diff --git a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/support/PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java b/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/support/PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java
index 51ee76472a..9def582587 100644
--- a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/support/PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/support/PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 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.
@@ -713,8 +713,8 @@ public class PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor
 				em = ExtendedEntityManagerCreator.createContainerManagedEntityManager(
 						emf, this.properties, this.synchronizedWithTransaction);
 			}
-			if (em instanceof EntityManagerProxy &&
-					beanFactory != null && !beanFactory.isPrototype(requestingBeanName)) {
+			if (em instanceof EntityManagerProxy && beanFactory != null &&
+					beanFactory.containsBean(requestingBeanName) && !beanFactory.isPrototype(requestingBeanName)) {
 				extendedEntityManagersToClose.put(target, ((EntityManagerProxy) em).getTargetEntityManager());
 			}
 			return em;
diff --git a/spring-orm/src/test/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/support/PersistenceInjectionTests.java b/spring-orm/src/test/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/support/PersistenceInjectionTests.java
index 81d936b85c..04c4ce0ac3 100644
--- a/spring-orm/src/test/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/support/PersistenceInjectionTests.java
+++ b/spring-orm/src/test/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/support/PersistenceInjectionTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 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.
@@ -140,6 +140,26 @@ public class PersistenceInjectionTests extends AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBeanT
 		verify(mockEm2).flush();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testInjectionIntoExistingObjects() {
+		EntityManager mockEm = mock(EntityManager.class);
+		given(mockEmf.createEntityManager()).willReturn(mockEm);
+
+		GenericApplicationContext gac = new GenericApplicationContext();
+		gac.getDefaultListableBeanFactory().registerSingleton("entityManagerFactory", mockEmf);
+		gac.registerBeanDefinition("annotationProcessor",
+				new RootBeanDefinition(PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.class));
+		gac.refresh();
+
+		DefaultPrivatePersistenceContextField existingBean1 = new DefaultPrivatePersistenceContextField();
+		gac.getAutowireCapableBeanFactory().autowireBean(existingBean1);
+		assertNotNull(existingBean1.em);
+
+		DefaultPublicPersistenceContextSetter existingBean2 = new DefaultPublicPersistenceContextSetter();
+		gac.getAutowireCapableBeanFactory().autowireBean(existingBean2);
+		assertNotNull(existingBean2.em);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testPublicExtendedPersistenceContextSetterWithSerialization() throws Exception {
 		DummyInvocationHandler ih = new DummyInvocationHandler();