diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/MongoQueryCreator.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/MongoQueryCreator.java
index e2653516f..aba06489e 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/MongoQueryCreator.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/MongoQueryCreator.java
@@ -120,11 +120,9 @@ class MongoQueryCreator extends AbstractQueryCreator<Query, Criteria> {
 		PersistentPropertyPath<MongoPersistentProperty> path = context.getPersistentPropertyPath(part.getProperty());
 		MongoPersistentProperty property = path.getLeafProperty();
 
-		Criteria criteria = from(part.getType(), property,
-				where(path.toDotPath(MongoPersistentProperty.PropertyToFieldNameConverter.INSTANCE)),
+		return from(part.getType(), property,
+				base.and(path.toDotPath(MongoPersistentProperty.PropertyToFieldNameConverter.INSTANCE)),
 				(PotentiallyConvertingIterator) iterator);
-
-		return criteria.andOperator(criteria);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -290,4 +288,4 @@ class MongoQueryCreator extends AbstractQueryCreator<Query, Criteria> {
 
 		return source.replaceAll("\\*", ".*");
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests.java
index 705261066..88d0fe3de 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests.java
@@ -84,12 +84,22 @@ public class MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests {
 		PartTree tree = new PartTree("findByFirstName", Person.class);
 
 		MongoQueryCreator creator = new MongoQueryCreator(tree, getAccessor(converter, "Oliver"), context);
+		Query query = creator.createQuery();
+		assertThat(query, is(query(where("firstName").is("Oliver"))));
+	}
 
-		creator.createQuery();
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-469
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void createsAndQueryCorrectly() {
 
-		creator = new MongoQueryCreator(new PartTree("findByFirstNameAndFriend", Person.class), getAccessor(converter,
-				"Oliver", new Person()), context);
-		creator.createQuery();
+		Person person = new Person();
+		MongoQueryCreator creator = new MongoQueryCreator(new PartTree("findByFirstNameAndFriend", Person.class),
+				getAccessor(converter, "Oliver", person), context);
+		Query query = creator.createQuery();
+
+		assertThat(query, is(query(where("firstName").is("Oliver").and("friend").is(person))));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -98,7 +108,7 @@ public class MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests {
 		PartTree tree = new PartTree("findByFirstNameNotNull", Person.class);
 		Query query = new MongoQueryCreator(tree, getAccessor(converter), context).createQuery();
 
-		assertThat(query.getQueryObject(), is(new Query(Criteria.where("firstName").ne(null)).getQueryObject()));
+		assertThat(query, is(new Query(Criteria.where("firstName").ne(null))));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -107,7 +117,7 @@ public class MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests {
 		PartTree tree = new PartTree("findByFirstNameIsNull", Person.class);
 		Query query = new MongoQueryCreator(tree, getAccessor(converter), context).createQuery();
 
-		assertThat(query.getQueryObject(), is(new Query(Criteria.where("firstName").is(null)).getQueryObject()));
+		assertThat(query, is(new Query(Criteria.where("firstName").is(null))));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -139,7 +149,7 @@ public class MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests {
 		MongoQueryCreator creator = new MongoQueryCreator(tree, getAccessor(converter, 18), context);
 
 		Query reference = query(where("age").lte(18));
-		assertThat(creator.createQuery().getQueryObject(), is(reference.getQueryObject()));
+		assertThat(creator.createQuery(), is(reference));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -149,7 +159,7 @@ public class MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests {
 		MongoQueryCreator creator = new MongoQueryCreator(tree, getAccessor(converter, 18), context);
 
 		Query reference = query(where("age").gte(18));
-		assertThat(creator.createQuery().getQueryObject(), is(reference.getQueryObject()));
+		assertThat(creator.createQuery(), is(reference));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -162,7 +172,7 @@ public class MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests {
 
