diff --git a/lib/associations/has-many.js b/lib/associations/has-many.js
index bdd0db026be1..335b164a3e22 100644
--- a/lib/associations/has-many.js
+++ b/lib/associations/has-many.js
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ HasMany.prototype.get = function(instances, options) {
       where[association.foreignKey] = {
         $in: values
       };
+      delete options.groupedLimit;
     }
   } else {
     where[association.foreignKey] = instance.get(association.source.primaryKeyAttribute, {raw: true});
diff --git a/test/integration/associations/has-many.test.js b/test/integration/associations/has-many.test.js
index 902381aa1b6b..18ff9a6fb5d3 100644
--- a/test/integration/associations/has-many.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/associations/has-many.test.js
@@ -116,6 +116,100 @@ describe(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('HasMany'), function() {
           });
         });
 
+        it('should fetch multiple layers of associations with limit and order with separate=true', function () {
+          var User = this.sequelize.define('User', {})
+            , Task = this.sequelize.define('Task', {
+                title: DataTypes.STRING
+              })
+            , SubTask = this.sequelize.define('SubTask', {
+                title: DataTypes.STRING
+              });
+
+          User.Tasks = User.hasMany(Task, {as: 'tasks'});
+          Task.SubTasks = Task.hasMany(SubTask, {as: 'subtasks'});
+
+          return this.sequelize.sync({force: true}).then(function() {
+            return Promise.join(
+              User.create({
+                tasks: [
+                  {title: 'b', subtasks: [
+                    {title:'c'},
+                    {title:'a'}
+                  ]},
+                  {title: 'd'},
+                  {title: 'c', subtasks: [
+                    {title:'b'},
+                    {title:'a'},
+                    {title:'c'}
+                  ]},
+                  {title: 'a', subtasks: [
+                    {title:'c'},
+                    {title:'a'},
+                    {title:'b'}
+                  ]}
+                ]
+              }, {
+                include: [{association: User.Tasks, include: [Task.SubTasks]}]
+              }),
+              User.create({
+                tasks: [
+                  {title: 'a', subtasks: [
+                    {title:'b'},
+                    {title:'a'},
+                    {title:'c'}
+                  ]},
+                  {title: 'c', subtasks: [
+                    {title:'a'}
+                  ]},
+                  {title: 'b', subtasks: [
+                    {title:'a'},
+                    {title:'b'}
+                  ]}
+                ]
+              }, {
+                include: [{association: User.Tasks, include: [Task.SubTasks]}]
+              })
+            );
+          }).then(function(users) {
+            return User.findAll(
+              {
+                include: [{
+                  association: User.Tasks,
+                  limit: 2,
+                  order: [['title', 'ASC']],
+                  separate: true,
+                  as: 'tasks',
+                  include: [{association: Task.SubTasks, order: [['title', 'DESC']], separate: true, as: 'subtasks'}]
+                }]
+              }).then(function(users) {
+              expect(users[0].tasks.length).to.equal(2);
+
+              expect(users[0].tasks[0].title).to.equal('a');
+              expect(users[0].tasks[0].subtasks.length).to.equal(3);
+              expect(users[0].tasks[0].subtasks[0].title).to.equal('c');
+              expect(users[0].tasks[0].subtasks[1].title).to.equal('b');
+              expect(users[0].tasks[0].subtasks[2].title).to.equal('a');
+
+              expect(users[0].tasks[1].title).to.equal('b');
+              expect(users[0].tasks[1].subtasks.length).to.equal(2);
+              expect(users[0].tasks[1].subtasks[0].title).to.equal('c');
+              expect(users[0].tasks[1].subtasks[1].title).to.equal('a');
+
+              expect(users[1].tasks.length).to.equal(2);
+              expect(users[1].tasks[0].title).to.equal('a');
+              expect(users[1].tasks[0].subtasks.length).to.equal(3);
+              expect(users[1].tasks[0].subtasks[0].title).to.equal('c');
+              expect(users[1].tasks[0].subtasks[1].title).to.equal('b');
+              expect(users[1].tasks[0].subtasks[2].title).to.equal('a');
+
+              expect(users[1].tasks[1].title).to.equal('b');
+              expect(users[1].tasks[1].subtasks.length).to.equal(2);
+              expect(users[1].tasks[1].subtasks[0].title).to.equal('b');
+              expect(users[1].tasks[1].subtasks[1].title).to.equal('a');
+            });
+          });
+        });
+
         it('should fetch associations for multiple instances with limit and order and a belongsTo relation', function () {
           var User = this.sequelize.define('User', {})
             , Task = this.sequelize.define('Task', {