diff --git a/backbone.js b/backbone.js
index 16bd9661..51f0f2cb 100644
--- a/backbone.js
+++ b/backbone.js
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
     // If the server returns an attributes hash that differs, the model's
     // state will be `set` again.
     save: function(key, value, options) {
-      var attrs, current;
+      var attrs, current, done;
 
       // Handle both `("key", value)` and `({key: value})` -style calls.
       if (_.isObject(key) || key == null) {
@@ -375,11 +375,9 @@
       var model = this;
       var success = options.success;
       options.success = function(resp, status, xhr) {
+        done = true;
         var serverAttrs = model.parse(resp, xhr);
-        if (options.wait) {
-          delete options.wait;
-          serverAttrs = _.extend(attrs || {}, serverAttrs);
-        }
+        if (options.wait) serverAttrs = _.extend(attrs || {}, serverAttrs);
         if (!model.set(serverAttrs, options)) return false;
         if (success) success(model, resp, options);
         model.trigger('sync', model, resp, options);
@@ -388,7 +386,14 @@
       // Finish configuring and sending the Ajax request.
       options.error = Backbone.wrapError(options.error, model, options);
       var xhr = this.sync(this.isNew() ? 'create' : 'update', this, options);
-      if (options.wait) this.clear(silentOptions).set(current, silentOptions);
+
+      // When using `wait`, reset attributes to original values unless
+      // `success` has been called already.
+      if (!done && options.wait) {
+        this.clear(silentOptions);
+        this.set(current, silentOptions);
+      }
+
       return xhr;
     },
 
diff --git a/test/collection.js b/test/collection.js
index 776fc33b..a6f5bae9 100644
--- a/test/collection.js
+++ b/test/collection.js
@@ -648,4 +648,12 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     collection.fetch();
     collection.create({id: 1});
   });
+
+  test("#1447 - create with wait adds model.", function() {
+    var collection = new Backbone.Collection;
+    var model = new Backbone.Model;
+    model.sync = function(method, model, options){ options.success(); };
+    collection.on('add', function(){ ok(true); });
+    collection.create(model, {wait: true});
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/model.js b/test/model.js
index 62661dff..8689d975 100644
--- a/test/model.js
+++ b/test/model.js
@@ -632,16 +632,14 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     equal(model.get('x'), void 0);
   });
 
-  test("`save` with `wait` results in correct attributes if success is called during sync", 2, function() {
-    var changed = 0;
+  test("#1030 - `save` with `wait` results in correct attributes if success is called during sync", 2, function() {
     var model = new Backbone.Model({x: 1, y: 2});
     model.sync = function(method, model, options) {
       options.success();
     };
-    model.on("change:x", function() { changed++; });
+    model.on("change:x", function() { ok(true); });
     model.save({x: 3}, {wait: true});
     equal(model.get('x'), 3);
-    equal(changed, 1);
   });
 
   test("save with wait validates attributes", 1, function() {