diff --git a/jsdoc.js b/jsdoc.js
index 5ea476d4..6f63faa2 100755
--- a/jsdoc.js
+++ b/jsdoc.js
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ global.app = {
 global.dump = function() {
     'use strict';
 
-    var doop = require('./lib/jsdoc/util/doop').doop;
     var _dump = require('./lib/jsdoc/util/dumper').dump;
+
     for (var i = 0, l = arguments.length; i < l; i++) {
-        console.log( _dump(doop(arguments[i])) );
+        console.log( _dump(arguments[i]) );
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/util/doop.js b/lib/jsdoc/util/doop.js
index ba0fea2f..52b68e79 100644
--- a/lib/jsdoc/util/doop.js
+++ b/lib/jsdoc/util/doop.js
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ function hasItem(set, item) {
     }
 }
 
-// TODO: should share code with jsdoc/util/dumper~ObjectWalker
+// TODO: can we remove the circular-ref checking? pretty sure it's not needed anymore...
+// if we need this here for some reason I'm forgetting, we should share code with jsdoc/util/dumper
 function doop(o, seen) {
     var clone;
     var descriptor;
diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/util/dumper.js b/lib/jsdoc/util/dumper.js
index 3e3f88de..96795cb6 100644
--- a/lib/jsdoc/util/dumper.js
+++ b/lib/jsdoc/util/dumper.js
@@ -8,42 +8,37 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var util = require('util');
-var setDefined = typeof Set !== 'undefined';
+
+var OBJECT_WALKER_KEY = 'hasBeenSeenByWalkerDumper';
+var SET_DEFINED = (typeof Set !== 'undefined');
 
 function ObjectWalker() {
-    if (setDefined) {
-        this.seenItems = new Set();
-    } else {
-        this.seenItems = [];
-    }
+    this.seenItems = SET_DEFINED ? new Set() : [];
 }
 
 ObjectWalker.prototype.seen = function(object) {
     var result;
-    if (setDefined) {
+
+    if (SET_DEFINED) {
         result = this.seenItems.has(object);
     } else {
-        result = object.hasBeenSeenByWalkerDumper;
+        result = object[OBJECT_WALKER_KEY];
     }
     return result;
 };
 
 ObjectWalker.prototype.markAsSeen = function(object) {
-    if (setDefined) {
+    if (SET_DEFINED) {
         this.seenItems.add(object);
     } else {
-        object.hasBeenSeenByWalkerDumper = true;
+        object[OBJECT_WALKER_KEY] = true;
         this.seenItems.push(object);
     }
 };
 
-ObjectWalker.prototype.cleanSeenFlag = function() {
-    if (setDefined) {
-        this.seenItems = new Set();
-    } else {
-        this.seenItems.forEach(function(object) {
-            delete object.hasBeenSeenByWalkerDumper;
-        });
+ObjectWalker.prototype.removeSeenFlag = function(obj) {
+    if (!SET_DEFINED) {
+        delete obj[OBJECT_WALKER_KEY];
     }
 };
 
@@ -85,10 +80,13 @@ ObjectWalker.prototype.walk = function(o) {
     else if ( Array.isArray(o) ) {
         result = this.checkCircularRefs(o, function(arr) {
             var newArray = [];
+
             arr.forEach(function(item) {
                 newArray.push( self.walk(item) );
             });
 
+            self.removeSeenFlag(arr);
+
             return newArray;
         });
     }
@@ -107,11 +105,14 @@ ObjectWalker.prototype.walk = function(o) {
     else if ( this.isObject(o) && o !== null ) {
         result = this.checkCircularRefs(o, function(obj) {
             var newObj = {};
+
             Object.keys(obj).forEach(function(key) {
-                if (!setDefined && key === 'hasBeenSeenByWalkerDumper') { return; }
+                if (!SET_DEFINED && key === OBJECT_WALKER_KEY) { return; }
                 newObj[key] = self.walk(obj[key]);
             });
 
+            self.removeSeenFlag(obj);
+
             return newObj;
         });
     }
@@ -128,8 +129,6 @@ ObjectWalker.prototype.walk = function(o) {
  */
 exports.dump = function(object) {
     var walker = new ObjectWalker();
-    var result = JSON.stringify(walker.walk(object), null, 4);
-    walker.cleanSeenFlag();
 
-    return result;
+    return JSON.stringify(walker.walk(object), null, 4);
 };
diff --git a/test/specs/jsdoc/util/dumper.js b/test/specs/jsdoc/util/dumper.js
index 37fb11c0..67deabf3 100644
--- a/test/specs/jsdoc/util/dumper.js
+++ b/test/specs/jsdoc/util/dumper.js
@@ -140,5 +140,33 @@ describe('jsdoc/util/dumper', function() {
 
             expect(actual).toBe(expected);
         });
+
+        it('should not treat references between different objects as circular refs', function() {
+            var a = [
+                {
+                    b: {
+                        c: 1
+                    }
+                }
+            ];
+            a[1] = { d: a[0].b };
+
+            var actual = dumper.dump(a);
+            var expected = '' +
+                '[\n' +
+                '    {\n' +
+                '        "b": {\n' +
+                '            "c": 1\n' +
+                '        }\n' +
+                '    },\n' +
+                '    {\n' +
+                '        "d": {\n' +
+                '            "c": 1\n' +
+                '        }\n' +
+                '    }\n' +
+                ']';
+
+            expect(actual).toBe(expected);
+        });
     });
 });