diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/ManyToManyPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/ManyToManyPersister.php
index 4ad32e8d8..df46aa30a 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/ManyToManyPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/ManyToManyPersister.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class ManyToManyPersister extends AbstractCollectionPersister
             throw new \BadMethodCallException("Selecting a collection by index is only supported on indexed collections.");
         }
 
-        return current($persister->load(array($mapping['indexBy'] => $index), null, null, array(), 0, 1));
+        return $persister->load(array($mapping['indexBy'] => $index), null, null, array(), 0, 1);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/OneToManyPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/OneToManyPersister.php
index 041dfe5e2..120ad548d 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/OneToManyPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/OneToManyPersister.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class OneToManyPersister extends AbstractCollectionPersister
             throw new \BadMethodCallException("Selecting a collection by index is only supported on indexed collections.");
         }
 
-        return current($persister->load(array($mapping['indexBy'] => $index), null, null, array(), 0, 1));
+        return $persister->load(array($mapping['indexBy'] => $index), null, null, array(), 0, 1);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ExtraLazyCollectionTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ExtraLazyCollectionTest.php
index aa6adb13a..fe642ac1b 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ExtraLazyCollectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ExtraLazyCollectionTest.php
@@ -549,6 +549,18 @@ class ExtraLazyCollectionTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
         $this->assertEquals($queryCount + 1, $this->getCurrentQueryCount());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @group DDC-1398
+     */
+    public function testGetNonExistentIndexBy()
+    {
+        $user = $this->_em->find('Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUser', $this->userId);
+        /* @var $user CmsUser */
+
+        $this->assertNull($user->articles->get(-1));
+        $this->assertNull($user->groups->get(-1));
+    }
+
     private function loadFixture()
     {
         $user1 = new \Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUser();