diff --git a/django/db/models/base.py b/django/db/models/base.py
index 2136ed3da4..cf5903d289 100644
--- a/django/db/models/base.py
+++ b/django/db/models/base.py
@@ -348,9 +348,9 @@ class Model(object):
         need to do things manually, as they're dynamically created classes and
         only module-level classes can be pickled by the default path.
         """
-        if not self._deferred:
-            return super(Model, self).__reduce__()
         data = self.__dict__
+        if not self._deferred:
+            return (self.__class__, (), data)
         defers = []
         pk_val = None
         for field in self._meta.fields:
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/queries/models.py b/tests/regressiontests/queries/models.py
index 939fc0e86f..f92018a612 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/queries/models.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/queries/models.py
@@ -895,6 +895,9 @@ Check pickling of deferred-loading querysets
 >>> q2 = pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(qs))
 >>> list(qs) == list(q2)
 True
+>>> q3 = pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(qs, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL))
+>>> list(qs) == list(q3)
+True
 
 Bug #7277
 >>> n1.annotation_set.filter(Q(tag=t5) | Q(tag__children=t5) | Q(tag__children__children=t5))