diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query.php
index d428e2ddb..fa7fff2e4 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query.php
@@ -249,7 +249,12 @@ final class Query extends AbstractQuery
                     $idValues = $class->getIdentifierValues($value);
                 }
                 $sqlPositions = $paramMappings[$key];
-                $sqlParams += array_combine((array)$sqlPositions, $idValues);
+                $cSqlPos = count($sqlPositions);
+                $cIdValues = count($idValues);
+                $idValues = array_values($idValues);
+                for ($i = 0; $i < $cSqlPos; $i++) {
+                    $sqlParams[$sqlPositions[$i]] = $idValues[ ($i % $cIdValues) ];
+                }
             } else {
                 foreach ($paramMappings[$key] as $position) {
                     $sqlParams[$position] = $value;
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC1040Test.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC1040Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21a042187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC1040Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\Ticket;
+
+use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsArticle;
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUser;
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../TestInit.php';
+
+/**
+ * @group DDC-1040
+ */
+class DDC1040Test extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
+{
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->useModelSet('cms');
+        parent::setUp();
+    }
+
+    public function testReuseNamedEntityParameter()
+    {
+        $user = new CmsUser();
+        $user->name = "John Galt";
+        $user->username = "jgalt";
+        $user->status = "inactive";
+        
+        $article = new CmsArticle();
+        $article->topic = "This is John Galt speaking!";
+        $article->text = "Yadda Yadda!";
+        $article->setAuthor($user);
+
+        $this->_em->persist($user);
+        $this->_em->persist($article);
+        $this->_em->flush();
+
+        $dql = "SELECT a FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsArticle a WHERE a.user = :author";
+        $this->_em->createQuery($dql)
+                  ->setParameter('author', $user)
+                  ->getResult();
+
+        $dql = "SELECT a FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsArticle a WHERE a.user = :author AND a.user = :author";
+        $this->_em->createQuery($dql)
+                  ->setParameter('author', $user)
+                  ->getResult();
+
+        $dql = "SELECT a FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsArticle a WHERE a.topic = :topic AND a.user = :author AND a.user = :author  AND a.text = :text";
+        $farticle = $this->_em->createQuery($dql)
+                  ->setParameter('author', $user)
+                  ->setParameter('topic', 'This is John Galt speaking!')
+                  ->setParameter('text', 'Yadda Yadda!')
+                  ->getSingleResult();
+
+        $this->assertSame($article, $farticle);
+    }
+
+    public function testUseMultiplePositionalParameters()
+    {
+        $user = new CmsUser();
+        $user->name = "John Galt";
+        $user->username = "jgalt";
+        $user->status = "inactive";
+
+        $article = new CmsArticle();
+        $article->topic = "This is John Galt speaking!";
+        $article->text = "Yadda Yadda!";
+        $article->setAuthor($user);
+
+        $this->_em->persist($user);
+        $this->_em->persist($article);
+        $this->_em->flush();
+
+        $dql = "SELECT a FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsArticle a WHERE a.topic = ?1 AND a.user = ?2 AND a.user = ?3 AND a.text = ?4";
+        $farticle = $this->_em->createQuery($dql)
+                  ->setParameter(1, 'This is John Galt speaking!')
+                  ->setParameter(2, $user)
+                  ->setParameter(3, $user)
+                  ->setParameter(4, 'Yadda Yadda!')
+                  ->getSingleResult();
+
+        $this->assertSame($article, $farticle);
+    }
+}
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