 		MongoQueryCreator creator = new MongoQueryCreator(partTree, getAccessor(converter, "Oliver"), context);
 		Query reference = query(where("foo").is("Oliver"));
-		assertThat(creator.createQuery().getQueryObject(), is(reference.getQueryObject()));
+		assertThat(creator.createQuery(), is(reference));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -174,7 +184,7 @@ public class MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests {
 		PartTree tree = new PartTree("findByAgeExists", Person.class);
 		MongoQueryCreator creator = new MongoQueryCreator(tree, getAccessor(converter, true), context);
 		Query query = query(where("age").exists(true));
-		assertThat(creator.createQuery().getQueryObject(), is(query.getQueryObject()));
+		assertThat(creator.createQuery(), is(query));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -186,7 +196,7 @@ public class MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests {
 		PartTree tree = new PartTree("findByFirstNameRegex", Person.class);
 		MongoQueryCreator creator = new MongoQueryCreator(tree, getAccessor(converter, ".*"), context);
 		Query query = query(where("firstName").regex(".*"));
-		assertThat(creator.createQuery().getQueryObject(), is(query.getQueryObject()));
+		assertThat(creator.createQuery(), is(query));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -198,7 +208,7 @@ public class MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests {
 		PartTree tree = new PartTree("findByActiveTrue", Person.class);
 		MongoQueryCreator creator = new MongoQueryCreator(tree, getAccessor(converter), context);
 		Query query = query(where("active").is(true));
-		assertThat(creator.createQuery().getQueryObject(), is(query.getQueryObject()));
+		assertThat(creator.createQuery(), is(query));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -210,7 +220,7 @@ public class MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests {
 		PartTree tree = new PartTree("findByActiveFalse", Person.class);
 		MongoQueryCreator creator = new MongoQueryCreator(tree, getAccessor(converter), context);
 		Query query = query(where("active").is(false));
-		assertThat(creator.createQuery().getQueryObject(), is(query.getQueryObject()));
+		assertThat(creator.createQuery(), is(query));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -223,8 +233,7 @@ public class MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests {
 		MongoQueryCreator creator = new MongoQueryCreator(tree, getAccessor(converter, "Dave", 42), context);
 
 		Query query = creator.createQuery();
-		assertThat(query.getQueryObject(),
-				is(query(new Criteria().orOperator(where("firstName").is("Dave"), where("age").is(42))).getQueryObject()));
+		assertThat(query, is(query(new Criteria().orOperator(where("firstName").is("Dave"), where("age").is(42)))));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -241,7 +250,7 @@ public class MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests {
 		MongoQueryCreator creator = new MongoQueryCreator(tree, getAccessor(converter, user), context);
 		Query query = creator.createQuery();
 
-		assertThat(query.getQueryObject(), is(query(where("creator").is(dbref)).getQueryObject()));
+		assertThat(query, is(query(where("creator").is(dbref))));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -254,7 +263,7 @@ public class MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests {
 		MongoQueryCreator creator = new MongoQueryCreator(tree, getAccessor(converter, "Matt"), context);
 		Query query = creator.createQuery();
 
-		assertThat(query.getQueryObject(), is(query(where("foo").regex("Matt.*")).getQueryObject()));
+		assertThat(query, is(query(where("foo").regex("Matt.*"))));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -267,7 +276,7 @@ public class MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests {
 		MongoQueryCreator creator = new MongoQueryCreator(tree, getAccessor(converter, "ews"), context);
 		Query query = creator.createQuery();
 
-		assertThat(query.getQueryObject(), is(query(where("foo").regex(".*ews")).getQueryObject()));
+		assertThat(query, is(query(where("foo").regex(".*ews"))));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -280,7 +289,7 @@ public class MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests {
 		MongoQueryCreator creator = new MongoQueryCreator(tree, getAccessor(converter, "thew"), context);
 		Query query = creator.createQuery();
 
-		assertThat(query.getQueryObject(), is(query(where("foo").regex(".*thew.*")).getQueryObject()));
+		assertThat(query, is(query(where("foo").regex(".*thew.*"))));
 	}
 
 	private void assertBindsDistanceToQuery(Point point, Distance distance, Query reference) throws Exception {
@@ -298,7 +307,7 @@ public class MongoQueryCreatorUnitTests {
 
 		Query query = new MongoQueryCreator(tree, new ConvertingParameterAccessor(converter, accessor), context)
 				.createQuery();
-		assertThat(query.getQueryObject(), is(query.getQueryObject()));
+		assertThat(query, is(query));
 	}
 
 	interface PersonRepository extends Repository<Person, Long> {