diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MappingMongoConverterParser.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MappingMongoConverterParser.java
index 3ca46ed81..77647a9ea 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MappingMongoConverterParser.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MappingMongoConverterParser.java
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 					.genericBeanDefinition(MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator.class);
 			indexHelperBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(ctxRef);
 			indexHelperBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(dbFactoryRef);
+			indexHelperBuilder.addDependsOn(ctxRef);
 
 			parserContext.registerBeanComponent(new BeanComponentDefinition(indexHelperBuilder.getBeanDefinition(),
 					INDEX_HELPER));
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/MongoMappingContext.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/MongoMappingContext.java
index 8eea4c15d..c95ddea63 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/MongoMappingContext.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/MongoMappingContext.java
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ public class MongoMappingContext extends AbstractMappingContext<BasicMongoPersis
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext) throws BeansException {
-
 		this.context = applicationContext;
-		super.setApplicationContext(applicationContext);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java
index e095b32b1..a3215ac17 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.context.event.ContextRefreshedEvent;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.PersistenceConstructor;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.TypeAlias;
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterUnitTests {
 
 		mappingContext = new MongoMappingContext();
 		mappingContext.setApplicationContext(context);
-		mappingContext.onApplicationEvent(new ContextRefreshedEvent(context));
+		mappingContext.afterPropertiesSet();
 
 		converter = new MappingMongoConverter(factory, mappingContext);
 		converter.afterPropertiesSet();
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/MongoMappingContextUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/MongoMappingContextUnitTests.java
index 2a3a42c95..156698f88 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/MongoMappingContextUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/MongoMappingContextUnitTests.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.AbstractMap;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -32,9 +31,7 @@ import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.AbstractMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.MappingException;
-import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 import com.mongodb.DBRef;
 
@@ -75,17 +72,6 @@ public class MongoMappingContextUnitTests {
 		assertThat(context.getPersistentEntity(DBRef.class), is(nullValue()));
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void populatesAbstractMappingContextsApplicationCorrectly() {
-
-		MongoMappingContext context = new MongoMappingContext();
-		context.setApplicationContext(applicationContext);
-
-		Field field = ReflectionUtils.findField(AbstractMappingContext.class, "applicationContext");
-		ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(field);
-		assertThat(ReflectionUtils.getField(field, context), is(notNullValue()));
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @see DATAMONGO-638
 	 */