diff --git a/addon/utils/get-key-values.ts b/addon/utils/get-key-values.ts
index d085cc1b..3b19cd5e 100644
--- a/addon/utils/get-key-values.ts
+++ b/addon/utils/get-key-values.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 import isObject from './is-object';
 import Err from '../-private/err';
 
+let keysUpToValue: string[] = [];
+
 /**
  * traverse through target and return leaf nodes with `value` property and key as 'person.name'
  *
  * @method getKeyValues
  * @return {Array} [{ 'person.name': value }]
  */
-export function getKeyValues<T extends Record<string, any>>(obj: T, keysUpToValue: string[] = []): object[] {
+export function getKeyValues<T extends Record<string, any>>(obj: T): object[] {
   let map = [];
 
   for (let key in obj) {
@@ -19,39 +21,40 @@ export function getKeyValues<T extends Record<string, any>>(obj: T, keysUpToValu
         // stop collecting keys
         keysUpToValue = [];
       } else if (key !== 'value') {
-        map.push(...getKeyValues(obj[key], keysUpToValue));
+        map.push(...getKeyValues(obj[key]));
       }
     }
   }
 
+  keysUpToValue = [];
   return map;
 }
 
+let errorKeysUpToValue: string[] = [];
+
 /**
  * traverse through target and return leaf nodes with `value` property and key as 'person.name'
  *
  * @method getKeyErrorValues
  * @return {Array} [{ key: 'person.name', validation: '', value: '' }]
  */
-export function getKeyErrorValues<T extends Record<string, any>>(
-  obj: T,
-  keysUpToValue: string[] = []
-): object[] {
+export function getKeyErrorValues<T extends Record<string, any>>(obj: T): object[] {
   let map = [];
 
   for (let key in obj) {
-    keysUpToValue.push(key);
+    errorKeysUpToValue.push(key);
 
     if (obj[key] && isObject(obj[key])) {
       if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj[key], 'value') && obj[key] as any instanceof Err) {
-        map.push({ key: keysUpToValue.join('.'), validation: obj[key].validation, value: obj[key].value });
+        map.push({ key: errorKeysUpToValue.join('.'), validation: obj[key].validation, value: obj[key].value });
         // stop collecting keys
-        keysUpToValue = [];
+        errorKeysUpToValue = [];
       } else if (key !== 'value') {
-        map.push(...getKeyErrorValues(obj[key], keysUpToValue));
+        map.push(...getKeyErrorValues(obj[key]));
       }
     }
   }
 
+  errorKeysUpToValue = [];
   return map;
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/changeset-test.js b/tests/unit/changeset-test.js
index 646dda16..699a1167 100644
--- a/tests/unit/changeset-test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/changeset-test.js
@@ -146,12 +146,22 @@ module('Unit | Utility | changeset', function(hooks) {
     assert.deepEqual(dummyChangeset.get('change').name, 'a', 'should return nested change');
   });
 
+
   test('can get nested values in the errors object', function(assert) {
     let dummyChangeset = new Changeset(dummyModel, dummyValidator);
+    dummyChangeset.set('unknown', 'wat');
     dummyChangeset.set('org.usa.ny', '');
+    dummyChangeset.set('name', '');
 
-    let expectedErrors = [{ key: 'org.usa.ny', validation: 'must be present', value: '' }];
-    assert.deepEqual(dummyChangeset.get('errors'), expectedErrors, 'should return errors object for `org.usa.ny` key');
+    let expectedErrors = [
+      { key: 'org.usa.ny', validation: 'must be present', value: '' },
+      { key: 'name', validation: 'too short', value: '' }
+    ];
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      dummyChangeset.get('errors'),
+      expectedErrors,
+      'should return errors object for `org.usa.ny` key and `name` key'
+    );
   });
 
   /**