diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py b/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py
index 7cd3f0a3af..b1ab7d543c 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def items_for_result(cl, result, form):
                 result_repr = conditional_escape(result_repr)
             yield mark_safe(u'<td%s>%s</td>' % (row_class, result_repr))
     if form:
-        yield mark_safe(force_unicode(form[cl.model._meta.pk.name]))
+        yield mark_safe(u'<td>%s</td>' % force_unicode(form[cl.model._meta.pk.name]))
 
 def results(cl):
     if cl.formset:
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/admin_changelist/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/admin_changelist/tests.py
index 2164653b75..b70d7c51f4 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/admin_changelist/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/admin_changelist/tests.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import unittest 
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.contrib.admin.views.main import ChangeList
-from regressiontests.admin_changelist.models import Child
+from django.template import Context, Template
+from regressiontests.admin_changelist.models import Child, Parent
 
 class ChangeListTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_select_related_preserved(self):
@@ -11,10 +12,51 @@ class ChangeListTests(unittest.TestCase):
         """
         m = ChildAdmin(Child, admin.site)
         cl = ChangeList(MockRequest(), Child, m.list_display, m.list_display_links, 
-                m.list_filter,m.date_hierarchy, m.search_fields, 
+                m.list_filter, m.date_hierarchy, m.search_fields, 
                 m.list_select_related, m.list_per_page, m.list_editable, m)
         self.assertEqual(cl.query_set.query.select_related, {'parent': {'name': {}}})
 
+    def test_result_list_html(self):
+        """
+        Regression test for #11791: Inclusion tag result_list generates a 
+        table and this checks that the items are nested within the table
+        element tags.
+        """
+        new_parent = Parent.objects.create(name='parent')
+        new_child = Child.objects.create(name='name', parent=new_parent)
+        request = MockRequest()
+        m = ChildAdmin(Child, admin.site)
+        cl = ChangeList(request, Child, m.list_display, m.list_display_links, 
+                m.list_filter, m.date_hierarchy, m.search_fields, 
+                m.list_select_related, m.list_per_page, m.list_editable, m)
+        FormSet = m.get_changelist_formset(request)
+        cl.formset = FormSet(queryset=cl.result_list)
+        template = Template('{% load admin_list %}{% spaceless %}{% result_list cl %}{% endspaceless %}')
+        context = Context({'cl': cl})
+        table_output = template.render(context)
+        hidden_input_elem = '<input type="hidden" name="form-0-id" value="1" id="id_form-0-id" />' 
+        self.failIf(table_output.find(hidden_input_elem) == -1,
+            'Failed to find expected hidden input element in: %s' % table_output)
+        self.failIf(table_output.find('<td>%s</td>' % hidden_input_elem) == -1,
+            'Hidden input element is not enclosed in <td> element.')
+
+        # Test with list_editable fields
+        m.list_display = ['id', 'name', 'parent']
+        m.list_display_links = ['id']
+        m.list_editable = ['name']
+        cl = ChangeList(request, Child, m.list_display, m.list_display_links, 
+                m.list_filter, m.date_hierarchy, m.search_fields, 
+                m.list_select_related, m.list_per_page, m.list_editable, m)
+        FormSet = m.get_changelist_formset(request)
+        cl.formset = FormSet(queryset=cl.result_list)
+        template = Template('{% load admin_list %}{% spaceless %}{% result_list cl %}{% endspaceless %}')
+        context = Context({'cl': cl})
+        table_output = template.render(context)
+        self.failIf(table_output.find(hidden_input_elem) == -1,
+            'Failed to find expected hidden input element in: %s' % table_output)
+        self.failIf(table_output.find('<td>%s</td>' % hidden_input_elem) == -1,
+            'Hidden input element is not enclosed in <td> element.')
+
 class ChildAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     list_display = ['name', 'parent']
     def queryset(self, request):