diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/tests/forms.py b/django/contrib/auth/tests/forms.py
index 38ee70b169..482979c59e 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/tests/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/tests/forms.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ FORM_TESTS = """
 >>> form.is_valid()
 False
 >>> form["username"].errors
-[u'A user with that username already exists.', u'This field cannot be blank.']
+[u'A user with that username already exists.']
 
 # The username contains invalid data.
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ False
 >>> form.is_valid()
 False
 >>> form["username"].errors
-[u'This value must contain only letters, numbers and underscores.', u'This field cannot be blank.']
+[u'This value must contain only letters, numbers and underscores.']
 
 # The verification password is incorrect.
 
diff --git a/django/db/models/base.py b/django/db/models/base.py
index 32804c3622..8cccab340a 100644
--- a/django/db/models/base.py
+++ b/django/db/models/base.py
@@ -606,13 +606,15 @@ class Model(object):
         """
         pass
 
-    def clean(self):
+    def clean(self, exclude=[]):
         """
         Cleans all fields and raises ValidationError containing message_dict of 
         all validation errors if any occur.
         """
         errors = {}
         for f in self._meta.fields:
+            if f.name in exclude:
+                continue
             try:
                 # TODO: is the [sg]etattr correct?
                 setattr(self, f.attname, f.clean(getattr(self, f.attname), self))
diff --git a/django/forms/models.py b/django/forms/models.py
index 40cde06bc1..192ab8e8f4 100644
--- a/django/forms/models.py
+++ b/django/forms/models.py
@@ -243,8 +243,7 @@ class BaseModelForm(BaseForm):
         self.instance = make_instance(self, self.instance, opts.fields, opts.exclude)
         self.validate_unique()
         try:
-            # FIMXE: what to do about duplicate errors? (is required etc.)
-            self.instance.clean()
+            self.instance.clean(exclude=self._errors.keys())
         except ValidationError, e:
             for k, v in e.message_dict.items():
                 if k != NON_FIELD_ERRORS:
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/model_forms/models.py b/tests/modeltests/model_forms/models.py
index a8a414143e..89fd56efe9 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/model_forms/models.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/model_forms/models.py
@@ -449,9 +449,9 @@ u'third-test'
 If you call save() with invalid data, you'll get a ValueError.
 >>> f = CategoryForm({'name': '', 'slug': 'not a slug!', 'url': 'foo'})
 >>> f.errors['name']
-[u'This field is required.', u'This field cannot be blank.']
+[u'This field is required.']
 >>> f.errors['slug']
-[u"Enter a valid 'slug' consisting of letters, numbers, underscores or hyphens.", u'This field cannot be blank.']
+[u"Enter a valid 'slug' consisting of letters, numbers, underscores or hyphens."]
 >>> f.cleaned_data
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...