diff --git a/cake/console/libs/tasks/view.php b/cake/console/libs/tasks/view.php
index 2ebffc733..7ccc74072 100644
--- a/cake/console/libs/tasks/view.php
+++ b/cake/console/libs/tasks/view.php
@@ -366,6 +366,9 @@ class ViewTask extends BakeTask {
 		if ($content === true) {
 			$content = $this->getContent($action);
 		}
+		if (empty($content)) {
+			return false;
+		}
 		$path = $this->getPath();
 		$filename = $path . $this->controllerPath . DS . Inflector::underscore($action) . '.ctp';
 		return $this->createFile($filename, $content);
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/view.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/view.test.php
index 12f9d79d7..405b00a9a 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/view.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/view.test.php
@@ -374,6 +374,19 @@ class ViewTaskTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->Task->bake('index', true);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * test that baking a view with no template doesn't make a file.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function testBakeWithNoTemplate() {
+		$this->Task->controllerName = 'ViewTaskComments';
+		$this->Task->controllerPath = 'view_task_comments';
+
+		$this->Task->expectNever('createFile');
+		$this->Task->bake('delete', true);
+	}
+
 /**
  * test bake() with a -plugin param
  *