diff --git a/cake/libs/controller/components/acl.php b/cake/libs/controller/components/acl.php
index ae07c62c9..e17a0dfdd 100644
--- a/cake/libs/controller/components/acl.php
+++ b/cake/libs/controller/components/acl.php
@@ -244,7 +244,9 @@ class DbAcl extends AclBase {
  */
 	function __construct() {
 		parent::__construct();
-		App::import('Model', 'DbAcl');
+		if (!class_exists('AclNode')) {
+			uses('model' . DS . 'db_acl');
+		}
 		$this->Aro =& ClassRegistry::init(array('class' => 'Aro', 'alias' => 'Aro'));
 		$this->Aco =& ClassRegistry::init(array('class' => 'Aco', 'alias' => 'Aco'));
 	}
diff --git a/cake/libs/model/behaviors/acl.php b/cake/libs/model/behaviors/acl.php
index b73bc50f0..b207f48e1 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/behaviors/acl.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/behaviors/acl.php
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ class AclBehavior extends ModelBehavior {
 		}
 		$this->settings[$model->alias] = array_merge(array('type' => 'requester'), (array)$config);
 		$type = $this->__typeMaps[$this->settings[$model->alias]['type']];
-		App::import('Model', 'DbAcl');
+		if (!class_exists('AclNode')) {
+			uses('model' . DS . 'db_acl');
+		}
 		$model->{$type} =& ClassRegistry::init($type);;
 		if (!method_exists($model, 'parentNode')) {
 			trigger_error("Callback parentNode() not defined in {$model->alias}", E_USER_WARNING);