diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/DefaultRepositoryInformation.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/DefaultRepositoryInformation.java
index 93bb39914..69f4a12b1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/DefaultRepositoryInformation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/DefaultRepositoryInformation.java
@@ -243,6 +243,12 @@ class DefaultRepositoryInformation implements RepositoryInformation {
 			return method;
 		}
 
+		Method result = findMethod(baseClass, method.getName(), method.getParameterTypes());
+
+		if (result != null) {
+			return result;
+		}
+
 		for (Method baseClassMethod : baseClass.getMethods()) {
 
 			// Wrong name
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/DefaultRepositoryInformationUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/DefaultRepositoryInformationUnitTests.java
index 875d65475..c39beee9b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/DefaultRepositoryInformationUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/DefaultRepositoryInformationUnitTests.java
@@ -254,6 +254,21 @@ public class DefaultRepositoryInformationUnitTests {
 		assertThat(information.isCustomMethod(customBaseRepositoryMethod), is(true));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATACMNS-943
+	 * @throws Exception
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void usesCorrectSaveOverload() throws Exception {
+
+		RepositoryMetadata metadata = new DefaultRepositoryMetadata(DummyRepository.class);
+		RepositoryInformation information = new DefaultRepositoryInformation(metadata, CrudRepository.class, null);
+
+		Method method = DummyRepository.class.getMethod("save", Iterable.class);
+
+		assertThat(information.getTargetClassMethod(method), is(CrudRepository.class.getMethod("save", Iterable.class)));
+	}
+
 	private static Method getMethodFrom(Class<?> type, String name) {
 
 		for (Method method : type.getMethods()) {
@@ -303,7 +318,7 @@ public class DefaultRepositoryInformationUnitTests {
 
 		@Override
 		public Iterator<User> iterator() {
-			return Collections.<User>emptySet().iterator();
+			return Collections.<User> emptySet().iterator();
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -366,4 +381,10 @@ public class DefaultRepositoryInformationUnitTests {
 	}
 
 	static class Sample {}
+
+	interface DummyRepository extends CrudRepository<User, Integer> {
+
+		@Override
+		<S extends User> List<S> save(Iterable<S> entites);
+	}
 }