diff --git a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ejb/AbstractEntityManagerImpl.java b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ejb/AbstractEntityManagerImpl.java
index 4be3b203f9..0d5fb2494f 100755
--- a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ejb/AbstractEntityManagerImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ejb/AbstractEntityManagerImpl.java
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityManagerImpl implements HibernateEntityManage
 	}
 
 	private CacheStoreMode determineCacheStoreMode(Map<String, Object> settings) {
-		return ( CacheStoreMode ) properties.get( AvailableSettings.SHARED_CACHE_STORE_MODE );
+		return ( CacheStoreMode ) settings.get( AvailableSettings.SHARED_CACHE_STORE_MODE );
 	}
 
 	private void setLockOptions(Map<String, Object> props, LockOptions options) {