diff --git a/cake/libs/model/model.php b/cake/libs/model/model.php
index 100d331b5..32a19a717 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/model.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/model.php
@@ -1593,6 +1593,7 @@ class Model extends Overloadable {
 
 		if (Set::numeric(array_keys($data))) {
 			while ($validates) {
+				$return = array();
 				foreach ($data as $key => $record) {
 					if (!$currentValidates = $this->__save($record, $options)) {
 						$validationErrors[$key] = $this->validationErrors;
@@ -1624,7 +1625,6 @@ class Model extends Overloadable {
 					break;
 					case ($options['validate'] === 'first'):
 						$options['validate'] = true;
-						$return = array();
 					break;
 					default:
 						if ($options['atomic']) {
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_write.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_write.test.php
index 7de1d0820..497bc56fa 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_write.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_write.test.php
@@ -3584,6 +3584,65 @@ class ModelWriteTest extends BaseModelTest {
 		$this->assertEqual($result[0]['Comment'][0]['comment'], 'Only new comment');
 	}
 
+/**
+ * test saveAll()'s return is correct when using atomic = false and validate = first.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function testSaveAllValidateFirstAtomicFalse() {
+		$Something =& new Something();
+		$invalidData = array(
+			array(
+				'title' => 'foo',
+				'body' => 'bar',
+				'published' => 'baz',
+			),
+			array(
+				'body' => 3,
+				'published' =>'sd',
+			),
+		);
+		$Something->create();
+		$Something->validate = array(
+			'title' => array(
+				'rule' => 'alphaNumeric',
+				'required' => true,
+			),
+			'body' => array(
+				'rule' => 'alphaNumeric',
+				'required' => true,
+				'allowEmpty' => true,
+			),
+		);
+		$result = $Something->saveAll($invalidData, array(
+			'atomic' => false,
+			'validate' => 'first',
+		));
+		$expected = array(true, false);
+		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
+
+		$Something =& new Something();
+		$validData = array(
+			array(
+				'title' => 'title value',
+				'body' => 'body value',
+				'published' => 'baz',
+			),
+			array(
+				'title' => 'valid',
+				'body' => 'this body',
+				'published' =>'sd',
+			),
+		);
+		$Something->create();
+		$result = $Something->saveAll($validData, array(
+			'atomic' => false,
+			'validate' => 'first',
+		));
+		$expected = array(true, true);
+		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
+	}
+
 /**
  * testUpdateWithCalculation method
  *