diff --git a/spring-statemachine-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/statemachine/persist/AbstractStateMachinePersister.java b/spring-statemachine-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/statemachine/persist/AbstractStateMachinePersister.java
index d4224c12..6ca58e5c 100644
--- a/spring-statemachine-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/statemachine/persist/AbstractStateMachinePersister.java
+++ b/spring-statemachine-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/statemachine/persist/AbstractStateMachinePersister.java
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractStateMachinePersister<S, E, T> implements StateMac
 				S s = r.getState().getId();
 				childs.add(new DefaultStateMachineContext<S, E>(s, null, null, null));
 			}
+			id = state.getId();
 		} else {
 			id = state.getId();
 		}
diff --git a/spring-statemachine-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/statemachine/persist/StateMachinePersistTests4.java b/spring-statemachine-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/statemachine/persist/StateMachinePersistTests4.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..054a406f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-statemachine-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/statemachine/persist/StateMachinePersistTests4.java
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 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.statemachine.persist;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsInAnyOrder;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.statemachine.AbstractStateMachineTests;
+import org.springframework.statemachine.StateMachine;
+import org.springframework.statemachine.StateMachineContext;
+import org.springframework.statemachine.StateMachinePersist;
+import org.springframework.statemachine.config.EnableStateMachineFactory;
+import org.springframework.statemachine.config.EnumStateMachineConfigurerAdapter;
+import org.springframework.statemachine.config.StateMachineFactory;
+import org.springframework.statemachine.config.builders.StateMachineStateConfigurer;
+import org.springframework.statemachine.config.builders.StateMachineTransitionConfigurer;
+
+public class StateMachinePersistTests4 extends AbstractStateMachineTests {
+
+	@Override
+	protected AnnotationConfigApplicationContext buildContext() {
+		return new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testPersistRegions() throws Exception {
+		context.register(Config1.class);
+		context.refresh();
+
+		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+		StateMachineFactory<TestStates, TestEvents> stateMachineFactory = context.getBean(StateMachineFactory.class);
+
+		InMemoryStateMachinePersist stateMachinePersist = new InMemoryStateMachinePersist();
+		StateMachinePersister<TestStates, TestEvents, String> persister = new DefaultStateMachinePersister<>(stateMachinePersist);
+
+		StateMachine<TestStates, TestEvents> stateMachine = stateMachineFactory.getStateMachine("testid");
+		stateMachine.start();
+		assertThat(stateMachine, notNullValue());
+		assertThat(stateMachine.getId(), is("testid"));
+
+		stateMachine.sendEvent(TestEvents.E1);
+		assertThat(stateMachine.getState().getIds(), containsInAnyOrder(TestStates.S2, TestStates.S20, TestStates.S30));
+		persister.persist(stateMachine, "xxx1");
+
+		stateMachine.sendEvent(TestEvents.E2);
+		assertThat(stateMachine.getState().getIds(), containsInAnyOrder(TestStates.S2, TestStates.S21, TestStates.S30));
+		persister.persist(stateMachine, "xxx2");
+
+		stateMachine.sendEvent(TestEvents.E3);
+		assertThat(stateMachine.getState().getIds(), containsInAnyOrder(TestStates.S4));
+		persister.persist(stateMachine, "xxx3");
+
+		stateMachine = stateMachineFactory.getStateMachine();
+		assertThat(stateMachine, notNullValue());
+		assertThat(stateMachine.getId(), nullValue());
+		stateMachine = persister.restore(stateMachine, "xxx1");
+		assertThat(stateMachine.getId(), is("testid"));
+		assertThat(stateMachine.getState().getIds(), containsInAnyOrder(TestStates.S2, TestStates.S20, TestStates.S30));
+
+		stateMachine = stateMachineFactory.getStateMachine();
+		assertThat(stateMachine, notNullValue());
+		assertThat(stateMachine.getId(), nullValue());
+		stateMachine = persister.restore(stateMachine, "xxx2");
+		assertThat(stateMachine.getId(), is("testid"));
+		assertThat(stateMachine.getState().getIds(), containsInAnyOrder(TestStates.S2, TestStates.S21, TestStates.S30));
+
+		stateMachine = stateMachineFactory.getStateMachine();
+		assertThat(stateMachine, notNullValue());
+		assertThat(stateMachine.getId(), nullValue());
+		stateMachine = persister.restore(stateMachine, "xxx3");
+		assertThat(stateMachine.getId(), is("testid"));
+		assertThat(stateMachine.getState().getIds(), containsInAnyOrder(TestStates.S4));
+	}
+
+	@Configuration
+	@EnableStateMachineFactory
+	static class Config1 extends EnumStateMachineConfigurerAdapter<TestStates, TestEvents> {
+
+		@Override
+		public void configure(StateMachineStateConfigurer<TestStates, TestEvents> states) throws Exception {
+			states
+				.withStates()
+					.initial(TestStates.SI)
+					.state(TestStates.SI)
+					.fork(TestStates.S1)
+					.state(TestStates.S2)
+					.end(TestStates.SF)
+					.join(TestStates.S3)
+					.state(TestStates.S4)
+					.and()
+					.withStates()
+						.parent(TestStates.S2)
+						.initial(TestStates.S20)
+						.state(TestStates.S20)
+						.state(TestStates.S21)
+						.and()
+					.withStates()
+						.parent(TestStates.S2)
+						.initial(TestStates.S30)
+						.state(TestStates.S30)
+						.state(TestStates.S31);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void configure(StateMachineTransitionConfigurer<TestStates, TestEvents> transitions) throws Exception {
+			transitions
+				.withExternal()
+					.source(TestStates.SI)
+					.target(TestStates.S2)
+					.event(TestEvents.E1)
+					.and()
+				.withExternal()
+					.source(TestStates.S20)
+					.target(TestStates.S21)
+					.event(TestEvents.E2)
+					.and()
+				.withExternal()
+					.source(TestStates.S30)
+					.target(TestStates.S31)
+					.event(TestEvents.E3)
+					.and()
+				.withFork()
+					.source(TestStates.S1)
+					.target(TestStates.S20)
+					.target(TestStates.S30)
+					.and()
+				.withJoin()
+					.source(TestStates.S21)
+					.source(TestStates.S31)
+					.target(TestStates.S3)
+					.and()
+				.withExternal()
+					.source(TestStates.S3)
+					.target(TestStates.S4);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	static class InMemoryStateMachinePersist implements StateMachinePersist<TestStates, TestEvents, String> {
+
+		private final HashMap<String, StateMachineContext<TestStates, TestEvents>> contexts = new HashMap<>();
+
+		@Override
+		public void write(StateMachineContext<TestStates, TestEvents> context, String contextOjb) throws Exception {
+			contexts.put(contextOjb, context);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public StateMachineContext<TestStates, TestEvents> read(String contextOjb) throws Exception {
+			return contexts.get(contextOjb);
+		}
+	}
+}