diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
index f624798fd..ece61bd50 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
@@ -478,8 +478,12 @@ class SqlWalker implements TreeWalker
                     if (count($assoc->sourceToTargetKeyColumns) > 1) {
                         throw QueryException::associationPathCompositeKeyNotSupported();
                     }
-                    $sql .= $this->getSqlTableAlias($class->table['name'], $dqlAlias) . '.'
-                          . reset($assoc->targetToSourceKeyColumns);
+
+                    if ($this->_useSqlTableAliases) {
+                        $sql .= $this->getSqlTableAlias($class->table['name'], $dqlAlias) . '.';
+                    }
+
+                    $sql .= reset($assoc->targetToSourceKeyColumns);
                 } else {
                     // 2- Inverse side: NOT (YET?) SUPPORTED
                     throw QueryException::associationPathInverseSideNotSupported();
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/UpdateSqlGenerationTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/UpdateSqlGenerationTest.php
index 969ee35ca..506dacb8b 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/UpdateSqlGenerationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/UpdateSqlGenerationTest.php
@@ -159,4 +159,12 @@ class UpdateSqlGenerationTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTestCase
             'UPDATE cms_users SET status = ? WHERE id BETWEEN ? AND ?'
         );
     }
+
+    public function testSingleValuedAssociationFieldInWhere()
+    {
+        $this->assertSqlGeneration(
+            "UPDATE Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsPhonenumber p SET p.phonenumber = 1234 WHERE p.user = ?1",
+            "UPDATE cms_phonenumbers SET phonenumber = 1234 WHERE user_id = ?"
+        );
+    }
 }