diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 7ff8d61885..db0afa268e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	url = git://github.com/matthew-brett/nitest-minc2.git
 [submodule "nipy-ecattest"]
 	path = nibabel-data/nipy-ecattest
-	url = https://github.com/freec84/nipy-ecattest
+	url = https://github.com/effigies/nipy-ecattest
 [submodule "nibabel-data/nitest-freesurfer"]
 	path = nibabel-data/nitest-freesurfer
 	url = https://bitbucket.org/nipy/nitest-freesurfer.git
diff --git a/nibabel-data/nipy-ecattest b/nibabel-data/nipy-ecattest
index 12c9ee6d18..9a0a592057 160000
--- a/nibabel-data/nipy-ecattest
+++ b/nibabel-data/nipy-ecattest
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 12c9ee6d18d50235e3453897a4be60c19bf126c0
+Subproject commit 9a0a592057bc16894c20c77b03ea1ebb5f8ca8f9
diff --git a/nibabel/ecat.py b/nibabel/ecat.py
index e8b881bd66..fef2741ef8 100644
--- a/nibabel/ecat.py
+++ b/nibabel/ecat.py
@@ -559,9 +559,9 @@ def _check_affines(self):
         affs = [self.get_frame_affine(i) for i in range(nframes)]
         if affs:
             i = iter(affs)
-            first = i.next()
+            first = next(i)
             for item in i:
-                if not np.all(first == item):
+                if not np.allclose(first, item):
                     return False
         return True
 
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ def __init__(self, dataobj, affine, header,
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        dataabj : array-like
+        dataobj : array-like
             image data
         affine : None or (4,4) array-like
             homogeneous affine giving relationship between voxel coords and
@@ -811,6 +811,7 @@ def __init__(self, dataobj, affine, header,
             file_map = self.__class__.make_file_map()
         self.file_map = file_map
         self._data_cache = None
+        self._fdata_cache = None
 
     @property
     def affine(self):
diff --git a/nibabel/tests/test_ecat_data.py b/nibabel/tests/test_ecat_data.py
index f0c9d70b3e..dce96646e8 100644
--- a/nibabel/tests/test_ecat_data.py
+++ b/nibabel/tests/test_ecat_data.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class TestNegatives(object):
         # unit: 1/cm
     )
 
-    @needs_nibabel_data('nitest-minc2')
+    @needs_nibabel_data('nipy-ecattest')
     def test_load(self):
         # Check highest level load of minc works
         img = self.opener(self.example_params['fname'])
@@ -50,3 +50,15 @@ def test_load(self):
         assert_almost_equal(data.min(), self.example_params['min'], 4)
         assert_almost_equal(data.max(), self.example_params['max'], 4)
         assert_almost_equal(data.mean(), self.example_params['mean'], 4)
+
+
+class TestMultiframe(TestNegatives):
+    example_params = dict(
+        fname=os.path.join(ECAT_TEST_PATH, 'ECAT7_testcase_multiframe.v'),
+        shape=(256, 256, 207, 3),
+        type=np.int16,
+        # Zeroed out image
+        min=0.0,
+        max=29170.67905,
+        mean=121.454,
+    )