diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/PersistRequestBean.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/PersistRequestBean.java
index e0ab928c5..d831623c0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/PersistRequestBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/PersistRequestBean.java
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ public final class PersistRequestBean<T> extends PersistRequest implements BeanP
    */
   private Integer beanHash;
 
+  /**
+   * Flag set if this is a stateless update.
+   */
+  private boolean statelessUpdate;
+
   private boolean notifyCache;
 
   private boolean deleteMissingChildren;
@@ -134,6 +139,7 @@ public final class PersistRequestBean<T> extends PersistRequest implements BeanP
       if (intercept.isNew()) {
         // 'stateless update' - set loaded properties as dirty
         intercept.setNewBeanForUpdate();
+        statelessUpdate = true;
       }
       // Mark Mutable scalar properties (like Hstore) as dirty where necessary
       beanDescriptor.checkMutableProperties(intercept);
@@ -501,8 +507,19 @@ public final class PersistRequestBean<T> extends PersistRequest implements BeanP
       String m = Message.msg("persist.conc2", "" + rowCount);
       throw new OptimisticLockException(m, null, bean);
     }
-    if (type == Type.DELETE) {
-      postDelete();
+    switch (type) {
+      case DELETE: postDelete(); break;
+      case UPDATE: postUpdate(); break;
+      default: // do nothing
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Clear the bean from the PersistenceContext (L1 cache) for stateless updates.
+   */
+  private void postUpdate() {
+    if (statelessUpdate) {
+      transaction.getPersistenceContext().clear(beanDescriptor.getBeanType(), idValue);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/persistencecontext/TestPersistenceContextQueryScope.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/persistencecontext/TestPersistenceContextQueryScope.java
index e91d5439b..ee036322b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/persistencecontext/TestPersistenceContextQueryScope.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/persistencecontext/TestPersistenceContextQueryScope.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.avaje.tests.persistencecontext;
 
 import com.avaje.ebean.BaseTestCase;
 import com.avaje.ebean.Ebean;
+import com.avaje.ebean.SqlUpdate;
 import com.avaje.tests.model.basic.EBasicVer;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -25,13 +26,12 @@ public class TestPersistenceContextQueryScope extends BaseTestCase {
     try {
       EBasicVer bean1 = Ebean.find(EBasicVer.class, bean.getId());
 
-      // do an update of the name
-      EBasicVer updateBean = new EBasicVer();
-      updateBean.setId(bean.getId());
-      updateBean.setName("second");
-
-      // perform an update to the DB
-      Ebean.update(updateBean);
+      // do an update of the name in the DB
+      SqlUpdate sqlUpdate = Ebean.createSqlUpdate("update e_basicver set name=? where id=?");
+      sqlUpdate.setParameter(1, "second");
+      sqlUpdate.setParameter(2, bean.getId());
+      int rowCount = sqlUpdate.execute();
+      assertEquals(1, rowCount);
 
       // fetch the bean again... but doesn't hit DB as it
       // is in the PersistenceContext which is transaction scoped
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/transaction/TestStatelessUpdateClearPC.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/transaction/TestStatelessUpdateClearPC.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2bded3bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/transaction/TestStatelessUpdateClearPC.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.avaje.tests.transaction;
+
+import com.avaje.ebean.BaseTestCase;
+import com.avaje.ebean.Ebean;
+import com.avaje.tests.model.basic.EBasic;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+public class TestStatelessUpdateClearPC extends BaseTestCase {
+
+  @Test
+  public void test() {
+
+
+    Ebean.beginTransaction();
+
+    EBasic newUser = new EBasic();
+    newUser.setName("any@email.com");
+    Ebean.save(newUser);
+
+    // load the bean into the persistence context
+    EBasic dummyLoadedUser = Ebean.find(EBasic.class, newUser.getId()); // This row is added
+    assertNotNull(dummyLoadedUser);
+
+    // stateless update (should clear the bean from the persistence context)
+    EBasic updateUser = new EBasic();
+    updateUser.setId(newUser.getId());
+    updateUser.setName("anyNew@email.com");
+    Ebean.update(updateUser);
+
+    EBasic loadedUser = Ebean.find(EBasic.class, newUser.getId());
+    assertEquals("anyNew@email.com", loadedUser.getName());
+
+    Ebean.rollbackTransaction();
+  }
+}