diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java
index d04ab68aa..1d51128d3 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ public class DomainObjectReader {
 			String fieldName = entry.getKey();
 
 			if (!mappedProperties.hasPersistentPropertyForField(fieldName)) {
-				i.remove();
 				continue;
 			}
 
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReaderUnitTests.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReaderUnitTests.java
index 6721ffad9..2479f3535 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReaderUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReaderUnitTests.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.CreatedDate;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.ReadOnlyProperty;
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Transient;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Version;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.PersistentEntities;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoMappingContext;
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ public class DomainObjectReaderUnitTests {
 		mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(TypeWithGenericMap.class);
 		mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(VersionedType.class);
 		mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(SampleWithCreatedDate.class);
+		mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(SampleWithTransient.class);
 		mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(User.class);
 		mappingContext.afterPropertiesSet();
 
@@ -80,6 +82,23 @@ public class DomainObjectReaderUnitTests {
 		this.reader = new DomainObjectReader(entities, mappings);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAREST-
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void considersTransientProperties() throws Exception {
+
+		SampleWithTransient sample = new SampleWithTransient();
+		sample.name="name";
+		sample.temporary="temp";
+		JsonNode node = new ObjectMapper().readTree("{\"name\": \"new name\", \"temporary\": \"new temp\"}");
+
+		SampleWithTransient result = reader.readPut((ObjectNode) node, sample, new ObjectMapper());
+
+		assertThat(result.name, is("new name"));
+		assertThat(result.temporary, is("new temp"));
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @see DATAREST-461
 	 */
@@ -333,4 +352,11 @@ public class DomainObjectReaderUnitTests {
 		public Calendar creationDate;
 		public String label;
 	}
+
+	@JsonAutoDetect(fieldVisibility = Visibility.ANY)
+	static class SampleWithTransient {
+
+		String name;
+		@Transient String temporary;
+	}
 }