2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/server/src/com/vaadin/data/util/converter/StringToCollectionConverter.java b/server/src/com/vaadin/data/util/converter/StringToCollectionConverter.java
index 495bed74f8..b86fec5558 100644
--- a/server/src/com/vaadin/data/util/converter/StringToCollectionConverter.java
+++ b/server/src/com/vaadin/data/util/converter/StringToCollectionConverter.java
@@ -155,9 +155,7 @@ public class StringToCollectionConverter implements
             previous = index + delimiter.length();
             index = value.indexOf(delimiter, previous);
         }
-        if (result.size() > 0) {
-            collectToken(value.substring(previous), result, converter, locale);
-        }
+        collectToken(value.substring(previous), result, converter, locale);
         return result;
     }
 
diff --git a/server/tests/src/com/vaadin/tests/data/converter/StringToCollectionConverterTest.java b/server/tests/src/com/vaadin/tests/data/converter/StringToCollectionConverterTest.java
index 977985c6cb..bcd0dc15bd 100644
--- a/server/tests/src/com/vaadin/tests/data/converter/StringToCollectionConverterTest.java
+++ b/server/tests/src/com/vaadin/tests/data/converter/StringToCollectionConverterTest.java
@@ -141,6 +141,16 @@ public class StringToCollectionConverterTest {
         Assert.assertEquals("Z,Y", presentation);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void convertToModel_singleItem() {
+        StringToCollectionConverter converter = new StringToCollectionConverter();
+        Collection<?> model = converter.convertToModel("a", List.class, null);
+        Iterator<?> iterator = model.iterator();
+        Assert.assertEquals("Incorrect fist token", "a", iterator.next());
+        Assert.assertFalse("More than one item detected after conversation",
+                iterator.hasNext());
+    }
+
     public enum TestEnum {
         X, Y, Z;
     }