diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
index 102c10e73..0ef57939e 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
@@ -1749,6 +1749,10 @@ class Model extends Object implements CakeEventListener {
 			$this->_saveMulti($joined, $this->id, $db);
 		}
 
+		if ($success && $count === 0) {
+			$success = false;
+		}
+
 		if ($success && $count > 0) {
 			if (!empty($this->data)) {
 				if ($created) {
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php
index 1a015ef42..d901063eb 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php
@@ -24,6 +24,24 @@ require_once dirname(__FILE__) . DS . 'ModelTestBase.php';
  */
 class ModelWriteTest extends BaseModelTest {
 
+/**
+ * Test save() failing when there is no data.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testInsertNoData() {
+		$this->loadFixtures('Bid');
+		$Bid = ClassRegistry::init('Bid');
+
+		$this->assertFalse($Bid->save());
+
+		$result = $Bid->save(array('Bid' => array()));
+		$this->assertFalse($result);
+
+		$result = $Bid->save(array('Bid' => array('not in schema' => 1)));
+		$this->assertFalse($result);
+	}
+
 /**
  * testInsertAnotherHabtmRecordWithSameForeignKey method
  *