diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php
index 6999f85ce..3fdbe171e 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ class BasicEntityPersister
 
         $result = $this->_conn->executeUpdate($sql, $params, $types);
 
-        if ($this->_class->isVersioned && ! $result) {
+        if ($versioned && ! $result) {
             throw OptimisticLockException::lockFailed($entity);
         }
     }