diff --git a/render/render.js b/render/render.js
index c31a79ce..9a579a66 100644
--- a/render/render.js
+++ b/render/render.js
@@ -124,9 +124,16 @@ module.exports = function($window) {
 		else if (old == null) createNodes(parent, vnodes, 0, vnodes.length, hooks, nextSibling, undefined)
 		else if (vnodes == null) removeNodes(old, 0, old.length, vnodes)
 		else {
-			if (old.length === vnodes.length && vnodes[0] != null && vnodes[0].key == null) {
+			var isUnkeyed = false
+			for (var i = 0; i < vnodes.length; i++) {
+				if (vnodes[i] != null) {
+					isUnkeyed = vnodes[i].key == null
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if (old.length === vnodes.length && isUnkeyed) {
 				for (var i = 0; i < old.length; i++) {
-					if (old[i] === vnodes[i] || old[i] == null && vnodes[i] == null) continue
+					if (old[i] === vnodes[i]) continue
 					else if (old[i] == null) insertNode(parent, createNode(vnodes[i], hooks, ns), getNextSibling(old, i + 1, nextSibling))
 					else if (vnodes[i] == null) removeNodes(old, i, i + 1, vnodes)
 					else updateNode(parent, old[i], vnodes[i], hooks, getNextSibling(old, i + 1, nextSibling), false, ns)
diff --git a/render/tests/test-updateNodes.js b/render/tests/test-updateNodes.js
index e56a828c..8614b162 100644
--- a/render/tests/test-updateNodes.js
+++ b/render/tests/test-updateNodes.js
@@ -879,4 +879,17 @@ o.spec("updateNodes", function() {
 
 		o(onupdate.callCount).equals(0)
 	})
+	o("null stays in place", function() {
+		var vnodes = [{tag: "div"}, {tag: "a"}]
+		var temp = [null, {tag: "a"}]
+		var updated = [{tag: "div"}, {tag: "a"}]
+		
+		render(root, vnodes)
+		var before = vnodes[1].dom
+		render(root, temp)
+		render(root, updated)
+		var after = updated[1].dom
+		
+		o(before).equals(after)
+	})
 })