diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
index c46f81160..73c1050ac 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
@@ -2339,7 +2339,7 @@ class Model extends Object implements CakeEventListener {
 					}
 				}
 
-				$validates = ($validates && ($saved === true || (is_array($saved) && !in_array(false, $saved, true))));
+				$validates = ($validates && ($saved === true || (is_array($saved) && !in_array(false, Hash::flatten($saved), true))));
 				if (!$validates) {
 					$validationErrors[$key] = $this->validationErrors;
 				}
@@ -2480,7 +2480,7 @@ class Model extends Object implements CakeEventListener {
 					} else {
 						$saved = $Model->save($values, array('atomic' => false) + $options);
 					}
-					$validates = ($saved === true || (is_array($saved) && !in_array(false, $saved, true)));
+					$validates = ($saved === true || (is_array($saved) && !in_array(false, Hash::flatten($saved), true)));
 				}
 
 				if ($validates) {
@@ -2538,7 +2538,7 @@ class Model extends Object implements CakeEventListener {
 							}
 						}
 
-						$validates = ($validates && ($saved === true || (is_array($saved) && !in_array(false, $saved, true))));
+						$validates = ($validates && ($saved === true || (is_array($saved) && !in_array(false, Hash::flatten($saved), true))));
 						if (!$validates) {
 							$validationErrors[$association] = $Model->validationErrors;
 						}
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php
index c0349ed48..b63a1828c 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php
@@ -7684,6 +7684,128 @@ class ModelWriteTest extends BaseModelTest {
 		$this->assertEquals(2, count($result['Attachment']));
 	}
 
+/**
+ * testSaveManyDeepHasManyValidationFailure method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testSaveManyDeepHasManyValidationFailure() {
+		$this->loadFixtures('Article', 'Comment');
+		$TestModel = new Article();
+		$TestModel->Comment->validate = array(
+			'comment' => array(
+				'notEmpty' => array(
+					'rule' => array('notEmpty'),
+				)
+			)
+		);
+
+		$result = $TestModel->saveMany(array(
+			array(
+				'user_id' => 1,
+				'title' => 'New Article',
+				'body' => 'This article contains a invalid comment',
+				'Comment' => array(
+					array(
+						'user_id' => 1,
+						'comment' => ''
+					)
+				)
+			)
+		), array('deep' => true));
+		$this->assertFalse($result);
+		$this->assertEquals(array(
+			array(
+				'Comment' => array(
+					array('comment' => array('notEmpty'))
+				)
+			)
+		), $TestModel->validationErrors);
+	}
+
+/**
+ * testSaveAssociatedDeepHasOneHasManyValidateTrueValidationFailure method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testSaveAssociatedDeepHasOneHasManyValidateTrueValidationFailure() {
+		$this->loadFixtures('User', 'Article', 'Comment');
+		$TestModel = new UserHasOneArticle();
+		$TestModel->Article->Comment->validate = array(
+			'comment' => array(
+				'notEmpty' => array(
+					'rule' => array('notEmpty'),
+				)
+			)
+		);
+
+		$result = $TestModel->saveAssociated(array(
+			'User' => array(
+				'user' => 'hiromi',
+				'password' => '5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99',
+			),
+			'Article' => array(
+				'title' => 'Article with User',
+				'body' => 'This article will be saved with an user and contains a invalid comment',
+				'Comment' => array(
+					array(
+						'user_id' => 1,
+						'comment' => ''
+					)
+				)
+			)
+		), array('deep' => true, 'validate' => true));
+		$this->assertFalse($result);
+		$this->assertEquals(array(
+			'Article' => array(
+				'Comment' => array(
+					array('comment' => array('notEmpty'))
+				)
+			)
+		), $TestModel->validationErrors);
+	}
+
+/**
+ * testSaveAssociatedDeepBelongsToHasManyValidateTrueValidationFailure method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testSaveAssociatedDeepBelongsToHasManyValidateTrueValidationFailure() {
+		$this->loadFixtures('ArticlesTag', 'Article', 'Comment');
+		$TestModel = new ArticlesTagBelongsToArticle();
+		$TestModel->Article->Comment->validate = array(
+			'comment' => array(
+				'notEmpty' => array(
+					'rule' => array('notEmpty'),
+				)
+			)
+		);
+
+		$result = $TestModel->saveAssociated(array(
+			'ArticlesTagBelongsToArticle' => array(
+				'tag_id' => 1,
+			),
+			'Article' => array(
+				'title' => 'Article with User',
+				'body' => 'This article will be saved with an user and contains a invalid comment',
+				'Comment' => array(
+					array(
+						'user_id' => 1,
+						'comment' => ''
+					)
+				)
+			)
+		), array('deep' => true, 'validate' => true));
+		$this->assertFalse($result);
+		$this->assertEquals(array(
+			'Article' => array(
+				'Comment' => array(
+					array('comment' => array('notEmpty'))
+				)
+			)
+		), $TestModel->validationErrors);
+	}
+
 /**
  * testUpdateAllBoolean
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/models.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/models.php
index ced7a56b3..ad7781115 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/models.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/models.php
@@ -5079,3 +5079,50 @@ class Example extends AppModel {
 	);
 
 }
+
+/**
+ * UserHasOneArticle class
+ *
+ * @package       Cake.Test.Case.Model
+ */
+class UserHasOneArticle extends AppModel {
+
+/**
+ * useTable property
+ *
+ * @var string
+ */
+	public $useTable = 'users';
+
+/**
+ * hasOne property
+ *
+ * @var array
+ */
+	public $hasOne = array('Article');
+
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * ArticlesTagBelongsToArticle class
+ *
+ * @package       Cake.Test.Case.Model
+ */
+class ArticlesTagBelongsToArticle extends CakeTestModel {
+
+/**
+ * useTable property
+ *
+ * @var string
+ */
+	public $useTable = 'articles_tags';
+
+/**
+ * belongsTo property
+ *
+ * @var array
+ */
+	public $belongsTo = array('Article');
+
+}