diff --git a/cake/libs/controller/controller.php b/cake/libs/controller/controller.php
index 116e993d8f3..19a9aef76fa 100644
--- a/cake/libs/controller/controller.php
+++ b/cake/libs/controller/controller.php
@@ -1030,6 +1030,14 @@ function paginate($object = null, $scope = array(), $whitelist = array()) {
 		if (!isset($defaults['conditions'])) {
 			$defaults['conditions'] = array();
 		}
+
+		$type = 'all';
+
+		if (isset($defaults[0])) {
+			$type = $defaults[0];
+			unset($defaults[0]);
+		}
+
 		extract($options = array_merge(array('page' => 1, 'limit' => 20), $defaults, $options));
 
 		if (is_array($scope) && !empty($scope)) {
@@ -1040,12 +1048,7 @@ function paginate($object = null, $scope = array(), $whitelist = array()) {
 		if ($recursive === null) {
 			$recursive = $object->recursive;
 		}
-		$type = 'all';
 
-		if (isset($defaults[0])) {
-			$type = $defaults[0];
-			unset($defaults[0]);
-		}
 		$extra = array_diff_key($defaults, compact(
 			'conditions', 'fields', 'order', 'limit', 'page', 'recursive'
 		));
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php
index 753717ec89a..53b1663ed38 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php
@@ -604,6 +604,26 @@ function testPaginatePassedArgs() {
 		);
 		$this->assertEqual($Controller->params['paging']['ControllerPost']['options'],$expected);
 	}
+/**
+ * Test that special paginate types are called and that the type param doesn't leak out into defaults or options.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ **/
+	function testPaginateSpecialType() {
+		$Controller =& new Controller();
+		$Controller->uses = array('ControllerPost', 'ControllerComment');
+		$Controller->passedArgs[] = '1';
+		$Controller->params['url'] = array();
+		$Controller->constructClasses();
+
+		$Controller->paginate = array('ControllerPost' => array('popular', 'fields' => array('id', 'title')));
+		$result = $Controller->paginate('ControllerPost');
+
+		$this->assertEqual(Set::extract($result, '{n}.ControllerPost.id'), array(2, 3));
+		$this->assertEqual($Controller->ControllerPost->lastQuery['conditions'], array('ControllerPost.id > ' => '1'));
+		$this->assertFalse(isset($Controller->params['paging']['ControllerPost']['defaults'][0]));
+		$this->assertFalse(isset($Controller->params['paging']['ControllerPost']['options'][0]));
+	}
 /**
  * testDefaultPaginateParams method
  *