diff --git a/activemq-pool/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/pool/PooledConnection.java b/activemq-pool/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/pool/PooledConnection.java
index d657706514..7268498c62 100755
--- a/activemq-pool/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/pool/PooledConnection.java
+++ b/activemq-pool/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/pool/PooledConnection.java
@@ -118,7 +118,14 @@ public class PooledConnection implements TopicConnection, QueueConnection, Enhan
     }
 
     public void setClientID(String clientID) throws JMSException {
-        getConnection().setClientID(clientID);
+    	
+    	// ignore repeated calls to setClientID() with the same client id
+    	// this could happen when a JMS component such as Spring that uses a 
+    	// PooledConnectionFactory shuts down and reinitializes.
+    	//
+        if (this.getConnection().getClientID() == null || !this.getClientID().equals(clientID)) {
+        	getConnection().setClientID(clientID);
+        }
     }
 
     public ConnectionConsumer createConnectionConsumer(Queue queue, String selector,
diff --git a/activemq-pool/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/pool/PooledConnectionTest.java b/activemq-pool/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/pool/PooledConnectionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d98ae055aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activemq-pool/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/pool/PooledConnectionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package org.apache.activemq.pool;
+
+import javax.jms.Connection;
+import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
+import javax.jms.IllegalStateException;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * A couple of tests against the PooledConnection class.
+ *
+ */
+public class PooledConnectionTest extends TestCase {
+	
+	private Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PooledConnectionTest.class);
+	
+	
+	@Override
+	public void setUp() throws Exception {
+		log.debug("setUp() called.");
+	}
+	
+	
+	@Override
+	public void tearDown() throws Exception {
+		log.debug("tearDown() called.");
+	}
+		
+	
+	/**
+	 * AMQ-3752:
+	 * Tests how the ActiveMQConnection reacts to repeated calls to
+	 * setClientID(). 
+	 * 
+	 * @throws Exception
+	 */
+	public void testRepeatedSetClientIDCalls() throws Exception {
+		log.debug("running testRepeatedSetClientIDCalls()");
+		
+		// 1st test: call setClientID("newID") twice 
+		// this should be tolerated and not result in an exception
+		//
+		ConnectionFactory cf = createPooledConnectionFactory();
+		Connection conn = cf.createConnection();
+		conn.setClientID("newID");
+		
+		try {
+			conn.setClientID("newID");
+			conn.start();
+			conn.close();
+			cf = null;
+		} catch (IllegalStateException ise) {
+			log.error("Repeated calls to ActiveMQConnection.setClientID(\"newID\") caused " + ise.getMessage());
+			Assert.fail("Repeated calls to ActiveMQConnection.setClientID(\"newID\") caused " + ise.getMessage());
+		}
+		
+		// 2nd test: call setClientID() twice with different IDs
+		// this should result in an IllegalStateException
+		//
+		cf = createPooledConnectionFactory();
+		conn = cf.createConnection();
+		conn.setClientID("newID1");
+		try {
+			conn.setClientID("newID2");
+			Assert.fail("calling ActiveMQConnection.setClientID() twice with different clientID must raise an IllegalStateException"); 
+		} catch (IllegalStateException ise) {
+			log.debug("Correctly received " + ise);
+		}
+		
+		// 3rd test: try to call setClientID() after start()
+		// should result in an exception
+		cf = createPooledConnectionFactory();
+		conn = cf.createConnection();
+		try {
+		conn.start();
+		conn.setClientID("newID3");
+		Assert.fail("Calling setClientID() after start() mut raise a JMSException.");
+		} catch (IllegalStateException ise) {
+			log.debug("Correctly received " + ise);
+		}
+		
+		log.debug("Test finished.");
+	}
+	
+	
+	protected ConnectionFactory createPooledConnectionFactory() {
+		ConnectionFactory cf = new PooledConnectionFactory("vm://localhost?broker.persistent=false");
+		((PooledConnectionFactory)cf).setMaxConnections(1);	
+		log.debug("ConnectionFactory initialized.");
+		return cf;
+	}
+}