diff --git a/django/newforms/widgets.py b/django/newforms/widgets.py
index 02cecca9aa..38d7aed97e 100644
--- a/django/newforms/widgets.py
+++ b/django/newforms/widgets.py
@@ -591,9 +591,9 @@ class MultiWidget(Widget):
         else:
             initial = self.decompress(initial)
         for widget, initial, data in zip(self.widgets, initial, data):
-            if not widget._has_changed(initial, data):
-                return False
-        return True
+            if widget._has_changed(initial, data):
+                return True
+        return False
 
     def format_output(self, rendered_widgets):
         """
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py
index e20ea15175..3ebf0b5a2f 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py
@@ -963,10 +963,19 @@ u'<input id="foo_0" type="text" class="big" value="john" name="name_0" /><br /><
 u'<input id="bar_0" type="text" class="big" value="john" name="name_0" /><br /><input id="bar_1" type="text" class="small" value="lennon" name="name_1" />'
 
 >>> w = MyMultiWidget(widgets=(TextInput(), TextInput()))
->>> w._has_changed(None, ['john', 'lennon'])
+# test with no initial data
+>>> w._has_changed(None, [u'john', u'lennon'])
 True
->>> w._has_changed('john__lennon', ['john', 'lennon'])
+# test when the data is the same as initial
+>>> w._has_changed(u'john__lennon', [u'john', u'lennon'])
 False
+# test when the first widget's data has changed
+>>> w._has_changed(u'john__lennon', [u'alfred', u'lennon'])
+True
+# test when the last widget's data has changed. this ensures that it is not
+# short circuiting while testing the widgets.
+>>> w._has_changed(u'john__lennon', [u'john', u'denver'])
+True
 
 # SplitDateTimeWidget #########################################################