diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Validator.php b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Validator.php
index db37ba8372bb..b7bc47a1bca5 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Validator.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Validator.php
@@ -255,11 +255,8 @@ protected function hydrateFiles(array $data, $arrayKey = null)
             // we use to conveniently separate out these files from other data.
             if ($value instanceof File) {
                 $this->files[$newKey] = $value;
-
-                unset($data[$key]);
             } elseif (is_array($value) && ! empty($value) &&
                       empty($this->hydrateFiles($value, $newKey))) {
-                unset($data[$key]);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php b/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php
index 9de505c418b9..b8c21cf5f897 100755
--- a/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php
@@ -564,7 +564,9 @@ public function testValidateRequired()
         $foo = new File(__FILE__, false);
         $v = new Validator($trans, ['name' => [$file, $foo]], ['name.0' => 'Required', 'name.1' => 'Required']);
         $this->assertTrue($v->passes());
-        $this->assertEmpty($v->getData());
+
+        $v = new Validator($trans, ['files' => [$file, $foo]], ['files' => 'Required']);
+        $this->assertTrue($v->passes());
     }
 
     public function testValidateRequiredWith()
@@ -3227,7 +3229,7 @@ public function testFilesHydration()
         $file = new File(__FILE__, false);
         $v = new Validator($trans, ['file' => $file, 'text' => 'text'], ['text' => 'Required']);
         $this->assertEquals(['file' => $file], $v->getFiles());
-        $this->assertEquals(['text' => 'text'], $v->getData());
+        $this->assertEquals(['text' => 'text', 'file' => $file], $v->getData());
     }
 
     public function testArrayOfFilesHydration()
@@ -3237,7 +3239,7 @@ public function testArrayOfFilesHydration()
         $file2 = new File(__FILE__, false);
         $v = new Validator($trans, ['file' => [$file, $file2], 'text' => 'text'], ['text' => 'Required']);
         $this->assertEquals(['file.0' => $file, 'file.1' => $file2], $v->getFiles());
-        $this->assertEquals(['text' => 'text'], $v->getData());
+        $this->assertEquals(['text' => 'text', 'file' => [$file, $file2]], $v->getData());
     }
 
     public function testMultipleFileUploads()