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spring-data-relational/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/conversion/MappingRelationalConverter.java

@@ -722,14 +722,11 @@ public class MappingRelationalConverter extends AbstractRelationalConverter
 
 		if (getMappingContext().hasPersistentEntityFor(value.getClass())) {
 
-			RelationalPersistentEntity<?> persistentEntity = getMappingContext().getPersistentEntity(value.getClass());
-
-			if (persistentEntity != null) {
+			RelationalPersistentEntity<?> persistentEntity = getMappingContext().getRequiredPersistentEntity(value.getClass());
 
 				Object id = persistentEntity.getIdentifierAccessor(value).getIdentifier();
 				return writeValue(id, type);
 		}
-		}
 
 		return getConversionService().convert(value, type.getType());
 	}