diff --git a/modules/field/field.attach.inc b/modules/field/field.attach.inc
index 3b15c76c87bc65e90028fcfe2557956892d49132..4ca15f5431fa91b91a6cb83994e3882995d50341 100644
--- a/modules/field/field.attach.inc
+++ b/modules/field/field.attach.inc
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ function _field_invoke_multiple($op, $entity_type, $entities, &$a = NULL, &$b =
     // fields with an empty array (those are not equivalent on update).
     foreach ($grouped_entities[$field_id] as $id => $entity) {
       foreach ($grouped_items[$field_id] as $langcode => $items) {
-        if ($grouped_items[$field_id][$langcode][$id] !== array() || isset($entity->{$field_name}[$langcode])) {
+        if (isset($grouped_items[$field_id][$langcode][$id]) && ($grouped_items[$field_id][$langcode][$id] !== array() || isset($entity->{$field_name}[$langcode]))) {
           $entity->{$field_name}[$langcode] = $grouped_items[$field_id][$langcode][$id];
         }
       }
diff --git a/modules/field/tests/field.test b/modules/field/tests/field.test
index 97510e476f8c194484422ee36714c63b59093b6e..9281273f6405229f5338e106ba8176417b4a4634 100644
--- a/modules/field/tests/field.test
+++ b/modules/field/tests/field.test
@@ -2690,7 +2690,7 @@ class FieldTranslationsTestCase extends FieldTestCase {
     $extra_languages = mt_rand(1, 4);
     $languages = $available_languages = field_available_languages($this->entity_type, $this->field);
     for ($i = 0; $i < $extra_languages; ++$i) {
-      $languages[] = $this->randomString(2);
+      $languages[] = $this->randomName(2);
     }
 
     // For each given language provide some random values.
@@ -2715,10 +2715,14 @@ class FieldTranslationsTestCase extends FieldTestCase {
    * Test the multilanguage logic of _field_invoke_multiple().
    */
   function testFieldInvokeMultiple() {
+    // Enable field translations for the entity.
+    field_test_entity_info_translatable('test_entity', TRUE);
+
     $values = array();
+    $options = array();
     $entities = array();
     $entity_type = 'test_entity';
-    $entity_count = mt_rand(1, 5);
+    $entity_count = mt_rand(2, 5);
     $available_languages = field_available_languages($this->entity_type, $this->field);
 
     for ($id = 1; $id <= $entity_count; ++$id) {
@@ -2729,29 +2733,55 @@ class FieldTranslationsTestCase extends FieldTestCase {
       // correctly uses the result of field_available_languages().
       $extra_languages = mt_rand(1, 4);
       for ($i = 0; $i < $extra_languages; ++$i) {
-        $languages[] = $this->randomString(2);
+        $languages[] = $this->randomName(2);
       }
 
       // For each given language provide some random values.
-      foreach ($languages as $langcode) {
-        for ($delta = 0; $delta < $this->field['cardinality']; $delta++) {
-          $values[$id][$langcode][$delta]['value'] = mt_rand(1, 127);
+      $language_count = count($languages);
+      for ($i = 0; $i < $language_count; ++$i) {
+        $langcode = $languages[$i];
+        // Avoid to populate at least one field translation to check that
+        // per-entity language suggestions work even when available field values
+        // are different for each language.
+        if ($i !== $id) {
+          for ($delta = 0; $delta < $this->field['cardinality']; $delta++) {
+            $values[$id][$langcode][$delta]['value'] = mt_rand(1, 127);
+          }
+        }
+        // Ensure that a language for which there is no field translation is
+        // used as display language to prepare per-entity language suggestions.
+        elseif (!isset($display_language)) {
+          $display_language = $langcode;
         }
       }
+
       $entity->{$this->field_name} = $values[$id];
       $entities[$id] = $entity;
+
+      // Store per-entity language suggestions.
+      $options['language'][$id] = field_language($entity_type, $entity, NULL, $display_language);
     }
 
     $grouped_results = _field_invoke_multiple('test_op_multiple', $entity_type, $entities);
     foreach ($grouped_results as $id => $results) {
       foreach ($results as $langcode => $result) {
-        $hash = hash('sha256', serialize(array($entity_type, $entities[$id], $this->field_name, $langcode, $values[$id][$langcode])));
-        // Check whether the parameters passed to _field_invoke() were correctly
-        // forwarded to the callback function.
-        $this->assertEqual($hash, $result, t('The result for entity %id/%language is correctly stored.', array('%id' => $id, '%language' => $langcode)));
+        if (isset($values[$id][$langcode])) {
+          $hash = hash('sha256', serialize(array($entity_type, $entities[$id], $this->field_name, $langcode, $values[$id][$langcode])));
+          // Check whether the parameters passed to _field_invoke() were correctly
+          // forwarded to the callback function.
+          $this->assertEqual($hash, $result, t('The result for entity %id/%language is correctly stored.', array('%id' => $id, '%language' => $langcode)));
+        }
       }
       $this->assertEqual(count($results), count($available_languages), t('No unavailable language has been processed for entity %id.', array('%id' => $id)));
     }
+
+    $null = NULL;
+    $grouped_results = _field_invoke_multiple('test_op_multiple', $entity_type, $entities, $null, $null, $options);
+    foreach ($grouped_results as $id => $results) {
+      foreach ($results as $langcode => $result) {
+        $this->assertTrue(isset($options['language'][$id]), t('The result language %language for entity %id was correctly suggested (display language: %display_language).', array('%id' => $id, '%language' => $langcode, '%display_language' => $display_language)));
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/modules/field/tests/field_test.module b/modules/field/tests/field_test.module
index 237b833eacf687ae80cfb62246ae5a1f3d6a0c3f..7e34906948be69b4dc61369cece61e149c969d0e 100644
--- a/modules/field/tests/field_test.module
+++ b/modules/field/tests/field_test.module
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ function field_test_field_test_op($entity_type, $entity, $field, $instance, $lan
 function field_test_field_test_op_multiple($entity_type, $entities, $field, $instances, $langcode, &$items) {
   $result = array();
   foreach ($entities as $id => $entity) {
-    $result[$id] = array($langcode => hash('sha256', serialize(array($entity_type, $entity, $field['field_name'], $langcode, $items[$id]))));
+    if (isset($items[$id])) {
+      $result[$id] = array($langcode => hash('sha256', serialize(array($entity_type, $entity, $field['field_name'], $langcode, $items[$id]))));
+    }
   }
   return $result;
 }