diff --git a/packages/ember-metal/lib/mixin.js b/packages/ember-metal/lib/mixin.js
index f38fa44fbfb..061d8bb92a3 100644
--- a/packages/ember-metal/lib/mixin.js
+++ b/packages/ember-metal/lib/mixin.js
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ import {
 } from 'ember-metal/events';
 import { isStream } from 'ember-metal/streams/utils';
 
+function ROOT() {}
+ROOT.__hasSuper = false;
+
 var REQUIRED;
 var a_slice = [].slice;
 
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ function applyMergedProperties(obj, key, value, values) {
   }
 
   if (hasFunction) {
-    newBase._super = function () {};
+    newBase._super = ROOT;
   }
 
   return newBase;
@@ -372,7 +375,7 @@ function applyMixin(obj, mixins, partial) {
   var keys = [];
   var key, value, desc;
 
-  obj._super = function () {};
+  obj._super = ROOT;
 
   // Go through all mixins and hashes passed in, and:
   //
diff --git a/packages/ember-metal/lib/utils.js b/packages/ember-metal/lib/utils.js
index cabca5d679e..c9958b5ce11 100644
--- a/packages/ember-metal/lib/utils.js
+++ b/packages/ember-metal/lib/utils.js
@@ -254,9 +254,31 @@ export function guidFor(obj) {
 }
 
 
-var sourceAvailable = (function() {
-  return this;
-}).toString().indexOf('return this;') > -1;
+const checkHasSuper = (function () {
+  let sourceAvailable = (function() {
+    return this;
+  }).toString().indexOf('return this;') > -1;
+
+  if (sourceAvailable) {
+    return function checkHasSuper(func) {
+      return func.toString().indexOf('_super') > -1;
+    };
+  }
+
+  return function checkHasSuper() {
+    return true;
+  };
+}());
+
+function ROOT() {}
+ROOT.__hasSuper = false;
+
+function hasSuper(func) {
+  if (func.__hasSuper === undefined) {
+    func.__hasSuper = checkHasSuper(func);
+  }
+  return func.__hasSuper;
+}
 
 /**
   Wraps the passed function so that `this._super` will point to the superFunc
@@ -270,43 +292,39 @@ var sourceAvailable = (function() {
   @param {Function} superFunc The super function.
   @return {Function} wrapped function.
 */
-export function wrap(func, _superFunc) {
-  var superFunc = _superFunc;
-  var hasSuper;
-  if (sourceAvailable) {
-    hasSuper = func.__hasSuper;
-
-    if (hasSuper === undefined) {
-      hasSuper = func.toString().indexOf('_super') > -1;
-      func.__hasSuper = hasSuper;
-    }
-
-    if (!hasSuper) {
-      return func;
-    }
+export function wrap(func, superFunc) {
+  if (!hasSuper(func)) {
+    return func;
   }
-
-  if (superFunc.wrappedFunction === undefined) {
-    // terminate _super to prevent infinite recursion
-    superFunc = wrap(superFunc, function () {});
+  // ensure an unwrapped super that calls _super is wrapped with a terminal _super
+  if (!superFunc.wrappedFunction && hasSuper(superFunc)) {
+    return _wrap(func, _wrap(superFunc, ROOT));
   }
-
   return _wrap(func, superFunc);
 }
 
 function _wrap(func, superFunc) {
   function superWrapper() {
-    var ret;
-    var orig = this._super;
+    let orig = this._super;
+    let length = arguments.length;
+    let ret;
     this._super = superFunc;
-    switch (arguments.length) {
+    switch (length) {
       case 0:  ret = func.call(this); break;
       case 1:  ret = func.call(this, arguments[0]); break;
       case 2:  ret = func.call(this, arguments[0], arguments[1]); break;
       case 3:  ret = func.call(this, arguments[0], arguments[1], arguments[2]); break;
       case 4:  ret = func.call(this, arguments[0], arguments[1], arguments[2], arguments[3]); break;
       case 5:  ret = func.call(this, arguments[0], arguments[1], arguments[2], arguments[3], arguments[4]); break;
-      default: ret = func.apply(this, arguments); break;
+      default:
+        // v8 bug potentially incorrectly deopts this function: https://code.google.com/p/v8/issues/detail?id=3709
+        // we may want to keep this around till this ages out on mobile
+        let args = new Array(length);
+        for (var x = 0; x < length; x++) {
+          args[x] = arguments[x];
+        }
+        ret = func.apply(this, args);
+        break;
     }
     this._super = orig;
     return ret;