diff --git a/lib/model.js b/lib/model.js
index 9c7f48f3..2e69d3e0 100644
--- a/lib/model.js
+++ b/lib/model.js
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ ModelBaseClass.prototype.toObject = function (onlySchema) {
     if (schemaLess) {
         Object.keys(self.__data).forEach(function (attr) {
             if (!data.hasOwnProperty(attr)) {
-                var val = self.__data[attr];
+                var val = self.hasOwnProperty(attr) ? self[attr] : self.__data[attr];
                 if(val !== undefined && val!== null && val.toObject) {
                     data[attr] = val.toObject(!schemaLess);
                 } else {
diff --git a/test/loopback-dl.test.js b/test/loopback-dl.test.js
index 53d91a74..9dba1254 100644
--- a/test/loopback-dl.test.js
+++ b/test/loopback-dl.test.js
@@ -369,6 +369,21 @@ describe('DataSource define model', function () {
         done(null, User);
     });
 
+
+    it('should change the property value for save if strict=false', function (done) {
+        var ds = new DataSource('memory');// define models
+        var Post = ds.define('Post');
+
+        Post.create({price: 900}, function(err, post) {
+            assert.equal(post.price, 900);
+            post.price = 1000;
+            post.save(function(err, result) {
+               assert.equal(1000, result.price);
+               done(err, result);
+            });
+        });
+    });
+
 });