diff --git a/AppKit/CPArrayController.j b/AppKit/CPArrayController.j
index 2f72ad429..783c0c3f0 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPArrayController.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPArrayController.j
@@ -782,8 +782,12 @@
     if (![self canAdd])
         return;
 
-    if (_clearsFilterPredicateOnInsertion)
+    var willClearPredicate = NO;
+    if (_clearsFilterPredicateOnInsertion && _filterPredicate)
+    {
         [self willChangeValueForKey:@"filterPredicate"];
+        willClearPredicate = YES;
+    }
 
     [self willChangeValueForKey:@"content"];
 
@@ -797,7 +801,7 @@
     [_contentObject addObject:anObject];
     _disableSetContent = NO;
 
-    if (_clearsFilterPredicateOnInsertion)
+    if (willClearPredicate)
         [self __setFilterPredicate:nil];
 
     [[self arrangedObjects] insertObject:anObject atIndex:anIndex];
@@ -813,7 +817,7 @@
         [self __setSelectionIndexes:[CPIndexSet indexSetWithIndex:0]];
 
     [self didChangeValueForKey:@"content"];
-    if (_clearsFilterPredicateOnInsertion)
+    if (willClearPredicate)
         [self didChangeValueForKey:@"filterPredicate"];
 }
 
diff --git a/Tests/AppKit/CPArrayControllerTest.j b/Tests/AppKit/CPArrayControllerTest.j
index aa76c3f5c..439862bbf 100644
--- a/Tests/AppKit/CPArrayControllerTest.j
+++ b/Tests/AppKit/CPArrayControllerTest.j
@@ -439,6 +439,31 @@
     [self assert:1 equals:[observations count] message:@"exactly 1 notification for addObject  (clearsFilterPredicate YES)"];
 }
 
+/*!
+    Test that if there is no filter predicate to clear, insertObject:atArrangedObjectIndex: with
+    clearsFilterPredicate YES does not send a false filterPredicate notification.
+*/
+- (void)testObservationDuringInsertObject_atArrangedIndex_
+{
+    var arrayController = [self arrayController];
+
+    [arrayController addObserver:self forKeyPath:@"filterPredicate" options:CPKeyValueObservingOptionOld | CPKeyValueObservingOptionNew context:nil];
+
+    // Add something to clear.
+    [arrayController setFilterPredicate:[CPPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"(name != %@)", "Francisco"]];
+    observations = [];
+    var aPerson = [Employee employeeWithName:@"Alexander" department:[Department departmentWithName:@"Cosmic Path Finding"]];
+
+    [arrayController setClearsFilterPredicateOnInsertion:YES];
+    [self assert:0 equals:[observations count] message:@"no observations before insertObject test"];
+    [arrayController insertObject:aPerson atArrangedObjectIndex:1];
+    [self assert:1 equals:[observations count] message:@"exactly 1 notification for insertObject (clearsFilterPredicate YES)"];
+
+    // Now that the filter is already cleared, we should not get notified that it clears again on the second insert.
+    [arrayController insertObject:aPerson atArrangedObjectIndex:1];
+    [self assert:1 equals:[observations count] message:@"exactly 1 notification for insertObject x 2 (clearsFilterPredicate YES)"];
+}
+
 - (void)testCompoundKeyPaths
 {
     var departmentNameField = [[CPTextField alloc] init];