diff --git a/grails-plugin-url-mappings/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/mapping/DefaultUrlMappingInfo.java b/grails-plugin-url-mappings/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/mapping/DefaultUrlMappingInfo.java
index 097e98c09b2..595967c491b 100644
--- a/grails-plugin-url-mappings/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/mapping/DefaultUrlMappingInfo.java
+++ b/grails-plugin-url-mappings/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/mapping/DefaultUrlMappingInfo.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 
 import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons.GrailsApplication;
+import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.errors.GrailsExceptionResolver;
 import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.exceptions.UrlMappingException;
 import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.servlet.mvc.GrailsWebRequest;
 import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.util.WebUtils;
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ public String getId() {
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     private String checkDispatchAction(HttpServletRequest request) {
+        if(request.getAttribute(GrailsExceptionResolver.EXCEPTION_ATTRIBUTE)!= null) return null;
         String dispatchActionName = null;
         Enumeration<String> paramNames = tryMultipartParams(request, request.getParameterNames());
 
diff --git a/grails-test-suite-web/src/test/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/mapping/UrlMappingParameterTests.groovy b/grails-test-suite-web/src/test/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/mapping/UrlMappingParameterTests.groovy
index 3ddd0970d68..da364eac867 100644
--- a/grails-test-suite-web/src/test/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/mapping/UrlMappingParameterTests.groovy
+++ b/grails-test-suite-web/src/test/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/mapping/UrlMappingParameterTests.groovy
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping
 import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.servlet.mvc.AbstractGrailsControllerTests
 import org.springframework.core.io.ByteArrayResource
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockServletContext
+import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.util.WebUtils
+import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.errors.GrailsExceptionResolver
 
 /**
  * @author Graeme Rocher
@@ -49,6 +51,38 @@ class UrlMappings {
    }
 }
 '''
+    void testDontUseDispatchActionIfExceptionPresent() {
+        Closure closure = new GroovyClassLoader().parseClass(test1).mappings
+        def mappings = evaluator.evaluateMappings(closure)
+
+        webRequest.currentRequest.addParameter("${WebUtils.DISPATCH_ACTION_PARAMETER}foo", "true")
+        webRequest.currentRequest.setAttribute(GrailsExceptionResolver.EXCEPTION_ATTRIBUTE, new RuntimeException("bad"))
+        def holder = new DefaultUrlMappingsHolder(mappings)
+        def info = holder.match('/foo/list')
+
+        assert info != null
+
+        info.configure webRequest
+
+        assert info.actionName == 'list'
+
+    }
+    void testUseDispatchAction() {
+        Closure closure = new GroovyClassLoader().parseClass(test1).mappings
+        def mappings = evaluator.evaluateMappings(closure)
+
+        webRequest.currentRequest.addParameter("${WebUtils.DISPATCH_ACTION_PARAMETER}foo", "true")
+        def holder = new DefaultUrlMappingsHolder(mappings)
+        def info = holder.match('/foo/list')
+
+        assert info != null
+
+        info.configure webRequest
+
+        assert info.actionName == 'foo'
+
+        assertEquals "de", webRequest.params.lang
+    }
 
     void testNotEqual() {
         Closure closure = new GroovyClassLoader().parseClass(test3).mappings
diff --git a/grails-web/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/util/WebUtils.java b/grails-web/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/util/WebUtils.java
index 4b7e3c40743..b85d89d0e21 100644
--- a/grails-web/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/util/WebUtils.java
+++ b/grails-web/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/util/WebUtils.java
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ public static String forwardRequestForUrlMappingInfo(HttpServletRequest request,
     @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
     public static String forwardRequestForUrlMappingInfo(HttpServletRequest request,
             HttpServletResponse response, UrlMappingInfo info, Map model, boolean includeParams) throws ServletException, IOException {
+        exposeForwardRequestAttributes(request);
+        exposeRequestAttributes(request, model);
+
         String forwardUrl = buildDispatchUrlForMapping(info, includeParams);
 
         //populateParamsForMapping(info);
@@ -284,8 +287,6 @@ public static String forwardRequestForUrlMappingInfo(HttpServletRequest request,
         webRequest.removeAttribute(GrailsApplicationAttributes.MODEL_AND_VIEW, 0);
         webRequest.setActionName(info.getActionName());
 
-        exposeForwardRequestAttributes(request);
-        exposeRequestAttributes(request, model);
         dispatcher.forward(request, response);
         return forwardUrl;
     }