diff --git a/core/modules/user/src/Tests/UserSaveStatusTest.php b/core/modules/user/src/Tests/UserSaveStatusTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d1410a149db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/user/src/Tests/UserSaveStatusTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Definition of Drupal\user\Tests\UserSaveStatusTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\user\Tests;
+
+use Drupal\simpletest\KernelTestBase;
+use Drupal\user\Entity\User;
+
+/**
+ * Tests user saving status.
+ *
+ * @group user
+ */
+class UserSaveStatusTest extends KernelTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * Modules to enable.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public static $modules = array('system', 'user', 'field');
+
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+    $this->installEntitySchema('user');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Test SAVED_NEW and SAVED_UPDATED statuses for user entity type.
+   */
+  function testUserSaveStatus() {
+    // Create a new user.
+    $values = array(
+      'uid' => 1,
+      'name' => $this->randomMachineName(),
+    );
+    $user = User::create($values);
+
+    // Test SAVED_NEW.
+    $return = $user->save();
+    $this->assertEqual($return, SAVED_NEW, "User was saved with SAVED_NEW status.");
+
+    // Test SAVED_UPDATED.
+    $user->name = $this->randomMachineName();
+    $return = $user->save();
+    $this->assertEqual($return, SAVED_UPDATED, "User was saved with SAVED_UPDATED status.");
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/user/src/UserStorage.php b/core/modules/user/src/UserStorage.php
index f404b8d43f4..4aad5c56fdf 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/src/UserStorage.php
+++ b/core/modules/user/src/UserStorage.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class UserStorage extends SqlContentEntityStorage implements UserStorageInterfac
       $entity->uid->value = $this->database->nextId($this->database->query('SELECT MAX(uid) FROM {users}')->fetchField());
       $entity->enforceIsNew();
     }
-    parent::save($entity);
+    return parent::save($entity);
   }
 
   /**