diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/UnitOfWork.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/UnitOfWork.php
index 945815a69..7716855be 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/UnitOfWork.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/UnitOfWork.php
@@ -474,9 +474,7 @@ class UnitOfWork implements PropertyChangedListener
                     }
                 } else if ($isChangeTrackingNotify) {
                     continue;
-                } else if (is_object($orgValue) && $orgValue !== $actualValue) {
-                    $changeSet[$propName] = array($orgValue, $actualValue);
-                } else if ($orgValue != $actualValue || ($orgValue === null ^ $actualValue === null)) {
+                } else if ($orgValue !== $actualValue) {
                     $changeSet[$propName] = array($orgValue, $actualValue);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC1043Test.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC1043Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31bd8350f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC1043Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\Ticket;
+
+use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../TestInit.php';
+
+/**
+ * @group DDC-1043
+ */
+class DDC1043Test extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
+{
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->useModelSet('cms');
+        parent::setUp();
+    }
+
+    public function testChangeSetPlusWeirdPHPCastingIntCastingRule()
+    {
+        $user = new \Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUser();
+        $user->name = "John Galt";
+        $user->username = "jgalt";
+        $user->status = "+44";
+
+        $this->_em->persist($user);
+        $this->_em->flush();
+
+        $user->status = "44";
+        $this->_em->flush();
+        $this->_em->clear();
+
+        $user = $this->_em->find("Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUser", $user->id);
+        $this->assertSame("44", $user->status);
+    }
+}
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