diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/DBDictionary.java b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/DBDictionary.java
index ffd9f4023..bd3356deb 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/DBDictionary.java
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/DBDictionary.java
@@ -1986,7 +1986,7 @@ public class DBDictionary
         // (SELECT 1 FROM TABLE t0 WHERE t0.ID = TABLE.ID); also, some
         // databases do not allow aliases in delete statements, which
         // also causes us to use a subselect
-        Set<String> selectedTables = getSelectTableAliases(sel);
+        Collection<String> selectedTables = getSelectTableAliases(sel);
         if (selectedTables.size() == 1 && supportsSubselect
             && allowsAliasInBulkClause) {
             SQLBuffer from;
@@ -2070,14 +2070,8 @@ public class DBDictionary
         return sql;
     }
     
-    Set<String> getSelectTableAliases(Select sel) {
-        Set<String> result = new HashSet<String>();
-        List<String> selects = sel.getIdentifierAliases();
-        for (String s : selects) {
-            String tableAlias = s.substring(0, s.indexOf('.'));
-            result.add(tableAlias);
-        }
-        return result;
+    protected Collection<String> getSelectTableAliases(Select sel) {
+        return sel.getTableAliases();
     }
 
     protected SQLBuffer getDeleteTargets(Select sel) {
diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/MySQLDictionary.java b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/MySQLDictionary.java
index a559f872d..093bd0228 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/MySQLDictionary.java
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/MySQLDictionary.java
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Types;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.kernel.JDBCFetchConfiguration;
@@ -383,4 +387,15 @@ public class MySQLDictionary
             select += " " + hint;
         return select;
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    protected Collection<String> getSelectTableAliases(Select sel) {
+        Set<String> result = new HashSet<String>();
+        List<String> selects = sel.getIdentifierAliases();
+        for (String s : selects) {
+            String tableAlias = s.substring(0, s.indexOf('.'));
+            result.add(tableAlias);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
 }