diff --git a/src/app/code/community/AvS/FastSimpleImport/Model/Import/Entity/Category.php b/src/app/code/community/AvS/FastSimpleImport/Model/Import/Entity/Category.php
index 36e2910f..9c60a771 100644
--- a/src/app/code/community/AvS/FastSimpleImport/Model/Import/Entity/Category.php
+++ b/src/app/code/community/AvS/FastSimpleImport/Model/Import/Entity/Category.php
@@ -794,22 +794,22 @@ public function getWebsiteCodes()
      */
     protected function _getParentCategory($rowData)
     {
-        $categoryParts = $this->_explodeEscaped('/',$rowData[self::COL_CATEGORY]);
+        $categoryParts = $this->_explodeEscaped('/', $rowData[self::COL_CATEGORY]);
         array_pop($categoryParts);
-        $parent = $this->_implodeEscaped('/',$categoryParts);
+        $parent = $this->_implodeEscaped('/', $categoryParts);
 
-        if ($parent)
-        {
-            if (isset($this->_categoriesWithRoots[$rowData[self::COL_ROOT]][$parent]))
-            {
+        if ($parent) {
+            if (isset($this->_categoriesWithRoots[$rowData[self::COL_ROOT]][$parent])) {
                 return $this->_categoriesWithRoots[$rowData[self::COL_ROOT]][$parent];
             } elseif (isset($this->_newCategory[$rowData[self::COL_ROOT]][$parent])) {
                 return $this->_newCategory[$rowData[self::COL_ROOT]][$parent];
             } else {
                 return false;
             }
-        } else {
+        } elseif (isset($this->_categoriesWithRoots[$rowData[self::COL_ROOT]])) {
             return reset($this->_categoriesWithRoots[$rowData[self::COL_ROOT]]);
+        } else {
+            return false;
         }
     }
 
@@ -876,9 +876,14 @@ public function validateRow(array $rowData, $rowNum)
             $root = $rowData[self::COL_ROOT];
             $category = $rowData[self::COL_CATEGORY];
 
+            //check if the root exists
+            if (! isset($this->_categoriesWithRoots[$root])) {
+                $this->addRowError(self::ERROR_INVALID_ROOT, $rowNum);
+                return false;
+            }
+
             //check if parent category exists
-            if ($this->_getParentCategory($rowData) === false)
-            {
+            if ($this->_getParentCategory($rowData) === false) {
 
                 $this->addRowError(self::ERROR_PARENT_NOT_FOUND, $rowNum);
                 return false;
@@ -898,14 +903,6 @@ public function validateRow(array $rowData, $rowNum)
                 }
             }
 
-            //check if the root exists
-            if (! isset($this->_categoriesWithRoots[$root]))
-            {
-                $this->addRowError(self::ERROR_INVALID_ROOT, $rowNum);
-                return false;
-            }
-
-
             // check simple attributes
             foreach ($this->_attributes as $attrCode => $attrParams) {
                 if (isset($rowData[$attrCode]) && strlen($rowData[$attrCode])) {
diff --git a/src/app/code/community/AvS/FastSimpleImport/Test/Model/Category/Import.php b/src/app/code/community/AvS/FastSimpleImport/Test/Model/Category/Import.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7617ff4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/code/community/AvS/FastSimpleImport/Test/Model/Category/Import.php
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?php
+
+class AvS_FastSimpleImport_Test_Model_Category_Import extends EcomDev_PHPUnit_Test_Case
+{
+    /**
+     * @var AvS_FastSimpleImport_Model_Import_Entity_Category
+     */
+    protected $_model;
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->_model = $this->getModelMock(
+            'fastsimpleimport/import_entity_category',
+            null,
+            false,
+            array(),
+            null,
+            false
+        );
+
+        parent::setUp();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * @covers AvS_FastSimpleImport_Model_Import_Entity_Category::validateRow
+     * @uses AvS_FastSimpleImport_Model_Import_Entity_Category::_explodeEscaped
+     * @uses AvS_FastSimpleImport_Model_Import_Entity_Category::getRowScope
+     * @uses AvS_FastSimpleImport_Model_Import_Entity_Category::_getCategoryName
+     * @uses AvS_FastSimpleImport_Model_Import_Entity_Category::_filterRowData
+     */
+    public function validateRowWrongRoot()
+    {
+        $row = array(
+            // Add a Salt to make sure it does not match any possible leftover from a failed fixture
+            '_root' => 'Not Default ' . substr(uniqid(), -6),
+            '_category' => 'Some category',
+        );
+
+        // Setup my own error message to prevent test for failing if it is changed later
+        $this->_model->addMessageTemplate(
+            AvS_FastSimpleImport_Model_Import_Entity_Category::ERROR_INVALID_ROOT,
+            'Invalid Root'
+        );
+
+        // Assert Validation failed
+        $result = $this->_model->validateRow($row, 1);
+        $this->assertFalse($result);
+
+        // Assert error message is correct
+        $errors = $this->_model->getErrorMessages();
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('Invalid Root', $errors);
+    }
+}
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