diff --git a/cake/libs/model/model.php b/cake/libs/model/model.php
index f7cfd6787..841302610 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/model.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/model.php
@@ -1365,6 +1365,9 @@ class Model extends Overloadable {
 				$return[$this->alias][] = $validates;
 			}
 			foreach ($data as $association => $values) {
+				if (!$validates) {
+					break;
+				}
 				if (isset($associations[$association])) {
 					$type = $associations[$association];
 					switch ($type) {
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model.test.php
index f694295d6..9f835b95e 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model.test.php
@@ -2142,6 +2142,37 @@ class ModelTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$result = $this->model->findById(2);
 		$expected = array('First Comment for Second Article', 'Second Comment for Second Article', 'First new comment', 'Second new comment');
 		$this->assertEqual(Set::extract($result['Comment'], '{n}.comment'), $expected);
+
+		$result = $this->model->saveAll(
+			array(
+				'Article' => array('id' => 2),
+				'Comment' => array(
+					array('comment' => 'Third new comment', 'published' => 'Y', 'user_id' => 1),
+				)
+			),
+			array('atomic' => false)
+		);
+		$this->assertTrue($result);
+
+		$result = $this->model->findById(2);
+		$expected = array('First Comment for Second Article', 'Second Comment for Second Article', 'First new comment', 'Second new comment', 'Third new comment');
+		$this->assertEqual(Set::extract($result['Comment'], '{n}.comment'), $expected);
+
+		$this->model->beforeSaveReturn = false;
+		$result = $this->model->saveAll(
+			array(
+				'Article' => array('id' => 2),
+				'Comment' => array(
+					array('comment' => 'Fourth new comment', 'published' => 'Y', 'user_id' => 1),
+				)
+			),
+			array('atomic' => false)
+		);
+		$this->assertEqual($result, array('Article' => array(0 => false)));
+
+		$result = $this->model->findById(2);
+		$expected = array('First Comment for Second Article', 'Second Comment for Second Article', 'First new comment', 'Second new comment', 'Third new comment');
+		$this->assertEqual(Set::extract($result['Comment'], '{n}.comment'), $expected);
 	}
 
 	function testSaveAllTransaction() {
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/models.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/models.php
index 5bb37c672..10ad1252b 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/models.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/models.php
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ class Article extends CakeTestModel {
 	var $hasMany = array('Comment' => array('dependent' => true));
 	var $hasAndBelongsToMany = array('Tag');
 	var $validate = array('user_id' => VALID_NUMBER, 'title' => array('allowEmpty' => false, 'rule' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY), 'body' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY);
+	var $beforeSaveReturn = true;
+
+	function beforeSave() {
+		return $this->beforeSaveReturn;
+	}
 
 	function titleDuplicate ($title) {
 		if ($title === 'My Article Title') {