diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php
index 40b7f09d9..a80f8bc9a 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php
@@ -1696,6 +1696,7 @@ class BasicEntityPersister
             }
 
             $key = key($idValues);
+
             if (null !== $key){
                 $value = $idValues[$key];
            }