diff --git a/vraptor-core/src/main/java/br/com/caelum/vraptor/serialization/gson/GsonDeserialization.java b/vraptor-core/src/main/java/br/com/caelum/vraptor/serialization/gson/GsonDeserialization.java
index 4c51078c4..fb00d23d3 100644
--- a/vraptor-core/src/main/java/br/com/caelum/vraptor/serialization/gson/GsonDeserialization.java
+++ b/vraptor-core/src/main/java/br/com/caelum/vraptor/serialization/gson/GsonDeserialization.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 
 import javax.enterprise.inject.Instance;
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ public Object[] deserialize(InputStream inputStream, ControllerMethod method) {
 						JsonElement node = root.get(parameter.getName());
 						
 						if (deserializee.isWithoutRoot()) { 
-							values[i] = gson.fromJson(root, parameter.getParameterizedType());
+							values[i] = gson.fromJson(root, fallbackTo(parameter.getParameterizedType(), types[i]));
 							logger.info("json without root deserialized");
 							break;
 
@@ -156,6 +157,11 @@ public Object[] deserialize(InputStream inputStream, ControllerMethod method) {
 		return values;
 	}
 
+	private Type fallbackTo(Type parameterizedType, Class<?> type) {
+		if (parameterizedType instanceof TypeVariable) return type;
+		return parameterizedType;
+	}
+
 	private String getContentOfStream(InputStream input) throws IOException {
 		Charset charset = Charset.forName(getRequestCharset());
 		logger.debug("Using charset {}", charset);
diff --git a/vraptor-core/src/test/java/br/com/caelum/vraptor/serialization/gson/GsonDeserializerTest.java b/vraptor-core/src/test/java/br/com/caelum/vraptor/serialization/gson/GsonDeserializerTest.java
index 90b36c528..12cc29835 100644
--- a/vraptor-core/src/test/java/br/com/caelum/vraptor/serialization/gson/GsonDeserializerTest.java
+++ b/vraptor-core/src/test/java/br/com/caelum/vraptor/serialization/gson/GsonDeserializerTest.java
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ public class GsonDeserializerTest {
 	private ControllerMethod dateParameter;
 	private ControllerMethod dogParameterWithoutRoot;
 	private ControllerMethod dogParameterNameEqualsJsonPropertyWithoutRoot;
-	
+
 	private @Mock Container container;
-	
+
 	private @Mock Instance<Deserializee> deserializeeInstance;
 
 	@Before
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
 		listDog = new DefaultControllerMethod(controllerClass, DogController.class.getDeclaredMethod("list", List.class));
 		dogParameterWithoutRoot = new DefaultControllerMethod(controllerClass, DogController.class.getDeclaredMethod("dogParameterWithoutRoot", Dog.class));
 		dogParameterNameEqualsJsonPropertyWithoutRoot = new DefaultControllerMethod(controllerClass, DogController.class.getDeclaredMethod("dogParameterNameEqualsJsonPropertyWithoutRoot", Dog.class));
-		
+
 		when(deserializeeInstance.get()).thenReturn(new Deserializee());
 		when(container.instanceFor(WithRoot.class)).thenReturn(new WithRoot());
 		when(container.instanceFor(WithoutRoot.class)).thenReturn(new WithoutRoot());
@@ -383,6 +383,21 @@ public void shouldDeserializeFromGenericTypeOneParam() {
 		assertThat(dog.name, equalTo("Brutus"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void shouldDeserializeFromGenericTypeWithoutRoot() {
+		InputStream stream = asStream("{'name':'Brutus','age':7,'birthday':'2013-07-23T17:14:14-03:00'}");
+		BeanClass resourceClass = new DefaultBeanClass(DogGenericController.class);
+		Method method = new Mirror().on(DogGenericController.class).reflect().method("method").withAnyArgs();
+		ControllerMethod resource = new DefaultControllerMethod(resourceClass, method);
+
+		Object[] deserialized = deserializer.deserialize(stream, resource);
+
+		Dog dog = (Dog) deserialized[0];
+
+		assertThat(dog.name, equalTo("Brutus"));
+		assertThat(dog.age, equalTo(7));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void shouldDeserializeFromGenericTypeTwoParams() {
 		InputStream stream = asStream("{'entity':{'name':'Brutus','age':7,'birthday':'2013-07-23T17:14:14-03:00'}, 'param': 'test', 'over': 'value'}");