diff --git a/include/class.orm.php b/include/class.orm.php
index c71f0e1e60f4e8e5e0aac99a8bfca98d89fcba8b..9255b8fe95d03ac094ef85b8c6fb7a628fa02b3f 100644
--- a/include/class.orm.php
+++ b/include/class.orm.php
@@ -429,11 +429,7 @@ class VerySimpleModel {
                 }
                 // Capture the object under the object's field name
                 $this->ht[$field] = $value;
-                if ($value->__new__)
-                    // save() will be performed when saving this object
-                    $value = null;
-                else
-                    $value = $value->get($j['fkey'][1]);
+                $value = $value->get($j['fkey'][1]);
                 // Fall through to the standard logic below
             }
             // Capture the foreign key id value