diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/SplitParser.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/SplitParser.java
index 0a106c949..5209dc22b 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/SplitParser.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/SplitParser.java
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.GenericBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ManagedList;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
+import org.springframework.core.task.TaskExecutor;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.xml.DomUtils;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
 /**
  * Internal parser for the <split/> elements inside a job. A split element
- * references a bean definition for a
- * {@link org.springframework.batch.core.job.flow.JobExecutionDecider} and goes
+ * optionally references a bean definition for a {@link TaskExecutor} and goes
  * on to list a set of transitions to other states with <next on="pattern"
  * to="stepName"/>. Used by the {@link JobParser}.
  * 
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public class SplitParser {
 	 * 
 	 */
 	private static final String PARENT_ATTR = "parent";
+
 	private final String jobFactoryRef;
 
 	/**
@@ -93,12 +94,13 @@ public class SplitParser {
 		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 		Collection<Object> flows = new ManagedList();
 		int i = 0;
-		String prefix = idAttribute.startsWith(jobFactoryRef) ? idAttribute : jobFactoryRef+"."+idAttribute;
+		String prefix = idAttribute;
 		for (Element nextElement : flowElements) {
 			String ref = nextElement.getAttribute(PARENT_ATTR);
 			if (StringUtils.hasText(ref)) {
 				if (nextElement.getElementsByTagName("*").getLength() > 0) {
-					parserContext.getReaderContext().error("A <flow/> in a <split/> must have ref= or nested <flow/>, but not both.", nextElement);
+					parserContext.getReaderContext().error(
+							"A <flow/> in a <split/> must have ref= or nested <flow/>, but not both.", nextElement);
 				}
 				AbstractBeanDefinition flowDefinition = new GenericBeanDefinition();
 				flowDefinition.setParentName(ref);
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/SplitNestedJobParserTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/SplitNestedJobParserTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13a30132e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/SplitNestedJobParserTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2006-2011 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.xml;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.BatchStatus;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.Job;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParameters;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.JobRepository;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Josh Long
+ * 
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+public class SplitNestedJobParserTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	@Qualifier("job")
+	private Job job;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private JobRepository jobRepository;
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSplitJob() throws Exception {
+		assertNotNull(job);
+		JobExecution jobExecution = jobRepository.createJobExecution(job.getName(), new JobParameters());
+		job.execute(jobExecution);
+		assertEquals(BatchStatus.COMPLETED, jobExecution.getStatus());
+	}
+
+}
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diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/SplitNestedJobParserTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/SplitNestedJobParserTests-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85c206411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/SplitNestedJobParserTests-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch" xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.1.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd">
+
+	<beans:import resource="classpath:/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/common-context.xml" />
+
+	<job id="job">
+		<split id="split1" next="s4">
+			<flow>
+				<!-- Missing state for [StateTransition: [state=job.split1.0.f2step1, pattern=*, next=job.split1.0.f2split1]] -->
+				<step id="f2step1" parent="step3" next="f2split1" />
+				<split id="f2split1">
+					<flow>
+						<step id="f2split1s1" parent="step1" />
+					</flow>
+					<flow>
+						<step id="f2split1s2" parent="step1" />
+					</flow>
+				</split>
+			</flow>
+			<flow>
+				<step id="f1step1" parent="step1" />
+			</flow>
+		</split>
+		<step id="s4" parent="step4" />
+	</job>
+
+</beans:beans>
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