diff --git a/spring-js/src/main/java/org/springframework/js/ajax/tiles2/AjaxTilesView.java b/spring-js/src/main/java/org/springframework/js/ajax/tiles2/AjaxTilesView.java
index b9df7c60..b9abd689 100644
--- a/spring-js/src/main/java/org/springframework/js/ajax/tiles2/AjaxTilesView.java
+++ b/spring-js/src/main/java/org/springframework/js/ajax/tiles2/AjaxTilesView.java
@@ -121,12 +121,10 @@ public class AjaxTilesView extends TilesView {
 			Attribute attr = (Attribute) compositeDefinition.getAttributes().get(key);
 			Definition nestedDefinition = container.getDefinitionsFactory().getDefinition(attr.getValue().toString(),
 					requestContext);
+			resultMap.put(key, attr);
 			if (nestedDefinition != null) {
 				flattenAttributeMap(container, requestContext, resultMap, nestedDefinition);
-			} else {
-				resultMap.put(key, attr);
 			}
-
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-webflow-samples/booking-mvc/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/hotels/views.xml b/spring-webflow-samples/booking-mvc/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/hotels/views.xml
index 6554cc01..2cc6b8c4 100644
--- a/spring-webflow-samples/booking-mvc/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/hotels/views.xml
+++ b/spring-webflow-samples/booking-mvc/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/hotels/views.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	</definition>
 	
     <definition name="index.body" template="/WEB-INF/hotels/index.jsp">
-        <put-attribute name="hotelSearchForm" value="/WEB-INF/hotels/hotelSearchForm.jsp" />
+        <put-attribute name="hotelSearchForm" value="hotels.searchForm" />
         <put-attribute name="bookingsTable" value="/WEB-INF/hotels/bookingsTable.jsp" />
     </definition>
 	
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@
 		<put-attribute name="body" value="/WEB-INF/hotels/show.jsp" />
 	</definition>
 	
+	<definition name="hotels.searchForm" template="/WEB-INF/hotels/hotelSearchForm.jsp" />
+	
 </tiles-definitions>