diff --git a/cake/libs/model/model.php b/cake/libs/model/model.php
index 033fc249a..0acb9af30 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/model.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/model.php
@@ -348,8 +348,8 @@ class Model extends Overloadable {
 			if ($this->useTable === null) {
 				$this->useTable = Inflector::tableize($this->name);
 			}
-
-			if (in_array('settableprefix', get_class_methods($this))) {
+			$methods = get_class_methods($this);
+			if (in_array('settableprefix', $methods) || in_array('setTablePrefix', $methods)) {
 				$this->setTablePrefix();
 			}
 
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model.test.php
index abef84619..9d8fb5a43 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model.test.php
@@ -4613,7 +4613,7 @@ class ModelTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->loadFixtures('DataTest');
 		$TestModel =& new DataTest();
 
-		$TestModel->create(array('float' => '')) && $TestModel->save();
+		$TestModel->create(array()) && $TestModel->save();
 		$result = $TestModel->findById($TestModel->id);
 		$this->assertIdentical($result['DataTest']['count'], '0');
 		$this->assertIdentical($result['DataTest']['float'], '0');