diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Validation/ModelValidationNode.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Validation/ModelValidationNode.cs
index 74009f8d87..c5a577149e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Validation/ModelValidationNode.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Validation/ModelValidationNode.cs
@@ -190,11 +190,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding
             // If the Model at the current node is null and there is no parent, we cannot validate, and the
             // DataAnnotationsModelValidator will throw. So we intercept here to provide a catch-all value-required
             // validation error
-            var modelStateKey = ModelBindingHelper.CreatePropertyModelName(ModelStateKey,
-                                                                           ModelMetadata.GetDisplayName());
             if (parentNode == null && ModelMetadata.Model == null)
             {
-                modelState.TryAddModelError(modelStateKey, Resources.Validation_ValueNotFound);
+                modelState.TryAddModelError(ModelStateKey, Resources.Validation_ValueNotFound);
                 return;
             }
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/ModelBindingFromHeaderTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/ModelBindingFromHeaderTest.cs
index d578524d07..437e72f10f 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/ModelBindingFromHeaderTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/ModelBindingFromHeaderTest.cs
@@ -96,10 +96,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
 
             Assert.Null(result.HeaderValue);
             Assert.Null(result.HeaderValues);
-
-            // This is a bug - the model state error key is wrong here.
+            
             var error = Assert.Single(result.ModelStateErrors);
-            Assert.Equal("transactionId.transactionId", error);
+            Assert.Equal("transactionId", error);
         }
 
         // The action that this test hits will echo back the model-bound values
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding.Test/Validation/ModelValidationNodeTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding.Test/Validation/ModelValidationNodeTest.cs
index 4825e972aa..5bb344a2c6 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding.Test/Validation/ModelValidationNodeTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding.Test/Validation/ModelValidationNodeTest.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 #if ASPNET50
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -245,6 +246,27 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding
             Assert.Empty(log);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Validate_ValidatesIfModelIsNull()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var modelMetadata = GetModelMetadata(typeof(ValidateAllPropertiesModel));
+            var node = new ModelValidationNode(modelMetadata, "theKey");
+
+            var context = CreateContext(modelMetadata);
+
+            // Act
+            node.Validate(context);
+
+            // Assert
+            var modelState = Assert.Single(context.ModelState);
+            Assert.Equal("theKey", modelState.Key);
+            Assert.Equal(ModelValidationState.Invalid, modelState.Value.ValidationState);
+
+            var error = Assert.Single(modelState.Value.Errors);
+            Assert.Equal("A value is required but was not present in the request.", error.ErrorMessage);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         [ReplaceCulture]
         public void Validate_ValidateAllProperties_AddsValidationErrors()
@@ -321,6 +343,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding
             return new DataAnnotationsModelMetadataProvider().GetMetadataForType(() => o, o.GetType());
         }
 
+        private static ModelMetadata GetModelMetadata(Type type)
+        {
+            return new DataAnnotationsModelMetadataProvider().GetMetadataForType(modelAccessor: null, modelType: type);
+        }
+
         private static ModelValidationContext CreateContext(ModelMetadata metadata = null)
         {
             var providers = new IModelValidatorProvider[]