diff --git a/lib/Cake/Controller/Controller.php b/lib/Cake/Controller/Controller.php
index 0e4ba7384eb..e279be969a4 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Controller/Controller.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Controller/Controller.php
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ public function loadModel($modelClass = null, $id = null) {
 		}
 
 		$this->uses = ($this->uses) ? (array)$this->uses : array();
-		if (!in_array($modelClass, $this->uses)) {
+		if (!in_array($modelClass, $this->uses, true)) {
 			$this->uses[] = $modelClass;
 		}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/ControllerTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/ControllerTest.php
index 9e2d1619e3e..74b1d31c025 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/ControllerTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/ControllerTest.php
@@ -447,11 +447,24 @@ public function testLoadModel() {
 
 		$result = $Controller->loadModel('ControllerPost');
 		$this->assertTrue($result);
-		$this->assertTrue(is_a($Controller->ControllerPost, 'ControllerPost'));
-		$this->assertTrue(in_array('ControllerPost', $Controller->uses));
+		$this->assertInstanceOf('ControllerPost', $Controller->ControllerPost);
+		$this->assertContains('ControllerPost', $Controller->uses);
+	}
 
-		ClassRegistry::flush();
-		unset($Controller);
+/**
+ * Test loadModel() when uses = true.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testLoadModelUsesTrue() {
+		$request = new CakeRequest('controller_posts/index');
+		$response = $this->getMock('CakeResponse');
+		$Controller = new Controller($request, $response);
+		$Controller->uses = true;
+
+		$Controller->loadModel('ControllerPost');
+		$this->assertInstanceOf('ControllerPost', $Controller->ControllerPost);
+		$this->assertContains('ControllerPost', $Controller->uses);
 	}
 
 /**