diff --git a/app/models/issue.rb b/app/models/issue.rb
index 94972d2f9..a1066c4c2 100644
--- a/app/models/issue.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue.rb
@@ -473,7 +473,6 @@ class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
     'custom_field_values',
     'custom_fields',
     'lock_version',
-    'notes',
     :if => lambda {|issue, user| issue.new_record? || issue.attributes_editable?(user)})
   safe_attributes(
     'notes',
diff --git a/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb
index bc5ef737b..62d4894c3 100644
--- a/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb
@@ -5901,6 +5901,24 @@ class IssuesControllerTest < Redmine::ControllerTest
     assert_equal spent_hours_before + 2.5, issue.spent_hours
   end
 
+  def test_put_update_should_check_add_issue_notes_permission
+    role = Role.find(1)
+    role.remove_permission! :add_issue_notes
+    @request.session[:user_id] = 2
+
+    assert_no_difference 'Journal.count' do
+      put(
+        :update,
+        :params => {
+          :id => 1,
+          :issue => {
+            :notes => 'New note'
+          }
+        }
+      )
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_put_update_should_preserve_parent_issue_even_if_not_visible
     parent = Issue.generate!(:project_id => 1, :is_private => true)
     issue = Issue.generate!(:parent_issue_id => parent.id)
diff --git a/test/unit/issue_test.rb b/test/unit/issue_test.rb
index 940825a4a..6c3ae4ccc 100644
--- a/test/unit/issue_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/issue_test.rb
@@ -898,6 +898,23 @@ class IssueTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal Date.parse('2012-07-14'), issue.due_date
   end
 
+  def test_safe_attributes_notes_should_check_add_issue_notes_permission
+    # With add_issue_notes permission
+    user = User.find(2)
+    issue = Issue.new(:project => Project.find(1))
+    issue.init_journal(user)
+    issue.send :safe_attributes=, {'notes' => 'note'}, user
+    assert_equal 'note', issue.notes
+
+    # Without add_issue_notes permission
+    Role.find(1).remove_permission!(:add_issue_notes)
+    issue = Issue.new(:project => Project.find(1))
+    user.reload
+    issue.init_journal(user)
+    issue.send :safe_attributes=, {'notes' => 'note'}, user
+    assert_equal '', issue.notes
+  end
+
   def test_safe_attributes_should_accept_target_tracker_enabled_fields
     source = Tracker.find(1)
     source.core_fields = []