diff --git a/rq/queue.py b/rq/queue.py
index 7dd90d20..f130e5be 100644
--- a/rq/queue.py
+++ b/rq/queue.py
@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@ class Queue(object):
             job.timeout = timeout  # _timeout_in_seconds(timeout)
         else:
             job.timeout = 180  # default
+        job.save()
 
         if self._async:
-            job.save()
             self.push_job_id(job.id)
         else:
             job.perform()
diff --git a/tests/test_job.py b/tests/test_job.py
index 8f59b797..13af0b5b 100644
--- a/tests/test_job.py
+++ b/tests/test_job.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from tests.helpers import strip_milliseconds
 from cPickle import loads
 from rq.job import Job, get_current_job
 from rq.exceptions import NoSuchJobError, UnpickleError
+from rq.queue import Queue
 
 
 class TestJob(RQTestCase):
@@ -211,3 +212,10 @@ class TestJob(RQTestCase):
         id = job.perform()
         self.assertEqual(job.id, id)
         self.assertEqual(job.func, access_self)
+
+        # Ensure that get_current_job also works from within synchronous jobs
+        queue = Queue(async=False)
+        job = queue.enqueue(access_self)
+        id = job.perform()
+        self.assertEqual(job.id, id)
+        self.assertEqual(job.func, access_self)