diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/BasicCEditorTest.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/BasicCEditorTest.java
index 0e4e73b6db9..76ee9e28c4c 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/BasicCEditorTest.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/BasicCEditorTest.java
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ public class BasicCEditorTest extends BaseUITestCase {
 		assertEquals("Edit failed", newtext, newContent.substring(0, newtext.length()));
 		// save
 		fEditor.doSave(new NullProgressMonitor());
+		assertFalse("Editor is still dirty", fEditor.isDirty());
 		// close and reopen
 		EditorTestHelper.closeEditor(fEditor);
 		setUpEditor(file);
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ public class BasicCEditorTest extends BaseUITestCase {
 		assertEquals("Edit failed", newtext, newContent.substring(0, newtext.length()));
 		// save
 		fEditor.doSave(new NullProgressMonitor());
+		assertFalse("Editor is still dirty", fEditor.isDirty());
 		// close and reopen
 		EditorTestHelper.closeEditor(fEditor);
 		setUpEditor(tmpFile);
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/editor/CDocumentProvider.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/editor/CDocumentProvider.java
index c58171f20f5..1e7630d7378 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/editor/CDocumentProvider.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/editor/CDocumentProvider.java
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ public class CDocumentProvider extends TextFileDocumentProvider {
 				}
 			};
 		}
-		return super.createSaveOperation(element, document, overwrite);
+		return null;
 	}
 
 	/**