diff --git a/django/db/models/fields/related.py b/django/db/models/fields/related.py
index e3d4a18264..36dde5b7f4 100644
--- a/django/db/models/fields/related.py
+++ b/django/db/models/fields/related.py
@@ -770,11 +770,12 @@ class ForeignKey(RelatedField, Field):
         super(ForeignKey, self).validate(value, model_instance)
         if not value:
             return
-        try:
-            self.rel.to._default_manager.get(**{self.rel.field_name:value})
-        except self.rel.to.DoesNotExist, e:
-            raise exceptions.ValidationError(
-                    self.error_messages['invalid'] % {'model': self.rel.to._meta.verbose_name, 'pk': value})
+
+        qs = self.rel.to._default_manager.filter(**{self.rel.field_name:value})
+        qs = qs.complex_filter(self.rel.limit_choices_to)
+        if not qs.exists():
+            raise exceptions.ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'] % {
+                'model': self.rel.to._meta.verbose_name, 'pk': value})
 
     def get_attname(self):
         return '%s_id' % self.name
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/validation/models.py b/tests/modeltests/validation/models.py
index 017373c52a..43a5f5f935 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/validation/models.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/validation/models.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class ModelToValidate(models.Model):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
     created = models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.now)
     number = models.IntegerField()
-    parent = models.ForeignKey('self', blank=True, null=True)
+    parent = models.ForeignKey('self', blank=True, null=True, limit_choices_to={'number': 10})
     email = models.EmailField(blank=True)
     url = models.URLField(blank=True)
     f_with_custom_validator = models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True, validators=[validate_answer_to_universe])
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/validation/tests.py b/tests/modeltests/validation/tests.py
index d7fc8172da..00273931c7 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/validation/tests.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/validation/tests.py
@@ -30,9 +30,16 @@ class BaseModelValidationTests(ValidationTestCase):
 
     def test_correct_FK_value_validates(self):
         parent = ModelToValidate.objects.create(number=10, name='Some Name')
-        mtv=ModelToValidate(number=10, name='Some Name', parent_id=parent.pk)
+        mtv = ModelToValidate(number=10, name='Some Name', parent_id=parent.pk)
         self.assertEqual(None, mtv.full_clean())
 
+    def test_limitted_FK_raises_error(self):
+        # The limit_choices_to on the parent field says that a parent object's
+        # number attribute must be 10, so this should fail validation.
+        parent = ModelToValidate.objects.create(number=11, name='Other Name')
+        mtv = ModelToValidate(number=10, name='Some Name', parent_id=parent.pk)
+        self.assertFailsValidation(mtv.full_clean, ['parent'])
+
     def test_wrong_email_value_raises_error(self):
         mtv = ModelToValidate(number=10, name='Some Name', email='not-an-email')
         self.assertFailsValidation(mtv.full_clean, ['email'])