diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/attrOverrides/TestAssocOverridesXML.java b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/attrOverrides/TestAssocOverridesXML.java
index 3bec4ef1a..4ef3d4563 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/attrOverrides/TestAssocOverridesXML.java
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/attrOverrides/TestAssocOverridesXML.java
@@ -54,19 +54,42 @@ public class TestAssocOverridesXML  extends AbstractPersistenceTestCase{
             "embed-persistence.xml", props);
 
         EntityManager em = emf1.createEntityManager();
+
+        XMLAssocOverEntityA ea = new XMLAssocOverEntityA();
+        XMLAssocOverEntityB eb = new XMLAssocOverEntityB();
+        XMLAssocOverEntityB meb = new XMLAssocOverEntityB();
+        XMLAssocOverEmbed emb = new XMLAssocOverEmbed();
+        eb.setName("XMLAssocOverEntityB");
+        meb.setName("XMLAssocOverEntityBM21");
+        List<XMLAssocOverEntityA> eaList1 = new ArrayList<XMLAssocOverEntityA>();
+        eaList1.add(ea);
+        List<XMLAssocOverEntityA> eaList2 = new ArrayList<XMLAssocOverEntityA>();        
+        eaList2.add(ea);
+        eb.setEaList(eaList1);
+        meb.setEaList(eaList2);
+        emb.setName("XMLAssocOverEmbed");
+        emb.setEb(eb);
+        emb.setMeb(meb);
+        List<XMLAssocOverEmbed> embList = new ArrayList<XMLAssocOverEmbed>();
+        embList.add(emb);
+        ea.setEmbA(embList);
+        
         em.getTransaction().begin();
+        em.persist(ea);
         em.getTransaction().commit();
         em.close();
-        // The above should trigger schema definition
-                
-        assertSQLFragnments(_sql, "CREATE TABLE XML_EMBALIST .*" +
+        try {
+            assertSQLFragnments(_sql, "CREATE TABLE XML_EMBALIST .*" +
                 " .*emba_entb.*emba_mentb");
         
-        try {
-            if (emf1 != null)
-                cleanupEMF(emf1);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            fail(e.getMessage());
+        } 
+        finally {
+            try {
+                if (emf1 != null)
+                    cleanupEMF(emf1);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                fail(e.getMessage());
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
index 4aa41d8d0..dae25fa4b 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
         <mapping-file>org/apache/openjpa/persistence/jdbc/order/order-orm-3.xml</mapping-file>
         <mapping-file>org/apache/openjpa/persistence/inheritance/orm.xml</mapping-file>
         <mapping-file>org/apache/openjpa/persistence/orm.xml</mapping-file>
+        <mapping-file>org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-assoc-over-orm.xml</mapping-file>
         <properties>
             <property name="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings"
                 value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)"/>
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-assoc-over-orm.xml b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-assoc-over-orm.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7cf2c643a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-assoc-over-orm.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+ 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.
+-->
+<!-- AtestCatalog metadata in xml -->
+<entity-mappings xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/orm"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/orm orm_2_0.xsd"
+    version="2.0">
+    
+    <entity class="org.apache.openjpa.persistence.embed.attrOverrides.XMLAssocOverEntityA">
+        <attributes>
+            <id name="id">
+                <generated-value/>
+            </id>
+            <element-collection name="embaList">
+                <association-override name="eb">
+                    <join-column name="emba_entb" />
+                </association-override>
+                <association-override name="meb">
+                    <join-column name="emba_mentb" />
+                </association-override>
+                <collection-table name="XML_EMBALIST"/>
+            </element-collection>
+        </attributes>
+    </entity>
+    
+    <entity class="org.apache.openjpa.persistence.embed.attrOverrides.XMLAssocOverEntityB">
+        <attributes>
+            <id name="id">
+                <generated-value/>
+            </id>
+            <basic name="name"/>
+            <one-to-many name="eaList">
+                <cascade>
+                    <cascade-all />
+                </cascade>
+            </one-to-many>
+        </attributes>
+    </entity>
+
+    <embeddable class="org.apache.openjpa.persistence.embed.attrOverrides.XMLAssocOverEmbed">
+        <attributes>
+            <basic name="name"/>
+            <many-to-one name="meb">
+                <cascade>
+                    <cascade-all />
+                </cascade>
+            </many-to-one>
+            <one-to-one name="eb">
+                <cascade>
+                    <cascade-all />
+                </cascade>
+            </one-to-one>
+        </attributes>
+    </embeddable>    
+</entity-mappings>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-orm.xml b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-orm.xml
index 8ada25679..1b71f744e 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-orm.xml
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-orm.xml
@@ -216,36 +216,6 @@ version="2.0">
         </attributes>
     </entity>    
 
-    <entity class="org.apache.openjpa.persistence.embed.attrOverrides.XMLAssocOverEntityA">
-        <attributes>
-            <id name="id">
-                <generated-value/>
-            </id>
-            <element-collection name="embaList">
-                <association-override name="eb">
-                    <join-column name="emba_entb" />
-                </association-override>
-                <association-override name="meb">
-                    <join-column name="emba_mentb" />
-                </association-override>
-                <collection-table name="XML_EMBALIST"/>
-            </element-collection>
-        </attributes>
-    </entity>
-    
-    <entity class="org.apache.openjpa.persistence.embed.attrOverrides.XMLAssocOverEntityB">
-        <attributes>
-            <id name="id">
-                <generated-value/>
-            </id>
-            <basic name="name"/>
-            <one-to-many name="eaList">
-                <cascade>
-                    <cascade-all />
-                </cascade>
-            </one-to-many>
-        </attributes>
-    </entity>
     <embeddable 
         class="org.apache.openjpa.persistence.embed.attrOverrides.AddressXml" 
         access="FIELD">
@@ -303,21 +273,5 @@ version="2.0">
                 <column name="shouldNotExist" />
             </basic>
         </attributes>
-    </embeddable>
-    
-    <embeddable class="org.apache.openjpa.persistence.embed.attrOverrides.XMLAssocOverEmbed">
-        <attributes>
-            <basic name="name"/>
-            <many-to-one name="meb">
-                <cascade>
-                    <cascade-all />
-                </cascade>
-            </many-to-one>
-            <one-to-one name="eb">
-                <cascade>
-                    <cascade-all />
-                </cascade>
-            </one-to-one>
-        </attributes>
-    </embeddable>
+    </embeddable>    
 </entity-mappings>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-persistence.xml b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-persistence.xml
index 3660f778d..0cb208bc7 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-persistence.xml
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-persistence.xml
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     version="2.0">
     <persistence-unit name="AssocOverPU">
-        <mapping-file>org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-orm.xml</mapping-file>
+        <mapping-file>org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-assoc-over-orm.xml</mapping-file>
         <class>org.apache.openjpa.persistence.embed.attrOverrides.XMLAssocOverEmbed</class>
         <class>org.apache.openjpa.persistence.embed.attrOverrides.XMLAssocOverEntityA</class>
         <class>org.apache.openjpa.persistence.embed.attrOverrides.XMLAssocOverEntityB</class>
             <properties>
-                <property name="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema"/>                
+                <property name="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(SchemaAction='drop,add')"/>                
             </properties>
     </persistence-unit>
 </persistence>