diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
index a79ad39750a..5c6827b7f38 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ public function deconstruct($field, $data) {
  * @return array Array of table metadata
  */
 	public function schema($field = false) {
-		if (!is_array($this->_schema) || $field === true) {
+		if ($this->useTable !== false && (!is_array($this->_schema) || $field === true)) {
 			$db = $this->getDataSource();
 			$db->cacheSources = ($this->cacheSources && $db->cacheSources);
 			if (method_exists($db, 'describe') && $this->useTable !== false) {
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelIntegrationTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelIntegrationTest.php
index 5f94c88d5aa..add35893b00 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelIntegrationTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelIntegrationTest.php
@@ -2106,4 +2106,16 @@ public function testModelPrefixFromDatasource() {
 		ConnectionManager::drop('mock');
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Tests that calling schema() on a model that is not supposed to use a table
+ * does not trigger any calls on any datasource
+ *
+ * @return void
+ **/
+	public function testSchemaNoDB() {
+		$model = $this->getMock('Article', array('getDataSource'));
+		$model->useTable = false;
+		$model->expects($this->never())->method('getDataSource');
+		$this->assertEmpty($model->schema());
+	}
 }