diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Builder.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Builder.php
index 1cb8c6460214..c12ee855918b 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Builder.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Builder.php
@@ -1484,6 +1484,14 @@ public function lists($column, $key = null)
 		// otherwise we can just give these values back without a specific key.
 		$results = new Collection($this->get($columns));
 
+		// If the selected column contains a "dot", we will remove it so that the list
+		// operation can run normally. Specifying the table is not needed, since we
+		// really want the names of the columns as it is in this resulting array.
+		if (($dot = strpos($columns[0], '.')) !== false)
+		{
+			$columns[0] = substr($columns[0], $dot + 1);
+		}
+
 		$values = $results->fetch($columns[0])->all();
 
 		// If a key was specified and we have results, we will go ahead and combine
@@ -1510,14 +1518,6 @@ protected function getListSelect($column, $key)
 	{
 		$select = is_null($key) ? array($column) : array($column, $key);
 
-		// If the selected column contains a "dot", we will remove it so that the list
-		// operation can run normally. Specifying the table is not needed, since we
-		// really want the names of the columns as it is in this resulting array.
-		if (($dot = strpos($select[0], '.')) !== false)
-		{
-			$select[0] = substr($select[0], $dot + 1);
-		}
-
 		return $select;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabaseQueryBuilderTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabaseQueryBuilderTest.php
index 3d99909d0aa3..bcc86aa5fda3 100755
--- a/tests/Database/DatabaseQueryBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Database/DatabaseQueryBuilderTest.php
@@ -652,6 +652,15 @@ public function testListMethodsGetsArrayOfColumnValues()
 		$results = $builder->from('users')->where('id', '=', 1)->lists('foo');
 		$this->assertEquals(array('bar', 'baz'), $results);
 
+		$builder = $this->getBuilder();
+		$builder->getConnection()->shouldReceive('select')->once()->with('select "users"."foo" from "users" where "id" = ?', array(1))->andReturn(array(array('foo' => 'bar'), array('foo' => 'baz')));
+		$builder->getProcessor()->shouldReceive('processSelect')->once()->with($builder, array(array('foo' => 'bar'), array('foo' => 'baz')))->andReturnUsing(function($query, $results)
+		{
+			return $results;
+		});
+		$results = $builder->from('users')->where('id', '=', 1)->lists('users.foo');
+		$this->assertEquals(array('bar', 'baz'), $results);
+
 		$builder = $this->getBuilder();
 		$builder->getConnection()->shouldReceive('select')->once()->andReturn(array(array('id' => 1, 'foo' => 'bar'), array('id' => 10, 'foo' => 'baz')));
 		$builder->getProcessor()->shouldReceive('processSelect')->once()->with($builder, array(array('id' => 1, 'foo' => 'bar'), array('id' => 10, 'foo' => 'baz')))->andReturnUsing(function($query, $results)