diff --git a/src/Faker/ORM/Doctrine/EntityPopulator.php b/src/Faker/ORM/Doctrine/EntityPopulator.php
index cb3a9551..e84b66dd 100644
--- a/src/Faker/ORM/Doctrine/EntityPopulator.php
+++ b/src/Faker/ORM/Doctrine/EntityPopulator.php
@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ class EntityPopulator
 		}
 
 		foreach ($this->class->getAssociationNames() AS $assocName) {
-			if (!$this->class->isIdentifier($assocName) || !$this->class->isCollectionValuedAssociation($assocName)) {
+			if ($this->class->isCollectionValuedAssociation($assocName)) {
 				continue;
 			}
+
 			$relatedClass = $this->class->getAssociationTargetClass($assocName);
 			$formatters[$assocName] = function($inserted) use($relatedClass) { return isset($inserted[$relatedClass]) ? $inserted[$relatedClass][mt_rand(0, count($inserted[$relatedClass]) - 1)] : null; };
 		}
@@ -101,4 +102,4 @@ class EntityPopulator
 		return $obj;
 	}
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}