diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/LockModeRepositoryPostProcessor.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/LockModeRepositoryPostProcessor.java
index 5350b7ff8..4ef4420e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/LockModeRepositoryPostProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/LockModeRepositoryPostProcessor.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public enum LockModeRepositoryPostProcessor implements RepositoryProxyPostProces
 	 * @see ThreadBoundLockMetadata
 	 * @author Oliver Gierke
 	 */
-	private static enum LockModePopulatingMethodIntercceptor implements MethodInterceptor {
+	static enum LockModePopulatingMethodIntercceptor implements MethodInterceptor {
 
 		INSTANCE;
 
@@ -88,7 +88,11 @@ public enum LockModeRepositoryPostProcessor implements RepositoryProxyPostProces
 			LockModeType lockMode = (LockModeType) AnnotationUtils.getValue(annotation);
 			TransactionSynchronizationManager.bindResource(method, lockMode == null ? NULL : lockMode);
 
-			return invocation.proceed();
+			try {
+				return invocation.proceed();
+			} finally {
+				TransactionSynchronizationManager.unbindResource(method);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/LockModePopulatingMethodInterceptorUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/LockModePopulatingMethodInterceptorUnitTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2f90e088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/LockModePopulatingMethodInterceptorUnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 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.data.jpa.repository.support;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+import javax.persistence.LockModeType;
+
+import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.Lock;
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support.LockModeRepositoryPostProcessor.LockModePopulatingMethodIntercceptor;
+import org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionSynchronizationManager;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for {@link LockModePopulatingMethodIntercceptor}.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+public class LockModePopulatingMethodInterceptorUnitTests {
+
+	@Mock
+	MethodInvocation invocation;
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAJPA-268
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void cleansUpBoundResources() throws Throwable {
+
+		Method method = Sample.class.getMethod("someMethod");
+		when(invocation.getMethod()).thenReturn(method);
+
+		LockModePopulatingMethodIntercceptor interceptor = LockModePopulatingMethodIntercceptor.INSTANCE;
+		interceptor.invoke(invocation);
+
+		assertThat(TransactionSynchronizationManager.getResource(method), is(nullValue()));
+	}
+
+	interface Sample {
+
+		@Lock(LockModeType.OPTIMISTIC)
+		void someMethod();
+	}
+}