diff --git a/backbone.js b/backbone.js
index c50d0ef3..8f50868d 100644
--- a/backbone.js
+++ b/backbone.js
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@
     // hash indexes for `id` and `cid` lookups.
     _remove : function(model, options) {
       options || (options = {});
-      model = this.getByCid(model);
+      model = this.getByCid(model) || this.get(model);
       if (!model) return null;
       delete this._byId[model.id];
       delete this._byCid[model.cid];
diff --git a/test/collection.js b/test/collection.js
index 28dceeb9..372e71ad 100644
--- a/test/collection.js
+++ b/test/collection.js
@@ -70,6 +70,30 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     equals(col.length, 4);
     equals(col.first(), d);
   });
+  
+  test("Collection: remove in multiple collections", function() {
+    var modelData = {
+      id : 5,
+      title : 'Othello'
+    };
+    var passed = false;
+    var e = new Backbone.Model(modelData);
+    var f = new Backbone.Model(modelData);
+    f.bind('remove', function() {
+      passed = true;
+    });
+    var colE = new Backbone.Collection([e]);
+    var colF = new Backbone.Collection([f]);
+    ok(e != f);
+    ok(colE.length == 1);
+    ok(colF.length == 1);
+    colE.remove(e);
+    equals(passed, false);
+    ok(colE.length == 0);
+    colF.remove(e);
+    ok(colF.length == 0);
+    equals(passed, true);
+  });
 
   test("Collection: fetch", function() {
     col.fetch();