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 4568c2c63..7ae1f1b63 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
@@ -1253,13 +1253,14 @@ public class DBDictionary
             val.setTime(val.getTime() + 1000);
             nanos = 0;
         }
-
-        val.setNanos(nanos);
+        
+        Timestamp valForStmnt = new Timestamp(val.getTime());
+        valForStmnt.setNanos(nanos);
 
         if (cal == null)
-            stmnt.setTimestamp(idx, val);
+            stmnt.setTimestamp(idx, valForStmnt);
         else
-            stmnt.setTimestamp(idx, val, cal);
+            stmnt.setTimestamp(idx, valForStmnt, cal);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/jdbc/TestTimestampPKDeletion.java b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/jdbc/TestTimestampPKDeletion.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcf309bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/jdbc/TestTimestampPKDeletion.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.    
+ */
+package org.apache.openjpa.persistence.jdbc;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
+import javax.persistence.EntityTransaction;
+import javax.persistence.Query;
+
+import org.apache.openjpa.persistence.simple.EntityWithTimestampPK;
+import org.apache.openjpa.persistence.test.SQLListenerTestCase;
+
+public class TestTimestampPKDeletion extends SQLListenerTestCase {
+
+    public void setUp() {
+        setUp(EntityWithTimestampPK.class);
+    }
+
+    public void testTimestampPKDeletion() {
+        EntityWithTimestampPK testEntity = new EntityWithTimestampPK("test");        
+
+        EntityManager em = emf.createEntityManager();
+
+        em.getTransaction().begin();
+        em.persist(testEntity);
+        em.getTransaction().commit();
+        em.close();
+        
+        em = emf.createEntityManager();
+        final EntityTransaction tx = em.getTransaction();
+        tx.begin();       
+        final Query q = em.createQuery("SELECT testEntity FROM EntityWithTimestampPK testEntity ");
+       
+        final List<EntityWithTimestampPK> testEntities = q.getResultList();
+        for (EntityWithTimestampPK t : testEntities) {
+              em.remove(t);
+        }         
+        tx.commit();
+        em.close();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/simple/EntityWithTimestampPK.java b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/simple/EntityWithTimestampPK.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c2fc3af5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/simple/EntityWithTimestampPK.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.    
+ */
+package org.apache.openjpa.persistence.simple;
+
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+
+@Entity 
+public class EntityWithTimestampPK {
+    
+    @Id
+    private Timestamp idTsp; 
+
+    private String description;
+
+    public Timestamp getIdTsp() {
+        return idTsp;
+    }
+
+    public EntityWithTimestampPK(String desc) {
+        super();
+        this.idTsp = new Timestamp((new Date()).getTime());        
+        this.description = desc;
+    }
+    
+    public EntityWithTimestampPK(){
+        
+    }
+
+    public void setIdTsp(Timestamp idTsp) {
+        this.idTsp = idTsp;
+    }
+
+    public String getDesc() {
+        return description;
+    }
+
+    public void setDesc(String desc) {
+        this.description = desc;
+    }
+     
+     
+}