diff --git a/src/Faker/ORM/Spot/EntityPopulator.php b/src/Faker/ORM/Spot/EntityPopulator.php
index d2d6d8a1cc..ba5bddb5a4 100644
--- a/src/Faker/ORM/Spot/EntityPopulator.php
+++ b/src/Faker/ORM/Spot/EntityPopulator.php
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public function guessColumnFormatters(Generator $generator)
 
                 $formatters[$fieldName] = function ($inserted) use ($required, $entityName, $locator) {
                     if (!empty($inserted[$entityName])) {
-                        return $inserted[$entityName][mt_rand(0, count($inserted[$entityName]) - 1)]->getId();
+                        return $inserted[$entityName][mt_rand(0, count($inserted[$entityName]) - 1)]->get('id');
                     }
 
                     if ($required && $this->useExistingData) {