diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/DefaultDbRefResolver.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/DefaultDbRefResolver.java
index ddea7ff5c..7e543e857 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/DefaultDbRefResolver.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/DefaultDbRefResolver.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public class DefaultDbRefResolver implements DbRefResolver {
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public DBObject fetch(DBRef dbRef) {
-		return ReflectiveDBRefResolver.fetch(mongoDbFactory.getDb(), dbRef);
+		return ReflectiveDBRefResolver.fetch(mongoDbFactory, dbRef);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/ReflectiveDBRefResolver.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/ReflectiveDBRefResolver.java
index ae59361d5..8537e2933 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/ReflectiveDBRefResolver.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/ReflectiveDBRefResolver.java
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ import static org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.*;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.MongoDbFactory;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
-import com.mongodb.DB;
 import com.mongodb.DBCollection;
 import com.mongodb.DBObject;
 import com.mongodb.DBRef;
@@ -51,12 +51,14 @@ class ReflectiveDBRefResolver {
 	 * @param ref must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @return the document that this references.
 	 */
-	public static DBObject fetch(DB db, DBRef ref) {
+	public static DBObject fetch(MongoDbFactory factory, DBRef ref) {
 
 		Assert.notNull(ref, "DBRef to fetch must not be null!");
 
 		if (isMongo3Driver()) {
-			return db.getCollection(ref.getCollectionName()).findOne(ref.getId());
+
+			Assert.notNull(factory, "DbFactory to fetch DB from must not be null!");
+			return factory.getDb().getCollection(ref.getCollectionName()).findOne(ref.getId());
 		}
 
 		return (DBObject) invokeMethod(FETCH_METHOD, ref);
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/ReflectiveDBRefResolverUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/ReflectiveDBRefResolverUnitTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01b105540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/ReflectiveDBRefResolverUnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 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.mongodb.core.convert;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.core.IsNull.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.junit.Assume.*;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+import static org.springframework.data.mongodb.util.MongoClientVersion.*;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.MongoDbFactory;
+
+import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
+import com.mongodb.DB;
+import com.mongodb.DBCollection;
+import com.mongodb.DBRef;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for {@link ReflectiveDBRefResolver}.
+ * 
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
+ */
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+public class ReflectiveDBRefResolverUnitTests {
+
+	@Mock MongoDbFactory dbFactoryMock;
+	@Mock DBRef dbRefMock;
+	@Mock DB dbMock;
+	@Mock DBCollection collectionMock;
+
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() {
+
+		when(dbRefMock.getCollectionName()).thenReturn("collection-1");
+		when(dbRefMock.getId()).thenReturn("id-1");
+		when(dbFactoryMock.getDb()).thenReturn(dbMock);
+		when(dbMock.getCollection(eq("collection-1"))).thenReturn(collectionMock);
+		when(collectionMock.findOne(eq("id-1"))).thenReturn(new BasicDBObject("_id", "id-1"));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-1193
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void fetchShouldNotLookUpDbWhenUsingDriverVersion2() {
+
+		assumeThat(isMongo3Driver(), is(false));
+
+		ReflectiveDBRefResolver.fetch(dbFactoryMock, dbRefMock);
+
+		verify(dbFactoryMock, never()).getDb();
+		verify(dbFactoryMock, never()).getDb(anyString());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-1193
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void fetchShouldUseDbToResolveDbRefWhenUsingDriverVersion3() {
+
+		assumeThat(isMongo3Driver(), is(true));
+
+		assertThat(ReflectiveDBRefResolver.fetch(dbFactoryMock, dbRefMock), notNullValue());
+		verify(dbFactoryMock, times(1)).getDb();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-1193
+	 */
+	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+	public void fetchShouldThrowExceptionWhenDbFactoryIsNullUsingDriverVersion3() {
+
+		assumeThat(isMongo3Driver(), is(true));
+
+		ReflectiveDBRefResolver.fetch(null, dbRefMock);
+	}
+}