diff --git a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactCollector.java b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactCollector.java
index 53e23e75a1..69ca8fe869 100644
--- a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactCollector.java
+++ b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactCollector.java
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ public class DefaultArtifactCollector
         public List getDependencyTrail()
         {
             List path = new ArrayList( parents );
-            path.add( getKey() );
+            path.add( artifact.getId() );
             return path;
         }