diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepository.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepository.java
index 1bdf87d6c..e8c2a400f 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepository.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepository.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class SimpleMongoRepository<T, ID> implements MongoRepository<T, ID> {
 		if (allNew) {
 
 			List<S> result = source.stream().collect(Collectors.toList());
-			mongoOperations.insertAll(result);
+			mongoOperations.insert(result, entityInformation.getCollectionName());
 			return result;
 
 		} else {
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepositoryTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepositoryTests.java
index 0782a4356..8f2b94c3d 100755
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepositoryTests.java
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Example;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.ExampleMatcher.StringMatcher;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.PageRequest;
-import org.springframework.data.domain.ExampleMatcher.*;
 import org.springframework.data.geo.Point;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.GeoJsonPoint;
@@ -365,6 +365,24 @@ public class SimpleMongoRepositoryTests {
 		assertThat(repository.count(Example.of(sample))).isEqualTo(2L);
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATAMONGO-1896
+	public void saveAllUsesEntityCollection() {
+
+		Person first = new PersonExtended();
+		first.setEmail("foo@bar.com");
+		ReflectionTestUtils.setField(first, "id", null);
+
+		Person second = new PersonExtended();
+		second.setEmail("bar@foo.com");
+		ReflectionTestUtils.setField(second, "id", null);
+
+		repository.deleteAll();
+
+		repository.saveAll(Arrays.asList(first, second));
+
+		assertThat(repository.findAll()).containsExactlyInAnyOrder(first, second);
+	}
+
 	private void assertThatAllReferencePersonsWereStoredCorrectly(Map<String, Person> references, List<Person> saved) {
 
 		for (Person person : saved) {