diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Validator.php b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Validator.php
index 17ccd3f4cf09..93bc1cbf5ee5 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Validator.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Validator.php
@@ -1221,6 +1221,14 @@ protected function getSize($attribute, $value)
     protected function validateIn($attribute, $value, $parameters)
     {
         if (is_array($value) && $this->hasRule($attribute, 'Array')) {
+
+            // Avoid performing validation on multi dimensional array
+            foreach ($value as $element) {
+                if (is_array($element)) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+
             return count(array_diff($value, $parameters)) == 0;
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php b/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php
index 4761f9b69293..ba6a934df7d1 100755
--- a/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php
@@ -1135,6 +1135,9 @@ public function testValidateIn()
 
         $v = new Validator($trans, ['name' => ['foo', 'bar']], ['name' => 'Alpha|In:foo,bar']);
         $this->assertFalse($v->passes());
+
+        $v = new Validator($trans, ['name' => ['foo', []]], ['name' => 'Array|In:foo,bar']);
+        $this->assertFalse($v->passes());
     }
 
     public function testValidateNotIn()