diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Entity/BasicEntityPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Entity/BasicEntityPersister.php
index 6d3c6f37c..b91f850b9 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Entity/BasicEntityPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Entity/BasicEntityPersister.php
@@ -204,11 +204,13 @@ class BasicEntityPersister implements EntityPersister
         $this->identifierFlattener = new IdentifierFlattener($em->getUnitOfWork(), $em->getMetadataFactory());
         $this->cachedPersisterContexts['noLimits'] = $this->currentPersisterContext = new CachedPersisterContext(
             $class,
-            new Query\ResultSetMapping()
+            new Query\ResultSetMapping(),
+            false
         );
         $this->cachedPersisterContexts['withLimits'] = new CachedPersisterContext(
             $class,
-            new Query\ResultSetMapping()
+            new Query\ResultSetMapping(),
+            true
         );
     }
 
@@ -1169,11 +1171,9 @@ class BasicEntityPersister implements EntityPersister
      * the resulting SQL fragment is generated only once and cached in {@link selectColumnListSql}.
      * Subclasses may or may not do the same.
      *
-     * @param bool $hasLimitClause
-     *
      * @return string The SQL fragment.
      */
-    protected function getSelectColumnsSQL(/*$hasLimitClause = false*/)
+    protected function getSelectColumnsSQL()
     {
         //if ( ! $hasLimitClause && $this->selectColumnListSql !== null) {
         if ($this->currentPersisterContext->selectColumnListSql !== null) {
@@ -1206,6 +1206,10 @@ class BasicEntityPersister implements EntityPersister
                 continue;
             }
 
+            if ((($assoc['type'] & ClassMetadata::TO_MANY) > 0) && $this->currentPersisterContext->handlesLimits) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             $eagerEntity = $this->em->getClassMetadata($assoc['targetEntity']);
 
             if ($eagerEntity->inheritanceType != ClassMetadata::INHERITANCE_TYPE_NONE) {
@@ -1955,6 +1959,8 @@ class BasicEntityPersister implements EntityPersister
     {
         if (null === $offset && null === $limit) {
             $this->currentPersisterContext = $this->cachedPersisterContexts['noLimits'];
+
+            return;
         }
 
         $this->currentPersisterContext = $this->cachedPersisterContexts['withLimits'];
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Entity/CachedPersisterContext.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Entity/CachedPersisterContext.php
index f3845d06e..81fde938b 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Entity/CachedPersisterContext.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Entity/CachedPersisterContext.php
@@ -78,15 +78,25 @@ class CachedPersisterContext
      */
     public $sqlTableAliases = array();
 
+    /**
+     * Whether this persistent context is considering limit operations applied to the selection queries
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    public $handlesLimits;
+
     /**
      * @param ClassMetadata    $class
      * @param ResultSetMapping $rsm
+     * @param bool             $handlesLimits
      */
     public function __construct(
         ClassMetadata $class,
-        ResultSetMapping $rsm
+        ResultSetMapping $rsm,
+        $handlesLimits
     ) {
-        $this->class = $class;
-        $this->rsm   = $rsm;
+        $this->class         = $class;
+        $this->rsm           = $rsm;
+        $this->handlesLimits = (bool) $handlesLimits;
     }
 }