diff --git a/_pylibmcmodule.c b/_pylibmcmodule.c
index 34eba50..2aafa68 100644
--- a/_pylibmcmodule.c
+++ b/_pylibmcmodule.c
@@ -453,12 +453,12 @@ static PyObject *_PylibMC_RunSetCommandMulti(PylibMC_Client* self,
     PyObject * retval = NULL;
     size_t idx = 0;
 
-    static char *kws[] = { "keys", "key_prefix", "time", "min_compress_len", NULL };
+    static char *kws[] = { "keys", "time", "key_prefix", "min_compress_len", NULL };
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O!|O!II", kws,
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O!|ISI", kws,
                                      &PyDict_Type, &keys,
-                                     &PyString_Type, &key_prefix,
-                                     &time, &min_compress)) {
+                                     &time, &key_prefix,
+                                     &min_compress)) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index f133739..018e5dc 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -74,11 +74,15 @@ True
 >>> c.get("hi")
 >>> c.set("hi", "loretta", int(time()) + 2)
 True
+>>> c.set_multi({"hi2": "charlotta"}, 1)
+[]
 >>> c.get("hi")
 'loretta'
+>>> c.get("hi2")
+'charlotta'
 >>> sleep(3.1)
->>> c.get("hi")
->>>
+>>> c.get("hi"), c.get("hi2")
+(None, None)
 
 See issue #1 ``http://github.com/lericson/pylibmc/issues/#issue/1`` -- delete
 should not accept a time argument.