diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Collection/ManyToManyPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Collection/ManyToManyPersister.php
index 84d5ccfbc..c817f6097 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Collection/ManyToManyPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Collection/ManyToManyPersister.php
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ class ManyToManyPersister extends AbstractCollectionPersister
         foreach ($mapping['relationToSourceKeyColumns'] as $columnName => $refColumnName) {
             $params[] = isset($sourceClass->fieldNames[$refColumnName])
                 ? $identifier[$sourceClass->fieldNames[$refColumnName]]
-                : $identifier[$sourceClass->getFieldForColumn($columnName)];
+                : $identifier[$sourceClass->getFieldForColumn($refColumnName)];
         }
 
         return $params;