diff --git a/config/initializers/10-patches.rb b/config/initializers/10-patches.rb
index d186bcdc4..0ddbcdd06 100644
--- a/config/initializers/10-patches.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/10-patches.rb
@@ -202,3 +202,16 @@ module ActionController
     end
   end
 end
+
+module CollectiveIdea
+  module Acts
+    module NestedSet
+      module Model
+        def leaf_with_new_record?
+          new_record? || leaf_without_new_record?
+        end
+        alias_method_chain :leaf?, :new_record
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/plugins/awesome_nested_set/lib/awesome_nested_set/awesome_nested_set.rb b/lib/plugins/awesome_nested_set/lib/awesome_nested_set/awesome_nested_set.rb
index 1a7ceae15..9832a655b 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/awesome_nested_set/lib/awesome_nested_set/awesome_nested_set.rb
+++ b/lib/plugins/awesome_nested_set/lib/awesome_nested_set/awesome_nested_set.rb
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ module CollectiveIdea #:nodoc:
 
         # Returns true if this is the end of a branch.
         def leaf?
-          new_record? || (persisted? && right.to_i - left.to_i == 1)
+          persisted? && right.to_i - left.to_i == 1
         end
 
         # Returns true is this is a child node
diff --git a/test/unit/issue_nested_set_test.rb b/test/unit/issue_nested_set_test.rb
index 3c611be28..899344937 100644
--- a/test/unit/issue_nested_set_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/issue_nested_set_test.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ class IssueNestedSetTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
            :enumerations,
            :issues
 
+  def test_new_record_is_leaf
+    i = Issue.new
+    assert i.leaf?
+  end
+
   def test_create_root_issue
     issue1 = Issue.generate!
     issue2 = Issue.generate!