diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/query/SqlTreeNodeBean.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/query/SqlTreeNodeBean.java
index b64dacb58..436388776 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/query/SqlTreeNodeBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/query/SqlTreeNodeBean.java
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ public class SqlTreeNodeBean implements SqlTreeNode {
 
     PersistenceContext persistenceContext = (!readId || temporalVersions) ? null : ctx.getPersistenceContext();
 
+    boolean newBean = false;
     if (readId) {
       Object id = localIdBinder.readSet(ctx, localBean);
       if (id == null) {
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@ public class SqlTreeNodeBean implements SqlTreeNode {
         contextBean = (EntityBean) persistenceContext.putIfAbsent(id, localBean);
         if (contextBean == null) {
           // bean just added to the persistenceContext
+          newBean = true;
           contextBean = localBean;
         } else {
           // bean already exists in persistenceContext
@@ -345,7 +347,7 @@ public class SqlTreeNodeBean implements SqlTreeNode {
       return localBean;
 
     } else {
-      if (lazyLoadParentId != null) {
+      if (lazyLoadParentId != null && newBean) {
         ctx.setLazyLoadedChildBean(contextBean, lazyLoadParentId);
       }
       return contextBean;