testElement() {
 		$this->assertPattern('/non_existant_element/', $result);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * test that elements can have callbacks
+ *
+ */
+	function testElementCallbacks() {
+		$this->getMock('HtmlHelper', array(), array($this->View), 'ElementCallbackMockHtmlHelper');
+		$this->View->helpers = array('ElementCallbackMockHtml');
+		$this->View->loadHelpers();
+
+		$this->View->ElementCallbackMockHtml->expects($this->at(0))->method('beforeRender');
+		$this->View->ElementCallbackMockHtml->expects($this->at(1))->method('afterRender');
+
+		$this->View->element('test_element', array(), true);
+		$this->mockObjects[] = $this->View->ElementCallbackMockHtml;
+	}
 /**
  * testElementCacheHelperNoCache method
  *