diff --git a/execution/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/JobExecution.hbm.xml b/execution/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/JobExecution.hbm.xml
index 823de3ce1..71928d035 100644
--- a/execution/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/JobExecution.hbm.xml
+++ b/execution/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/JobExecution.hbm.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 			&job-execution-generator;
 		</id>
 		<version name="version" access="field"/>
-		<property name="jobId" type="long" update="false" column="JOB_ID" />
+		<property name="jobId" type="long" update="false" column="JOB_ID" access="field"/>
 		<property name="startTime" column="START_TIME" />
 		<property name="endTime" column="END_TIME" />
 		<property name="status" type="org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.dao.BatchStatusUserType" column="STATUS" />
diff --git a/execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/SimpleJobRepositoryTests.java b/execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/SimpleJobRepositoryTests.java
index 2fa825797..3491a6c23 100644
--- a/execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/SimpleJobRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/SimpleJobRepositoryTests.java
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ public class SimpleJobRepositoryTests extends TestCase {
 
 	}
 
-	public void testSaveOrUpdateJobExecution() {
+	public void testSaveOrUpdateInvalidJobExecution() {
 
 		// failure scenario - must have job ID
 		JobExecution jobExecution = new JobExecution(null);
@@ -272,9 +272,13 @@ public class SimpleJobRepositoryTests extends TestCase {
 		catch (Exception ex) {
 			// expected
 		}
+	}
+	
+	public void testSaveOrUpdateValidJobExecution() throws Exception {
+
+		JobExecution jobExecution = new JobExecution(new Long(1));
 
 		// new execution - call save on job dao
-		jobExecution.setJobId(new Long(1));
 		jobDao.save(jobExecution);
 		jobDaoControl.replay();
 		jobRepository.saveOrUpdate(jobExecution);