diff --git a/openjpa-lib/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/lib/identifier/IdentifierRule.java b/openjpa-lib/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/lib/identifier/IdentifierRule.java
index 043815368..7821dedab 100644
--- a/openjpa-lib/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/lib/identifier/IdentifierRule.java
+++ b/openjpa-lib/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/lib/identifier/IdentifierRule.java
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public class IdentifierRule {
     }
 
     public void setDelimitReservedWords(boolean delimitReservedWords) {
-        delimitReservedWords = _delimitReservedWords;
+        _delimitReservedWords = delimitReservedWords;
     }
 
     public boolean getDelimitReservedWords() {