diff --git a/django/newforms/models.py b/django/newforms/models.py
index 8d6ee1fda27c7..17fd1cf2e23fb 100644
--- a/django/newforms/models.py
+++ b/django/newforms/models.py
@@ -245,14 +245,14 @@ def __new__(cls, name, bases, attrs):
 
         # If a model is defined, extract form fields from it and add them to base_fields
         if attrs['_meta'].model is not None:
-            # Don't allow a subclass to define a Meta model if a parent class has.
-            # Technically the right fields would be generated, but the save 
-            # method will not deal with more than one model.
+            # Don't allow a subclass to define a different Meta model than a
+            # parent class has. Technically the right fields would be generated,
+            # but the save method will not deal with more than one model.
             for base in bases:
                 base_opts = getattr(base, '_meta', None)
                 base_model = getattr(base_opts, 'model', None)
-                if base_model is not None:
-                    raise ImproperlyConfigured('%s defines more than one model.' % name)
+                if base_model and base_model is not opts.model:
+                    raise ImproperlyConfigured('%s defines a different model than its parent.' % name)
             model_fields = fields_for_model(opts.model, opts.fields, opts.exclude)
             # fields declared in base classes override fields from the model
             model_fields.update(declared_fields)
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/model_forms/models.py b/tests/modeltests/model_forms/models.py
index 5e9584496e637..17c3b3551c924 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/model_forms/models.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/model_forms/models.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def __unicode__(self):
 ...         model = Article
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ImproperlyConfigured: BadForm defines more than one model.
+ImproperlyConfigured: BadForm defines a different model than its parent.
 
 >>> class ArticleForm(ModelForm):
 ...     class Meta:
@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ def __unicode__(self):
 ...
 ImproperlyConfigured: BadForm's base classes define more than one model.
 
+This one is OK since the subclass specifies the same model as the parent.
+
+>>> class SubCategoryForm(CategoryForm):
+...     class Meta:
+...         model = Category
+
 
 # Old form_for_x tests #######################################################