diff --git a/.testfile b/.testfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/spec/CloudCode.spec.js b/spec/CloudCode.spec.js
index 3e5fdaa029..4a2c93d324 100644
--- a/spec/CloudCode.spec.js
+++ b/spec/CloudCode.spec.js
@@ -684,6 +684,44 @@ describe('Cloud Code', () => {
     });
   });
 
+it('beforeSave should not affect fetched pointers', done => {
+    Parse.Cloud.beforeSave('BeforeSaveUnchanged', (req, res) => {
+      res.success();
+    });
+
+    Parse.Cloud.beforeSave('BeforeSaveChanged', function(req, res) {
+      req.object.set('foo', 'baz');
+      res.success();
+    });
+
+    var TestObject =  Parse.Object.extend("TestObject");
+    var BeforeSaveUnchangedObject = Parse.Object.extend("BeforeSaveUnchanged");
+    var BeforeSaveChangedObject = Parse.Object.extend("BeforeSaveChanged");
+
+    var aTestObject = new TestObject();
+    aTestObject.set("foo", "bar");
+    aTestObject.save()
+    .then(aTestObject => {
+      var aBeforeSaveUnchangedObject = new BeforeSaveUnchangedObject();
+      aBeforeSaveUnchangedObject.set("aTestObject", aTestObject);
+      expect(aBeforeSaveUnchangedObject.get("aTestObject").get("foo")).toEqual("bar");
+      return aBeforeSaveUnchangedObject.save();
+    })
+    .then(aBeforeSaveUnchangedObject => {
+      expect(aBeforeSaveUnchangedObject.get("aTestObject").get("foo")).toEqual("bar");
+
+      var aBeforeSaveChangedObject = new BeforeSaveChangedObject();
+      aBeforeSaveChangedObject.set("aTestObject", aTestObject);
+      expect(aBeforeSaveChangedObject.get("aTestObject").get("foo")).toEqual("bar");
+      return aBeforeSaveChangedObject.save();
+    })
+    .then(aBeforeSaveChangedObject => {
+      expect(aBeforeSaveChangedObject.get("aTestObject").get("foo")).toEqual("bar");
+      expect(aBeforeSaveChangedObject.get("foo")).toEqual("baz");
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
   it_exclude_dbs(['postgres'])('should fully delete objects when using `unset` with beforeSave (regression test for #1840)', done => {
     var TestObject = Parse.Object.extend('TestObject');
     var NoBeforeSaveObject = Parse.Object.extend('NoBeforeSave');
diff --git a/spec/ParseUser.spec.js b/spec/ParseUser.spec.js
index 8a4d918649..0be4ed171e 100644
--- a/spec/ParseUser.spec.js
+++ b/spec/ParseUser.spec.js
@@ -2374,7 +2374,7 @@ describe('Parse.User testing', () => {
           },
           json: true
         }, (err, res, body) => {
-          expect(body.username).toEqual(user.username);
+          expect(body.username).toEqual('user');
           expect(body.objectId).toEqual(originalUserId);
           if (err) {
             reject(err);
diff --git a/src/RestWrite.js b/src/RestWrite.js
index c522a99188..adb5b708e8 100644
--- a/src/RestWrite.js
+++ b/src/RestWrite.js
@@ -165,9 +165,12 @@ RestWrite.prototype.runBeforeTrigger = function() {
     return triggers.maybeRunTrigger(triggers.Types.beforeSave, this.auth, updatedObject, originalObject, this.config);
   }).then((response) => {
     if (response && response.object) {
-      if (!_.isEqual(this.data, response.object)) {
-        this.storage.changedByTrigger = true;
-      }
+      this.storage.fieldsChangedByTrigger = _.reduce(response.object, (result, value, key) => {
+        if (!_.isEqual(this.data[key], value)) {
+          result.push(key);
+        }
+        return result;
+      }, []);
       this.data = response.object;
       // We should delete the objectId for an update write
       if (this.query && this.query.objectId) {
@@ -792,9 +795,7 @@ RestWrite.prototype.runDatabaseOperation = function() {
     return this.config.database.update(this.className, this.query, this.data, this.runOptions)
     .then(response => {
       response.updatedAt = this.updatedAt;
-      if (this.storage.changedByTrigger) {
-        this.updateResponseWithData(response, this.data);
-      }
+      this._updateResponseWithData(response, this.data);
       this.response = { response };
     });
   } else {
@@ -850,9 +851,7 @@ RestWrite.prototype.runDatabaseOperation = function() {
       if (this.responseShouldHaveUsername) {
         response.username = this.data.username;
       }
-      if (this.storage.changedByTrigger) {
-        this.updateResponseWithData(response, this.data);
-      }
+      this._updateResponseWithData(response, this.data);
       this.response = {
         status: 201,
         response,
@@ -940,9 +939,12 @@ RestWrite.prototype.cleanUserAuthData = function() {
   }
 };
 
-RestWrite.prototype.updateResponseWithData = function(response, data) {
+RestWrite.prototype._updateResponseWithData = function(response, data) {
+  if (_.isEmpty(this.storage.fieldsChangedByTrigger)) {
+    return response;
+  }
   let clientSupportsDelete = ClientSDK.supportsForwardDelete(this.clientSDK);
-  Object.keys(data).forEach(fieldName => {
+  this.storage.fieldsChangedByTrigger.forEach(fieldName => {
     let dataValue = data[fieldName];
     let responseValue = response[fieldName];