diff --git a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/discriminator/Person.hbm.xml b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/discriminator/Person.hbm.xml
index b68ead7173..4a39b12e37 100755
--- a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/discriminator/Person.hbm.xml
+++ b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/discriminator/Person.hbm.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 				
 		<discriminator 
 			type="character"
-			formula="case when title is not null then 'E' when salesperson is not null then 'C' else 'P' end"/>
+			formula="case when `title` is not null then 'E' when salesperson is not null then 'C' else 'P' end"/>
 
 		<property name="name" 
 			not-null="true"
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 		
 		<subclass name="Employee" 
 			discriminator-value="E">
-				<property name="title" 
+				<property name="title" column="`title`"
 					length="20"/>
 				<property name="salary"
 					length="0"/>