diff --git a/Doctrine/Listener.php b/Doctrine/Listener.php
index c254513..43ac744 100644
--- a/Doctrine/Listener.php
+++ b/Doctrine/Listener.php
@@ -195,17 +195,20 @@ class Listener implements EventSubscriber
                 $this->scheduledForUpdate[] = $entity;
             } else {
                 // Delete if no longer indexable
-                $this->scheduledForDeletion[] = $entity;
+                $this->scheduledForDeletion[] = clone $entity;
             }
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Delete objects preRemove instead of postRemove so that we have access to the id
+     */
     public function preRemove(EventArgs $eventArgs)
     {
         $entity = $eventArgs->getEntity();
 
         if ($entity instanceof $this->objectClass) {
-            $this->scheduledForDeletion[] = $entity;
+            $this->scheduledForDeletion[] = clone $entity;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/Tests/Doctrine/AbstractListenerTest.php b/Tests/Doctrine/AbstractListenerTest.php
index a9eff66..8e49f24 100644
--- a/Tests/Doctrine/AbstractListenerTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Doctrine/AbstractListenerTest.php
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ abstract class ListenerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $listener = $this->createListener($persister, get_class($entity), array());
         $listener->preRemove($eventArgs);
 
-        $this->assertEquals($entity, current($listener->scheduledForDeletion));
+        $scheduledClone = current($listener->scheduledForDeletion);
+        $this->assertEquals($entity, $scheduledClone);
+        $this->assertNotSame($entity, $scheduledClone);
 
         $persister->expects($this->once())
             ->method('deleteMany')
@@ -164,7 +166,9 @@ abstract class ListenerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $listener = $this->createListener($persister, get_class($entity), array(), 'identifier');
         $listener->preRemove($eventArgs);
 
-        $this->assertEquals($entity, current($listener->scheduledForDeletion));
+        $scheduledClone = current($listener->scheduledForDeletion);
+        $this->assertEquals($entity, $scheduledClone);
+        $this->assertNotSame($entity, $scheduledClone);
 
         $persister->expects($this->once())
             ->method('deleteMany')