diff --git a/lib/her/model/associations/association.rb b/lib/her/model/associations/association.rb
index 81fdeb96..23708b2c 100644
--- a/lib/her/model/associations/association.rb
+++ b/lib/her/model/associations/association.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Model
     module Associations
       class Association
         # @private
-        attr_accessor :params
+        attr_accessor :params, :cached_result
 
         # @private
         def initialize(parent, opts = {})
diff --git a/lib/her/model/associations/has_many_association.rb b/lib/her/model/associations/has_many_association.rb
index 63cef796..0dad8c29 100644
--- a/lib/her/model/associations/has_many_association.rb
+++ b/lib/her/model/associations/has_many_association.rb
@@ -85,7 +85,14 @@ def create(attributes = {})
         def fetch
           super.tap do |o|
             inverse_of = @opts[:inverse_of] || @parent.singularized_resource_name
-            o.each { |entry| entry.send("#{inverse_of}=", @parent) }
+            o.each do |entry|
+              inverse_association = entry.send(inverse_of).association rescue nil
+              if inverse_association.present?
+                inverse_association.cached_result = @parent
+              else
+                entry.send("#{inverse_of}=", @parent)
+              end
+            end
           end
         end
 
diff --git a/spec/model/associations_spec.rb b/spec/model/associations_spec.rb
index a3bf3f68..89fbc72c 100644
--- a/spec/model/associations_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/model/associations_spec.rb
@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@
       @user_with_included_data.comments.where(:foo_id => 1).length.should == 1
     end
 
+    it "does not set the inverse of a has_many as an attribute" do
+      first_comment = @user_without_included_data.comments.first
+      expect(first_comment.attributes.keys).to_not include("user")
+    end
+
     it "fetches data that was not included through has_many only once" do
       @user_without_included_data.comments.first.object_id.should == @user_without_included_data.comments.first.object_id
     end