diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/ManyToManyPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/ManyToManyPersister.php
index 34038c6a1..a4f5dcc6e 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/ManyToManyPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/ManyToManyPersister.php
@@ -587,12 +587,11 @@ class ManyToManyPersister extends AbstractCollectionPersister
             . ' WHERE ' . implode(' AND ', $whereClauses);
 
         $stmt     = $this->conn->executeQuery($sql, $params);
-        $hydrator = $this->em->newHydrator(Query::HYDRATE_ARRAY);
+        $hydrator = $this->em->newHydrator(Query::HYDRATE_OBJECT);
 
         $rsm  = new Query\ResultSetMapping();
         $rsm->addEntityResult($mapping['targetEntity'], 'r');
-$result = $hydrator->hydrateAll($stmt, $rsm);
-        var_dump($result);
+
         return $hydrator->hydrateAll($stmt, $rsm);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ManyToManyBasicAssociationTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ManyToManyBasicAssociationTest.php
index bc97128cc..b7e23576c 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ManyToManyBasicAssociationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ManyToManyBasicAssociationTest.php
@@ -389,9 +389,14 @@ class ManyToManyBasicAssociationTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCa
         $groups = $user->groups;
         $this->assertFalse($user->groups->isInitialized(), "Pre-condition: lazy collection");
 
-        $criteria = Criteria::create();//->where(Criteria::expr()->eq('name', (string) 'Developers_0'));
+        $criteria = Criteria::create()->where(Criteria::expr()->eq('name', (string) 'Developers_0'));
         $result   = $groups->matching($criteria);
 
-        //$this->assertCount(1, $result);
+        $this->assertCount(1, $result);
+
+        $firstGroup = $result->first();
+        $this->assertEquals('Developers_0', $firstGroup->name);
+
+        $this->assertFalse($user->groups->isInitialized(), "Post-condition: matching does not initialize collection");
     }
 }