diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/action/internal/EntityIdentityInsertAction.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/action/internal/EntityIdentityInsertAction.java
index 847faf866b..2ebd0e7ad0 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/action/internal/EntityIdentityInsertAction.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/action/internal/EntityIdentityInsertAction.java
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public class EntityIdentityInsertAction extends AbstractEntityInsertAction  {
 		return generatedId;
 	}
 
-	protected void setGeneratedId(Serializable generatedId) {
+	protected void setGeneratedId(Object generatedId) {
 		this.generatedId = generatedId;
 	}