diff --git a/_pytest/__init__.py b/_pytest/__init__.py
index 4e0bab1cd..e40bc8336 100644
--- a/_pytest/__init__.py
+++ b/_pytest/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #
-__version__ = '2.3.0.dev15'
+__version__ = '2.3.0.dev16'
diff --git a/_pytest/nose.py b/_pytest/nose.py
index 5560e473d..215fac291 100644
--- a/_pytest/nose.py
+++ b/_pytest/nose.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def pytest_make_collect_report(collector):
 
 def call_optional(obj, name):
     method = getattr(obj, name, None)
-    if method:
+    if method is not None and not hasattr(method, "_pytestsetup"):
         # If there's any problems allow the exception to raise rather than
         # silently ignoring them
         method()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8f32832c0..6f050e569 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def main():
         name='pytest',
         description='py.test: simple powerful testing with Python',
         long_description = long_description,
-        version='2.3.0.dev15',
+        version='2.3.0.dev16',
         url='http://pytest.org',
         license='MIT license',
         platforms=['unix', 'linux', 'osx', 'cygwin', 'win32'],
diff --git a/testing/test_nose.py b/testing/test_nose.py
index ea35c222d..9b6b53dd3 100644
--- a/testing/test_nose.py
+++ b/testing/test_nose.py
@@ -24,6 +24,17 @@ def test_nose_setup(testdir):
     ])
 
 
+def test_setup_func_with_setup_decorator():
+    from _pytest.nose import call_optional
+    l = []
+    class A:
+        @pytest.setup()
+        def f(self):
+            l.append(1)
+    call_optional(A(), "f")
+    assert not l
+
+
 def test_nose_setup_func(testdir):
     p = testdir.makepyfile("""
         from nose.tools import with_setup