diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 4b6636314d..3659d8e0df 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     crankycoder@gmail.com
     Paul Collier <paul@paul-collier.com>
     Robert Coup
+    David Cramer <dcramer@gmail.com>
     Pete Crosier <pete.crosier@gmail.com>
     Matt Croydon <http://www.postneo.com/>
     Jure Cuhalev <gandalf@owca.info>
diff --git a/django/db/models/deletion.py b/django/db/models/deletion.py
index 1c3a582fc5..81f74923c2 100644
--- a/django/db/models/deletion.py
+++ b/django/db/models/deletion.py
@@ -75,17 +75,17 @@ class Collector(object):
         self.using = using
         # Initially, {model: set([instances])}, later values become lists.
         self.data = {}
-        self.field_updates = {} # {model: {(field, value): set([instances])}}
+        self.field_updates = {}  # {model: {(field, value): set([instances])}}
         # fast_deletes is a list of queryset-likes that can be deleted without
         # fetching the objects into memory.
-        self.fast_deletes = [] 
+        self.fast_deletes = []
 
         # Tracks deletion-order dependency for databases without transactions
         # or ability to defer constraint checks. Only concrete model classes
         # should be included, as the dependencies exist only between actual
         # database tables; proxy models are represented here by their concrete
         # parent.
-        self.dependencies = {} # {model: set([models])}
+        self.dependencies = {}  # {model: set([models])}
 
     def add(self, objs, source=None, nullable=False, reverse_dependency=False):
         """
@@ -301,12 +301,11 @@ class Collector(object):
             pk_list = [obj.pk for obj in instances]
             query.delete_batch(pk_list, self.using)
 
-        # send post_delete signals
-        for model, obj in self.instances_with_model():
             if not model._meta.auto_created:
-                signals.post_delete.send(
-                    sender=model, instance=obj, using=self.using
-                )
+                for obj in instances:
+                    signals.post_delete.send(
+                        sender=model, instance=obj, using=self.using
+                    )
 
         # update collected instances
         for model, instances_for_fieldvalues in six.iteritems(self.field_updates):
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/delete/tests.py b/tests/modeltests/delete/tests.py
index 20b815c33d..0a3ddcfc2e 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/delete/tests.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/delete/tests.py
@@ -229,6 +229,27 @@ class DeletionTests(TestCase):
         models.signals.post_delete.disconnect(log_post_delete)
         models.signals.post_delete.disconnect(log_pre_delete)
 
+    def test_relational_post_delete_signals_happen_before_parent_object(self):
+        deletions = []
+
+        def log_post_delete(instance, **kwargs):
+            self.assertTrue(R.objects.filter(pk=instance.r_id))
+            self.assertEquals(type(instance), S)
+            deletions.append(instance.id)
+
+        r = R.objects.create(pk=1)
+        S.objects.create(pk=1, r=r)
+
+        models.signals.post_delete.connect(log_post_delete, sender=S)
+
+        try:
+            r.delete()
+        finally:
+            models.signals.post_delete.disconnect(log_post_delete)
+
+        self.assertEquals(len(deletions), 1)
+        self.assertEquals(deletions[0], 1)
+
     @skipUnlessDBFeature("can_defer_constraint_checks")
     def test_can_defer_constraint_checks(self):
         u = User.objects.create(