diff --git a/lodash.src.js b/lodash.src.js
index 5876702cf..81dcf70bc 100644
--- a/lodash.src.js
+++ b/lodash.src.js
@@ -9820,7 +9820,11 @@
      * // => 'busy'
      */
     function result(object, path, defaultValue) {
-      var value = object == null ? undefined : getProperty(object, path);
+      path = toPath(path);
+      if (path.length > 1) {
+        object = getPath(object, dropRight(path));
+      }
+      var value = getProperty(object, last(path));
       if (typeof value == 'undefined') {
         value = defaultValue;
       }
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index d71befd8b..bbc3a5838 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -12497,6 +12497,14 @@
       var actual = _.result(object, 'd', object.c);
       strictEqual(actual, 1);
     });
+
+    test('should call deep property method with correct context', 1, function() {
+      var value = {
+        'deep': object
+      };
+
+      strictEqual(_.result(value, ['deep', 'c']), 1);
+    })
   }());
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/