diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultBeanLoader.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultBeanLoader.java
index 3b430f1f2..a672cc8d1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultBeanLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultBeanLoader.java
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ public class DefaultBeanLoader {
     }
 
     if (embeddedOwnerIndex > -1) {
-      query.select("id," + ebi.getProperty(embeddedOwnerIndex));
+      query.select(ebi.getProperty(embeddedOwnerIndex));
     }
 
     // don't collect AutoTune usage profiling information