diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/internal/StatementPreparerImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/internal/StatementPreparerImpl.java
index b19193b02e..7f6a67c400 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/internal/StatementPreparerImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/internal/StatementPreparerImpl.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class StatementPreparerImpl implements StatementPreparer {
 		jdbcCoordinator.executeBatch();
 		return new StatementPreparationTemplate( sql ) {
 			public PreparedStatement doPrepare() throws SQLException {
-				return connection().prepareStatement( sql, new int[]{ 1 } );
+				return connection().prepareStatement( sql, autoGeneratedKeys );
 			}
 		}.prepareStatement();
 	}