diff --git a/multifield.field.inc b/multifield.field.inc
index 7337c12..dc26830 100644
--- a/multifield.field.inc
+++ b/multifield.field.inc
@@ -530,8 +530,11 @@ function multifield_field_attach_form($entity_type, $entity, &$form, &$form_stat
   foreach (field_info_instances($entity_type, $form['#bundle']) as $field_name => $instance) {
     $field = field_info_field($field_name);
     if (multifield_extract_multifield_machine_name($field) && $field['cardinality'] == FIELD_CARDINALITY_UNLIMITED && !empty($field['settings']['hide_blank_items']) && field_access('edit', $field, $entity_type) ) {
+      if (isset($form[$field_name])) {
+        continue;
+      }
       $element_langcode = $form[$field_name]['#language'];
-      if (isset($form[$field_name][$element_langcode]['#max_delta']) && $form[$field_name][$element_langcode]['#max_delta'] > 0) {
+      if ($form[$field_name][$element_langcode]['#max_delta'] > 0) {
         $form[$field_name][$element_langcode]['#max_delta']--;
       }
     }