Abstract inheritance in Django model causing MAX recursion depth error

I am trying to implement abstract inheritance in Django with the following code, but it creates a MAX recursion depth error. I am trying to override the model method save.

class BaseModel(models.Model):
    class Meta:
        abstract = True

    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
        #i'm doing something here

        #i think the problem is in the return statement specifically because of the
        #self.__class__ expression.
        return super(self.__class__, self).save(*args, **kwargs)

class MyModel(BaseModel):
    p = models.CharField(max_length=30)

creates this error (end of trace, length):

  File "/home/jultra/ap3w/jultra_01/mysite/testsite/models.py", line 10, in save
    return super(self.__class__, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/jultra/ap3w/jultra_01/mysite/testsite/models.py", line 10, in save
    return super(self.__class__, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/jultra/ap3w/jultra_01/mysite/testsite/models.py", line 10, in save
    return super(self.__class__, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/jultra/ap3w/jultra_01/mysite/testsite/models.py", line 10, in save
    return super(self.__class__, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded