diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/MappingCouchbaseConverter.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/MappingCouchbaseConverter.java
index 52eac27c..4093455e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/MappingCouchbaseConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/MappingCouchbaseConverter.java
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ public class MappingCouchbaseConverter extends AbstractCouchbaseConverter
       Class<?> elementType = element == null ? null : element.getClass();
 
       if (elementType == null || conversions.isSimpleType(elementType)) {
-        target.put(element);
+        target.put(getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleWrite(element));
       } else if (element instanceof Collection || elementType.isArray()) {
         target.put(writeCollectionInternal(asCollection(element), new CouchbaseList(conversions.getSimpleTypeHolder()), componentType));
       } else {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/mapping/MappingCouchbaseConverterTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/mapping/MappingCouchbaseConverterTests.java
index c4c9d5cd..a11621ec 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/mapping/MappingCouchbaseConverterTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/mapping/MappingCouchbaseConverterTests.java
@@ -413,6 +413,9 @@ public class MappingCouchbaseConverterTests {
     mapOfValuesDoc.put("val1", valueStr);
     mapOfValuesDoc.put("val2", value2Str);
     source.put("mapOfValues", mapOfValuesDoc);
+
+    assertEquals(((CouchbaseList)converted.getPayload().get("listOfValues")).get(0), valueStr);
+    assertEquals(((CouchbaseList)converted.getPayload().get("listOfValues")).get(1), value2Str);
     assertEquals(source.export().toString(), converted.export().toString());
 
     CustomEntity readConverted = converter.read(CustomEntity.class, source);