diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
index 3dea8de4b..9c4ac2a88 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
@@ -2264,7 +2264,9 @@ class SqlWalker implements TreeWalker
     public function walkArithmeticFactor($factor)
     {
         if (is_string($factor)) {
-            return $factor;
+            return (isset($this->queryComponents[$factor]))
+                ? $this->walkResultVariable($this->queryComponents[$factor]['token']['value'])
+                : $factor;
         }
 
         // Phase 2 AST optimization: Skip processing of ArithmeticFactor
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/SelectSqlGenerationTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/SelectSqlGenerationTest.php
index 39c207152..a3a34f822 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/SelectSqlGenerationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/SelectSqlGenerationTest.php
@@ -2242,6 +2242,27 @@ class SelectSqlGenerationTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTestCase
             'SELECT COUNT(c0_.name) AS sclr_0 FROM cms_users c0_ HAVING sclr_0 IS NULL'
         );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * GitHub issue #4764: https://github.com/doctrine/doctrine2/issues/4764
+     * @group DDC-3907
+     * @dataProvider mathematicOperatorsProvider
+     */
+    public function testHavingRegressionUsingVariableWithMathOperatorsExpression($operator)
+    {
+        $this->assertSqlGeneration(
+            'SELECT COUNT(u.name) AS countName FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUser u HAVING 1 ' . $operator . ' countName > 0',
+            'SELECT COUNT(c0_.name) AS sclr_0 FROM cms_users c0_ HAVING 1 ' . $operator . ' sclr_0 > 0'
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function mathematicOperatorsProvider()
+    {
+        return [['+'], ['-'], ['*'], ['/']];
+    }
 }
 
 class MyAbsFunction extends \Doctrine\ORM\Query\AST\Functions\FunctionNode