diff --git a/tests/unit/effects/effects.html b/tests/unit/effects/effects.html
index c283eabff23..7ddacf7bb66 100644
--- a/tests/unit/effects/effects.html
+++ b/tests/unit/effects/effects.html
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ <h2 id="qunit-banner"></h2>
 <h2 id="qunit-userAgent"></h2>
 <ol id="qunit-tests"></ol>
 <div id="qunit-fixture">
-<div class="hidden test"></div>
+<div class="hidden test">
+	<div>.</div>
+</div>
 <div class="animateClass test">
 	<h2>Child Element Test</h2>
 </div>
diff --git a/tests/unit/effects/effects_core.js b/tests/unit/effects/effects_core.js
index c9b1e1b4a8b..928d4c15bb7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/effects/effects_core.js
+++ b/tests/unit/effects/effects_core.js
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ test( "Immediate Return Conditions", function() {
 	equal( ++count, 3, "Both Functions worked properly" );
 });
 
+test( ".hide() with hidden parent", function() {
+	expect( 1 );
+	var element = $( "div.hidden" ).children();
+	element.hide( "blind", function() {
+		equal( element.css( "display" ), "none", "display: none" );
+	});
+});
+
 asyncTest( "Parse of null for options", function() {
 	var hidden = $( "div.hidden" ),
 		count = 0;
diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.effect.js b/ui/jquery.ui.effect.js
index 97f006ee06a..41aeb4819ab 100644
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.effect.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.effect.js
@@ -1150,9 +1150,10 @@ $.fn.extend({
 				}
 			}
 
-			// if the element is hiddden and mode is hide,
-			// or element is visible and mode is show
+			// If the element already has the correct final state, delegate to
+			// the core methods so the internal tracking of "olddisplay" works.
 			if ( elem.is( ":hidden" ) ? mode === "hide" : mode === "show" ) {
+				elem[ mode ]();
 				done();
 			} else {
 				effectMethod.call( elem[0], args, done );