diff --git a/js/repeater-list.js b/js/repeater-list.js
index 1a62678cb..0674fdb9a 100755
--- a/js/repeater-list.js
+++ b/js/repeater-list.js
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
 			this.viewOptions.list_rowRendered({
 				container: $tbody,
 				item: $row,
-				rowData: data
+				rowData: data.items[index]
 			}, function () {});
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/test/repeater-list-test.js b/test/repeater-list-test.js
index 0ec7a5a16..1f22c6aaa 100644
--- a/test/repeater-list-test.js
+++ b/test/repeater-list-test.js
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ define(function(require){
 				if(!hasCalled.column){
 					ok(1===1, 'columnRendered callback called upon rendering column');
 					equal((helpers.container.length>0 && helpers.item.length>0), true, 'columnRendered helpers object contains appropriate attributes');
+					equal((helpers.rowData instanceof Array), false, 'rowRendered rowData is an object');
+					equal((typeof helpers.rowData.appearance), 'string', 'rowRendered rowData is an item from the dataSource');
 					hasCalled.column = true;
 				}
 				num.cols++;
@@ -137,6 +139,8 @@ define(function(require){
 			list_rowRendered: function(helpers, callback){
 				if(!hasCalled.row){
 					ok(1===1, 'rowRendered callback called upon rendering column');
+					equal((helpers.rowData instanceof Array), false, 'rowRendered rowData is an object');
+					equal((typeof helpers.rowData.appearance), 'string', 'rowRendered rowData is an item from the dataSource');
 					equal((helpers.container.length>0 && helpers.item.length>0), true, 'rowRendered helpers object contains appropriate attributes');
 					hasCalled.row = true;
 				}