diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php
index e94e91575..08f316fb3 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ class BasicEntityPersister
     {
         switch (true) {
             case (isset($this->_class->fieldMappings[$field])):
-                $type = Type::getType($this->_class->fieldMappings[$field]['type'])->getBindingType();
+                $type = $this->_class->fieldMappings[$field]['type'];
                 break;
 
             case (isset($this->_class->associationMappings[$field])):
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ class BasicEntityPersister
                 $type         = null;
 
                 if (isset($targetClass->fieldNames[$targetColumn])) {
-                    $type = Type::getType($targetClass->fieldMappings[$targetClass->fieldNames[$targetColumn]]['type'])->getBindingType();
+                    $type = $targetClass->fieldMappings[$targetClass->fieldNames[$targetColumn]]['type'];
                 }
 
                 break;
@@ -1456,8 +1456,8 @@ class BasicEntityPersister
             default:
                 $type = null;
         }
-
         if (is_array($value)) {
+            $type = Type::getType( $type )->getBindingType();
             $type += Connection::ARRAY_PARAM_OFFSET;
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/TypeTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/TypeTest.php
index 8a2eab70e..9ed8cf050 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/TypeTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/TypeTest.php
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ class TypeTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
 
         $this->assertInstanceOf('DateTime', $dateTimeDb->datetime);
         $this->assertEquals('2009-10-02 20:10:52', $dateTimeDb->datetime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'));
+
+        $articles = $this->_em->getRepository( 'Doctrine\Tests\Models\Generic\DateTimeModel' )->findBy( array( 'datetime' => new \DateTime( "now" ) ) );
+        $this->assertEquals( 0, count( $articles ) );
     }
 
     public function testDqlQueryBindDateTimeInstance()
@@ -176,4 +179,4 @@ class TypeTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
         $this->assertInstanceOf('DateTime', $dateTime->time);
         $this->assertEquals('19:27:20', $dateTime->time->format('H:i:s'));
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}