diff --git a/core/js/oc-backbone-webdav.js b/core/js/oc-backbone-webdav.js
index 435d7dc46441..724660ff93a2 100644
--- a/core/js/oc-backbone-webdav.js
+++ b/core/js/oc-backbone-webdav.js
@@ -185,6 +185,16 @@
 			convertModelAttributesToDavProperties(model.changed, options.davProperties),
 			headers
 		).then(function(result) {
+			if (result.status === 207 && result.body && result.body.length > 0) {
+				if (_.find(result.body[0].propStat, function(propStat) {
+					var statusCode = parseInt(propStat.status.split(' ')[1], 10);
+					return statusCode >= 400;
+				})) {
+					// in REST, validation errors are usually represented with 422 Unprocessable Entity,
+					result.status = 422;
+				}
+			}
+
 			if (isSuccessStatus(result.status)) {
 				if (_.isFunction(options.success)) {
 					// pass the object's own values because the server
diff --git a/core/js/tests/specs/oc-backbone-webdavSpec.js b/core/js/tests/specs/oc-backbone-webdavSpec.js
index 86dde92c2be8..6df6da4e6161 100644
--- a/core/js/tests/specs/oc-backbone-webdavSpec.js
+++ b/core/js/tests/specs/oc-backbone-webdavSpec.js
@@ -271,8 +271,18 @@ describe('Backbone Webdav extension', function() {
 				.toEqual('XMLHttpRequest');
 
 			deferredRequest.resolve({
-				status: 201,
-				body: ''
+				status: 207,
+				body: [{
+					href: 'http://example.com/owncloud/remote.php/test/123',
+					propStat: [{
+						status: 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
+						properties: {
+							'{http://owncloud.org/ns}first-name': '',
+							'{http://owncloud.org/ns}age-name': '',
+							'{http://owncloud.org/ns}married': ''
+						}
+					}]
+				}]
 			});
 
 			expect(model.id).toEqual('123');
@@ -281,6 +291,51 @@ describe('Backbone Webdav extension', function() {
 			expect(model.get('married')).toEqual(true);
 		});
 
+		it('calls error callback with status code 422 in case of failed PROPPATCH properties', function() {
+			var successHandler = sinon.stub();
+			var errorHandler = sinon.stub();
+			var model = new TestModel({
+				id: '123',
+				firstName: 'Hello',
+				lastName: 'World',
+				age: 32,
+				married: false
+			});
+
+			model.save({
+				firstName: 'Hey',
+				lastName: 'low'
+			}, {
+				success: successHandler,
+				error: errorHandler
+			});
+
+			deferredRequest.resolve({
+				status: 207,
+				body: [{
+					href: 'http://example.com/owncloud/remote.php/test/123',
+					propStat: [{
+						status: 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
+						properties: {
+							'{http://owncloud.org/ns}last-name': ''
+						}
+					}, {
+						status: 'HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden',
+						properties: {
+							'{http://owncloud.org/ns}first-name': ''
+						}
+					}]
+				}]
+			});
+
+			expect(davClientPropPatchStub.calledOnce).toEqual(true);
+
+			expect(successHandler.notCalled).toEqual(true);
+			expect(errorHandler.calledOnce).toEqual(true);
+			expect(errorHandler.getCall(0).args[0]).toEqual(model);
+			expect(errorHandler.getCall(0).args[1].status).toEqual(422);
+		});
+
 		it('uses PROPFIND to fetch single model', function() {
 			var model = new TestModel({
 				id: '123'
@@ -774,7 +829,11 @@ describe('Backbone Webdav extension', function() {
 
 			deferredRequest.resolve({
 				status: 201,
-				body: '',
+				body: [{
+					propStat: {
+						status: 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK'
+					}
+				}],
 				xhr: {
 					getResponseHeader: _.noop
 				}