diff --git a/cake/libs/controller/controller.php b/cake/libs/controller/controller.php
index 371fc74cf..20fb8dfdd 100644
--- a/cake/libs/controller/controller.php
+++ b/cake/libs/controller/controller.php
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ class Controller extends Object {
 		}
 
 		if (!empty($options['order']) && is_array($options['order'])) {
-			$alias = $object->alias ;
+			$alias = $object->alias;
 			$key = $field = key($options['order']);
 
 			if (strpos($key, '.') !== false) {
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ class Controller extends Object {
 
 			if ($object->hasField($field)) {
 				$options['order'][$alias . '.' . $field] = $value;
-			} elseif ($object->hasField($field, true)) {
+			} elseif ($object->hasField($key, true)) {
 				$options['order'][$field] = $value;
 			} elseif (isset($object->{$alias}) && $object->{$alias}->hasField($field)) {
 				$options['order'][$alias . '.' . $field] = $value;
diff --git a/cake/libs/model/model.php b/cake/libs/model/model.php
index 7d29ed461..764124191 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/model.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/model.php
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ class Model extends Overloadable {
 		}
 		if (strpos($field, '.') !== false) {
 			list($model, $field) = explode('.', $field);
-			if (isset($this->virtualFields[$field])) {
+			if ($model == $this->alias && isset($this->virtualFields[$field])) {
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php
index e7adb46ad..729b9a0ab 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php
@@ -832,6 +832,36 @@ class ControllerTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertEqual(Set::extract($result, '{n}.ControllerPost.offset_test'), array(2, 3, 4));
 	}
 
+/**
+ * test paginate() and virtualField overlapping with real fields.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function testPaginateOrderVirtualFieldSharedWithRealField() {
+		$Controller =& new Controller();
+		$Controller->uses = array('ControllerPost', 'ControllerComment');
+		$Controller->params['url'] = array();
+		$Controller->constructClasses();
+		$Controller->ControllerComment->virtualFields = array(
+			'title' => 'ControllerComment.comment'
+		);
+		$Controller->ControllerComment->bindModel(array(
+			'belongsTo' => array(
+				'ControllerPost' => array(
+					'className' => 'ControllerPost',
+					'foreignKey' => 'article_id'
+				)
+			)
+		), false);
+
+		$Controller->paginate = array(
+			'fields' => array('ControllerComment.id', 'title', 'ControllerPost.title'),
+		);
+		$Controller->passedArgs = array('sort' => 'ControllerPost.title', 'dir' => 'asc');
+		$result = $Controller->paginate('ControllerComment');
+		$this->assertEqual(Set::extract($result, '{n}.ControllerComment.id'), array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6));
+	}
+
 /**
  * testFlash method
  *
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_read.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_read.test.php
index c4e89fd04..c553be802 100755
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_read.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_read.test.php
@@ -7435,6 +7435,7 @@ class ModelReadTest extends BaseModelTest {
 
 		$this->assertTrue($Post->isVirtualField('other_field'));
 		$this->assertTrue($Post->isVirtualField('Post.other_field'));
+		$this->assertFalse($Post->isVirtualField('Comment.other_field'), 'Other models should not match.');
 		$this->assertFalse($Post->isVirtualField('id'));
 		$this->assertFalse($Post->isVirtualField('Post.id'));
 		$this->assertFalse($Post->isVirtualField(array()));