diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php
index 93f6efa75..cc381e27b 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ class BasicEntityPersister
                         if ($found = $this->_em->getUnitOfWork()->tryGetById($joinColumnValues, $targetClass->rootEntityName)) {
                             $this->_class->reflFields[$field]->setValue($entity, $found);
                             // Complete inverse side, if necessary.
-                            if ($assoc['inversedBy']) {
+                            if ($assoc['inversedBy'] && $assoc['type'] & ClassMetadata::ONE_TO_ONE) {
                                 $inverseAssoc = $targetClass->associationMappings[$assoc['inversedBy']];
                                 $targetClass->reflFields[$inverseAssoc['fieldName']]->setValue($found, $entity);
                             }
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC748Test.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC748Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1548552d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC748Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\Ticket;
+
+use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUser;
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsArticle;
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsAddress;
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../TestInit.php';
+
+class DDC748Test extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
+{
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->useModelSet('cms');
+        parent::setUp();
+    }
+
+    public function testRefreshWithManyToOne()
+    {
+        $user = new CmsUser();
+        $user->name = "beberlei";
+        $user->status = "active";
+        $user->username = "beberlei";
+
+        $article = new CmsArticle();
+        $article->setAuthor($user);
+        $article->text = "foo";
+        $article->topic = "bar";
+
+        $this->_em->persist($user);
+        $this->_em->persist($article);
+        $this->_em->flush();
+
+        $this->assertType('Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection', $user->articles);
+        $this->_em->refresh($article);
+        $this->assertTrue($article !== $user->articles, "The article should not be replaced on the inverse side of the relation.");
+        $this->assertType('Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection', $user->articles);
+    }
+
+    public function testRefreshOneToOne()
+    {
+        $user = new CmsUser();
+        $user->name = "beberlei";
+        $user->status = "active";
+        $user->username = "beberlei";
+
+        $address = new CmsAddress();
+        $address->city = "Bonn";
+        $address->country = "Germany";
+        $address->street = "A street";
+        $address->zip = 12345;
+        $address->setUser($user);
+
+        $this->_em->persist($user);
+        $this->_em->persist($address);
+        $this->_em->flush();
+
+        $this->_em->refresh($address);
+        $this->assertSame($user, $address->user);
+        $this->assertSame($user->address, $address);
+    }
+}
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