diff --git a/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php b/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php
index f14373370..646579da1 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php
@@ -173,9 +173,13 @@ class CakeRequest implements ArrayAccess {
 		if (ini_get('magic_quotes_gpc') === '1') {
 			$this->data = stripslashes_deep($this->data);
 		}
+
+		$override = false;
 		if (env('HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE')) {
 			$this->data['_method'] = env('HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE');
+			$override = true;
 		}
+
 		$isArray = is_array($this->data);
 		if ($isArray && isset($this->data['_method'])) {
 			if (!empty($_SERVER)) {
@@ -184,7 +188,13 @@ class CakeRequest implements ArrayAccess {
 				$_ENV['REQUEST_METHOD'] = $this->data['_method'];
 			}
 			unset($this->data['_method']);
+			$override = true;
 		}
+
+		if ($override) {
+			$this->data = array();
+		}
+
 		if ($isArray && isset($this->data['data'])) {
 			$data = $this->data['data'];
 			if (count($this->data) <= 1) {
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/CakeRequestTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/CakeRequestTest.php
index b588565a5..b91cefc3e 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/CakeRequestTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/CakeRequestTest.php
@@ -2444,6 +2444,25 @@ XML;
 		$request->allowMethod('POST');
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Tests that overriding the method to GET will clean all request
+ * data, to better simulate a GET request.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testMethodOverrideEmptyData()
+	{
+		$_POST= array('_method' => 'GET', 'foo' => 'bar');
+		$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'PUT';
+		$request = new CakeRequest('/posts/edit/1');
+		$this->assertEmpty($request->data);
+
+		$_POST= array('foo' => 'bar');
+		$_SERVER['HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE'] = 'GET';
+		$request = new CakeRequest('/posts/edit/1');
+		$this->assertEmpty($request->data);
+	}
+
 /**
  * loadEnvironment method
  *