diff --git a/cJSON_Utils.c b/cJSON_Utils.c
index 4f3a9ed8d..435c7e0e0 100644
--- a/cJSON_Utils.c
+++ b/cJSON_Utils.c
@@ -463,7 +463,14 @@ static cJSON *detach_path(cJSON *object, const unsigned char *path, const cJSON_
     }
     else if (cJSON_IsObject(parent))
     {
-        detached_item = cJSON_DetachItemFromObject(parent, (char*)child_pointer);
+        if (case_sensitive)
+        {
+            detached_item = cJSON_DetachItemFromObjectCaseSensitive(parent, (char*)child_pointer);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            detached_item = cJSON_DetachItemFromObject(parent, (char*)child_pointer);
+        }
     }
     else
     {
diff --git a/tests/json-patch-tests/cjson-utils-tests.json b/tests/json-patch-tests/cjson-utils-tests.json
index 28a5e3073..07a9e3c25 100644
--- a/tests/json-patch-tests/cjson-utils-tests.json
+++ b/tests/json-patch-tests/cjson-utils-tests.json
@@ -87,5 +87,23 @@
         "doc": {"foo": {"bar": 1}},
         "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "/foo/bar/baz", "value": "5"}],
         "error": "attempting to add to subfield of non-object"
-    } 
+    },
+    {
+	"comment": "16",
+	"doc": {"Role": "user", "role": "admin"},
+	"patch": [{"op": "remove", "path": "/role"}],
+	"expected": {"Role": "user"}
+    },
+    {
+	"comment": "17",
+	"doc": {"Role": "user", "role": "admin"},
+	"patch": [{"op": "replace", "path": "/role", "value": "guest"}],
+	"expected": {"Role": "user", "role": "guest"}
+    },
+    {
+	"comment": "18",
+	"doc": {"A": 1},
+	"patch": [{"op": "remove", "path": "/a"}],
+	"error": "member names are case sensitive"
+    }
 ]