diff --git a/src/data.js b/src/data.js
index 344dae25f..a9b451788 100644
--- a/src/data.js
+++ b/src/data.js
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ Data.prototype = {
 		return value !== undefined ? value : key;
 	},
 	remove: function( owner, key ) {
-		var i, name,
+		var i, name, camel,
 			unlock = this.key( owner ),
 			cache = this.cache[ unlock ];
 
@@ -160,13 +160,14 @@ Data.prototype = {
 				// This will only penalize the array argument path.
 				name = key.concat( key.map( jQuery.camelCase ) );
 			} else {
+				camel = jQuery.camelCase( key );
 				// Try the string as a key before any manipulation
 				if ( key in cache ) {
-					name = [ key ];
+					name = [ key, camel ];
 				} else {
 					// If a key with the spaces exists, use it.
 					// Otherwise, create an array by matching non-whitespace
-					name = jQuery.camelCase( key );
+					name = camel;
 					name = name in cache ?
 						[ name ] : ( name.match( core_rnotwhite ) || [] );
 				}
diff --git a/test/unit/data.js b/test/unit/data.js
index c2cfe3f3f..1e36ea5c5 100644
--- a/test/unit/data.js
+++ b/test/unit/data.js
@@ -613,6 +613,35 @@ test(".data supports interoperable removal of hyphenated/camelCase properties",
 	});
 });
 
+test(".data supports interoperable removal of properties SET TWICE #13850", function() {
+	var div = jQuery("<div>").appendTo("#qunit-fixture"),
+		datas = {
+			"non-empty": "a string",
+			"empty-string": "",
+			"one-value": 1,
+			"zero-value": 0,
+			"an-array": [],
+			"an-object": {},
+			"bool-true": true,
+			"bool-false": false,
+			// JSHint enforces double quotes,
+			// but JSON strings need double quotes to parse
+			// so we need escaped double quotes here
+			"some-json": "{ \"foo\": \"bar\" }"
+		};
+
+	expect( 9 );
+
+	jQuery.each( datas, function( key, val ) {
+		div.data( key, val );
+		div.data( key, val );
+
+		div.removeData( key );
+
+		equal( div.data( key ), undefined, "removal: " + key );
+	});
+});
+
 test( ".removeData supports removal of hyphenated properties via array (#12786)", function() {
 	expect( 4 );