diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/StringQuery.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/StringQuery.java
index 285d41439..bd9bd5af2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/StringQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/StringQuery.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @author Thomas Darimont
  * @author Oliver Wehrens
  * @author Mark Paluch
+ * @author Jens Schauder
  */
 class StringQuery {
 
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ class StringQuery {
 				}
 
 				if (replacement != null) {
-					result = StringUtils.replace(result, matcher.group(2), replacement);
+					result = replaceFirst(result, matcher.group(2), replacement);
 				}
 
 			}
@@ -295,6 +296,16 @@ class StringQuery {
 			return result;
 		}
 
+		private static String replaceFirst(String text, String substring, String replacement) {
+
+			int index = text.indexOf(substring);
+			if (index < 0) {
+				return text;
+			}
+
+			return text.substring(0, index) + replacement + text.substring(index + substring.length());
+		}
+
 		private int tryFindGreatestParameterIndexIn(String query) {
 
 			Matcher parameterIndexMatcher = PARAMETER_BINDING_BY_INDEX.matcher(query);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/UserRepositoryTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/UserRepositoryTests.java
index f252358dc..6685b8054 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/UserRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/UserRepositoryTests.java
@@ -2145,6 +2145,16 @@ public class UserRepositoryTests {
 		assertThat(query.getParameters(),hasSize(2));
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATAJPA-1179
+	public void duplicateSpelsWorkAsIntended() {
+
+		flushTestUsers();
+
+		List<User> users = repository.findUsersByDuplicateSpel("Oliver");
+
+		assertThat(users, hasSize(1));
+	}
+
 	private Page<User> executeSpecWithSort(Sort sort) {
 
 		flushTestUsers();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/StringQueryUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/StringQueryUnitTests.java
index 67bea150f..8eb251bee 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/StringQueryUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/StringQueryUnitTests.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.repository.query.parser.Part.Type;
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Jens Schauder
  */
 public class StringQueryUnitTests {
 
@@ -302,6 +303,20 @@ public class StringQueryUnitTests {
 		assertThat(new StringQuery("select new Dto from A a").hasConstructorExpression(), is(false));
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATAJPA-1179
+	public void bindingsMatchQueryForIdenticalSpelExpressions() {
+
+		StringQuery query = new StringQuery("select a from A a where a.first = :#{#exp} or a.second = :#{#exp}");
+
+		List<ParameterBinding> bindings = query.getParameterBindings();
+		assertThat(bindings, not(empty()));
+
+		for (ParameterBinding binding : bindings) {
+			assertThat(binding.getName(), notNullValue());
+			assertThat(query.getQueryString(), containsString(binding.getName()));
+		}
+	}
+
 	private void assertPositionalBinding(Class<? extends ParameterBinding> bindingType, Integer position,
 			ParameterBinding expectedBinding) {
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/sample/UserRepository.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/sample/UserRepository.java
index c05497221..f55fe04c2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/sample/UserRepository.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/sample/UserRepository.java
@@ -466,6 +466,10 @@ public interface UserRepository
 	// DATAJPA-858
 	List<User> findByRolesNameContaining(String name);
 
+	// DATAJPA-1179
+	@Query("select u from User u where u.firstname = :#{#firstname} and u.firstname = :#{#firstname}")
+	List<User> findUsersByDuplicateSpel(@Param("firstname") String firstname);
+
 	List<RolesAndFirstname> findRolesAndFirstnameBy();
 
 	static interface RolesAndFirstname {