diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
index 082f95f50..fb6177919 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
@@ -1624,6 +1624,16 @@ class SqlWalker implements TreeWalker
 
         // ResultVariable
         if (isset($this->queryComponents[$groupByItem]['resultVariable'])) {
+            $resultVariable = $this->queryComponents[$groupByItem]['resultVariable'];
+
+            if ($resultVariable instanceof AST\PathExpression) {
+                return $this->walkPathExpression($resultVariable);
+            }
+
+            if (isset($resultVariable->pathExpression)) {
+                return $this->walkPathExpression($resultVariable->pathExpression);
+            }
+
             return $this->walkResultVariable($groupByItem);
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/SelectSqlGenerationTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/SelectSqlGenerationTest.php
index cf0c95b0b..19624e1b8 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/SelectSqlGenerationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/SelectSqlGenerationTest.php
@@ -1584,7 +1584,7 @@ class SelectSqlGenerationTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTestCase
     {
         $this->assertSqlGeneration(
             'SELECT u, u.status AS st FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUser u GROUP BY st',
-            'SELECT c0_.id AS id0, c0_.status AS status1, c0_.username AS username2, c0_.name AS name3, c0_.status AS status4 FROM cms_users c0_ GROUP BY status4'
+            'SELECT c0_.id AS id0, c0_.status AS status1, c0_.username AS username2, c0_.name AS name3, c0_.status AS status4 FROM cms_users c0_ GROUP BY c0_.status'
         );
     }
 
@@ -2268,4 +2268,3 @@ class DDC1474Entity
     }
 
 }
-