diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryEntityController.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryEntityController.java
index e0e839cb0..16e8e9885 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryEntityController.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryEntityController.java
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ class RepositoryEntityController extends AbstractRepositoryRestController implem
 
 		publisher.publishEvent(new BeforeSaveEvent(domainObject));
 		Object obj = invoker.invokeSave(domainObject);
-		publisher.publishEvent(new AfterSaveEvent(domainObject));
+		publisher.publishEvent(new AfterSaveEvent(obj));
 
 		PersistentEntityResource resource = assembler.toFullResource(obj);
 		HttpHeaders headers = prepareHeaders(resource);