diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 39c2da126..4daca0687 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 NEXT (2.6)
 -----------------------------------
 
+- fix issue473: work around mock putting an unbound method into a class
+  dict when double-patching.
+
 - fix issue498: if a fixture finalizer fails, make sure that 
   the fixture is still invalidated.
 
diff --git a/_pytest/python.py b/_pytest/python.py
index 25a5f5c67..7c43c8019 100644
--- a/_pytest/python.py
+++ b/_pytest/python.py
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ def pytest_pycollect_makeitem(__multicall__, collector, name, obj):
             return Class(name, parent=collector)
     elif collector.funcnamefilter(name) and hasattr(obj, "__call__") and \
         getfixturemarker(obj) is None:
+        # mock seems to store unbound methods (issue473), let's normalize it
+        obj = getattr(obj, "__func__", obj)
         if not isfunction(obj):
             collector.warn(code="C2", message=
                 "cannot collect %r because it is not a function."
diff --git a/testing/python/integration.py b/testing/python/integration.py
index b51fc7766..8798f643b 100644
--- a/testing/python/integration.py
+++ b/testing/python/integration.py
@@ -164,6 +164,21 @@ class TestMockDecoration:
         names = [x.nodeid.split("::")[-1] for x in calls]
         assert names == ["test_one", "test_two", "test_three"]
 
+    def test_mock_double_patch_issue473(self, testdir):
+        testdir.makepyfile("""
+            from mock import patch
+            from pytest import mark
+
+            @patch('os.getcwd')
+            @patch('os.path')
+            @mark.slow
+            class TestSimple:
+                def test_simple_thing(self, mock_path, mock_getcwd):
+                    pass
+        """)
+        res = testdir.inline_run()
+        res.assertoutcome(passed=1)
+
 
 class TestReRunTests:
     def test_rerun(self, testdir):