diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/validations.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/validations.rb
index 4bc906d2913..de3339935f5 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/validations.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/validations.rb
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ module ActiveResource
     def from_xml(xml)
       clear
       humanized_attributes = @base.attributes.keys.inject({}) { |h, attr_name| h.update(attr_name.humanize => attr_name) }
-      messages = Hash.from_xml(xml)['errors']['error'] rescue []
+      messages = Array.wrap(Hash.from_xml(xml)['errors']['error']) rescue []
       messages.each do |message|
         attr_message = humanized_attributes.keys.detect do |attr_name|
           if message[0, attr_name.size + 1] == "#{attr_name} "