diff --git a/lib/savon/message.rb b/lib/savon/message.rb
index 934a4ef7..caa52ae7 100644
--- a/lib/savon/message.rb
+++ b/lib/savon/message.rb
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ def to_s
 
       if @element_form_default == :qualified
         translated_operation_name = Gyoku.xml_tag(@operation_name, :key_converter => @key_converter).to_s
-        # XXX: there is no `@request_key_converter` instance variable!
-        #      the third argument is therefore always `nil`. [dh, 2013-03-09]
-        @message = QualifiedMessage.new(@types, @used_namespaces, @request_key_converter).to_hash(@message, [translated_operation_name])
+        @message = QualifiedMessage.new(@types, @used_namespaces, @key_converter).to_hash(@message, [translated_operation_name])
       end
 
       gyoku_options = {
diff --git a/lib/savon/qualified_message.rb b/lib/savon/qualified_message.rb
index d7a21643..0f0a70d0 100644
--- a/lib/savon/qualified_message.rb
+++ b/lib/savon/qualified_message.rb
@@ -15,17 +15,21 @@ def to_hash(hash, path)
       return hash.to_s unless hash.kind_of? Hash
 
       hash.inject({}) do |newhash, (key, value)|
-        translated_key = Gyoku.xml_tag(key, :key_converter => @key_converter).to_s
-        newpath = path + [translated_key]
-
-        if @used_namespaces[newpath]
-          newhash.merge(
-            "#{@used_namespaces[newpath]}:#{translated_key}" =>
-              to_hash(value, @types[newpath] ? [@types[newpath]] : newpath)
-          )
-        else
-          add_namespaces_to_values(value, path) if key == :order!
+        if key == :order!
+          add_namespaces_to_values(value, path)
           newhash.merge(key => value)
+        else
+          translated_key = Gyoku.xml_tag(key, :key_converter => @key_converter).to_s
+          newpath = path + [translated_key]
+
+          if @used_namespaces[newpath]
+            newhash.merge(
+              "#{@used_namespaces[newpath]}:#{translated_key}" =>
+                to_hash(value, @types[newpath] ? [@types[newpath]] : newpath)
+            )
+          else
+            newhash.merge(translated_key => value)
+          end
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/savon/message_spec.rb b/spec/savon/message_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..012d9b2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/savon/message_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+require "spec_helper"
+require "integration/support/server"
+
+describe Savon::Message do
+
+  before do
+    @server = IntegrationServer.run
+  end
+
+  after do
+    @server.stop
+  end
+
+  context "with a qualified message" do
+    it "converts request Hash keys for which there is not namespace" do
+      client = Savon.client(
+        :endpoint => @server.url(:repeat),
+        :namespace => 'http://example.com',
+
+        :element_form_default => :qualified,
+        :convert_request_keys_to => :camelcase,
+
+        :convert_response_tags_to => nil
+      )
+
+      message = {
+       :email_count => 3,
+       :user_name   => 'josh',
+       :order!      => [:user_name, :email_count]
+      }
+
+      response = client.call(:something, :message => message)
+      body = response.hash['Envelope']['Body']
+
+      expect(response.xml).to include('<wsdl:UserName>josh</wsdl:UserName><wsdl:EmailCount>3</wsdl:EmailCount>')
+    end
+  end
+
+end