diff --git a/src/org/hibernate/persister/entity/AbstractEntityPersister.java b/src/org/hibernate/persister/entity/AbstractEntityPersister.java
index ea55d73d17..7f63d58ac1 100644
--- a/src/org/hibernate/persister/entity/AbstractEntityPersister.java
+++ b/src/org/hibernate/persister/entity/AbstractEntityPersister.java
@@ -3083,7 +3083,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityPersister
 				propsToUpdate[property] = true;
 			}
 		}
-		if ( isVersioned() ) {
+		if ( isVersioned() && updateability[getVersionProperty() ]) {
 			propsToUpdate[ getVersionProperty() ] =
 				Versioning.isVersionIncrementRequired( dirtyProperties, hasDirtyCollection, getPropertyVersionability() );
 		}