diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/solr/SOLRSerializer.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/solr/SOLRSerializer.java
index ad28845912..22c4b1750c 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/solr/SOLRSerializer.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/solr/SOLRSerializer.java
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.json.JSONUtils;
             {
                 public String convert(QName source)
                 {
-                    return source.toPrefixString(SOLRTypeConverter.this.namespaceService);
+                    return source.toString();
                 }
             });
             
diff --git a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/solr/SOLRWebScriptTest.java b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/solr/SOLRWebScriptTest.java
index 9f073f9e59..2a59942a91 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/solr/SOLRWebScriptTest.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/solr/SOLRWebScriptTest.java
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ public class SOLRWebScriptTest extends BaseWebScriptTest
             String propName = (String)propNames.next();
             String value = properties.getString(propName);
 
-            propertyMap.put(QName.createQName(propName, namespaceService), value);
+            propertyMap.put(QName.resolveToQName(namespaceService, propName), value);
         }
 
         return propertyMap;