diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Entity/BasicEntityPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Entity/BasicEntityPersister.php
index 6af159fc7..3c502e3d7 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Entity/BasicEntityPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Entity/BasicEntityPersister.php
@@ -344,9 +344,13 @@ class BasicEntityPersister implements EntityPersister
              . ' FROM '  . $tableName
              . ' WHERE ' . implode(' = ? AND ', $identifier) . ' = ?';
 
+        $types = [];
+        foreach ($identifier as $fieldName) {
+            $types[] = $versionedClass->fieldMappings[$fieldName]['type'];
+        }
         $flatId = $this->identifierFlattener->flattenIdentifier($versionedClass, $id);
 
-        $value = $this->conn->fetchColumn($sql, array_values($flatId));
+        $value = $this->conn->fetchColumn($sql, array_values($flatId), 0, $types);
 
         return Type::getType($fieldMapping['type'])->convertToPHPValue($value, $this->platform);
     }