diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/url_encoded_pair_parser.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/url_encoded_pair_parser.rb
index bea96c711daad..9883ad0d85115 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/url_encoded_pair_parser.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/url_encoded_pair_parser.rb
@@ -70,11 +70,12 @@ def bind(key, value)
               top[-1][key] = value
             else
               top << {key => value}.with_indifferent_access
-              push top.last
-              value = top[key]
             end
+            push top.last
+            return top[key]
           else
             top << value
+            return value
           end
         elsif top.is_a? Hash
           key = CGI.unescape(key)
@@ -84,12 +85,10 @@ def bind(key, value)
         else
           raise ArgumentError, "Don't know what to do: top is #{top.inspect}"
         end
-
-        return value
       end
 
       def type_conflict!(klass, value)
         raise TypeError, "Conflicting types for parameter containers. Expected an instance of #{klass} but found an instance of #{value.class}. This can be caused by colliding Array and Hash parameters like qs[]=value&qs[key]=value. (The parameters received were #{value.inspect}.)"
       end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/request_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/request_test.rb
index 349cea268f845..c93d3152b80fa 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/request_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/request_test.rb
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ def test_deep_query_string_with_array
   def test_deep_query_string_with_array_of_hash
     assert_equal({'x' => {'y' => [{'z' => '10'}]}}, ActionController::RequestParser.parse_query_parameters('x[y][][z]=10'))
     assert_equal({'x' => {'y' => [{'z' => '10', 'w' => '10'}]}}, ActionController::RequestParser.parse_query_parameters('x[y][][z]=10&x[y][][w]=10'))
+    assert_equal({'x' => {'y' => [{'z' => '10', 'v' => {'w' => '10'}}]}}, ActionController::RequestParser.parse_query_parameters('x[y][][z]=10&x[y][][v][w]=10'))
   end
 
   def test_deep_query_string_with_array_of_hashes_with_one_pair