diff --git a/app/controllers/spree/admin/products_controller_decorator.rb b/app/controllers/spree/admin/products_controller_decorator.rb
index af0e8cda62..3f5e092773 100644
--- a/app/controllers/spree/admin/products_controller_decorator.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/spree/admin/products_controller_decorator.rb
@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ Spree::Admin::ProductsController.class_eval do
   end
   
   def bulk_update
-    @collection_hash = Hash[params[:_json].each_with_index.map { |p,i| [i,p] }]
-    @collection_attributes = { :collection_attributes => @collection_hash }
-    @product_set = Spree::ProductSet.new(@collection_attributes)
+    collection_hash = Hash[params[:_json].each_with_index.map { |p,i| [i,p] }]
+    product_set = Spree::ProductSet.new()
 
-    if @product_set.save
+    if product_set.save(collection_hash)
       redirect_to bulk_index_admin_products_url :format => :json
     else
       render :nothing => true
diff --git a/app/models/spree/product_set.rb b/app/models/spree/product_set.rb
index 81041ffb66..fb9f3db0c9 100644
--- a/app/models/spree/product_set.rb
+++ b/app/models/spree/product_set.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,37 @@
 class Spree::ProductSet < ModelSet
   def initialize(attributes={})
-    super(Spree::Product, Spree::Product.all,
+    product_ids = attributes[:collection_attributes].each_value.map{ |p| p["id"] } if attributes[:collection_attributes]
+    super(Spree::Product, (product_ids ? Spree::Product.select{ |p| p.id.in? product_ids } : Spree::Product.all ),
           proc { |attrs| attrs[:product_id].blank? },
           attributes)
   end
+
+  # A separate method of updating products was required due to an issue with the way Rails' assign_attributes and updates_attributes behave when delegated attributes of a nested
+  # object are updated via the parent object (ie. price of variants). Updating such attributes by themselves did not work using:
+  # product.update_attributes( { variants_attributes: [ { id: y, price: xx.x } ] } )
+  # and so an explicit call to update attributes on each individual variant was required. ie:
+  # variant.update_attributes( { price: xx.x } )
+  def update_attributes(attributes)
+    e = @collection.detect { |e| e.id.to_s == attributes[:id].to_s && !e.id.nil? }
+    if e.nil?
+      @klass.new(attributes).save unless @reject_if.andand.call(attributes)
+    else
+      e.update_attributes(attributes.except(:id,:variants_attributes)) and (attributes[:variants_attributes] ? update_variants_attributes(e,attributes[:variants_attributes]) : true )
+    end
+  end
+
+  def update_variants_attributes(product,variants_attributes)
+    variants_attributes.each do |attributes|
+      e = product.variants.detect { |e| e.id.to_s == attributes[:id].to_s && !e.id.nil? }
+      if !e.nil?
+        e.update_attributes(attributes.except(:id))
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def save(collection_hash)
+    collection_hash.each_value.all? do |product_attributes|
+      update_attributes(product_attributes)
+    end
+  end
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/features/admin/bulk_product_update_spec.rb b/spec/features/admin/bulk_product_update_spec.rb
index c68a5657ad..abed3cc2cf 100644
--- a/spec/features/admin/bulk_product_update_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/admin/bulk_product_update_spec.rb
@@ -232,6 +232,26 @@ feature %q{
     page.should have_field "variant_on_hand", with: "10"
   end
 
+  scenario "updating delegated attributes of variants in isolation" do
+    p = FactoryGirl.create(:product)
+    v = FactoryGirl.create(:variant, product: p, price: 3.0)
+
+    login_to_admin_section
+
+    visit '/admin/products/bulk_index'
+
+    page.should have_field "variant_price", with: "3.0"
+
+    fill_in "variant_price", with: "10.0"
+
+    click_button 'Update'
+    page.find("span#update-status-message").should have_content "Update complete"
+
+    visit '/admin/products/bulk_index'
+
+    page.should have_field "variant_price", with: "10.0"
+  end
+
   scenario "updating a product mutiple times without refresh" do
     p = FactoryGirl.create(:product, name: 'original name')
     login_to_admin_section