diff --git a/spec/RestCreate.spec.js b/spec/RestCreate.spec.js
index cddfd598d0..f9b94b379e 100644
--- a/spec/RestCreate.spec.js
+++ b/spec/RestCreate.spec.js
@@ -175,17 +175,26 @@ describe('rest create', () => {
         }
       }
     };
+    var newUserSignedUpByFacebookObjectId;
     rest.create(config, auth.nobody(config), '_User', data)
       .then((r) => {
         expect(typeof r.response.objectId).toEqual('string');
         expect(typeof r.response.createdAt).toEqual('string');
         expect(typeof r.response.sessionToken).toEqual('string');
+        newUserSignedUpByFacebookObjectId = r.response.objectId;
         return rest.create(config, auth.nobody(config), '_User', data);
       }).then((r) => {
         expect(typeof r.response.objectId).toEqual('string');
         expect(typeof r.response.createdAt).toEqual('string');
         expect(typeof r.response.username).toEqual('string');
         expect(typeof r.response.updatedAt).toEqual('string');
+        expect(r.response.objectId).toEqual(newUserSignedUpByFacebookObjectId);
+        return rest.find(config, auth.master(config),
+                          '_Session', {sessionToken: r.response.sessionToken});
+      }).then((response) => {
+        expect(response.results.length).toEqual(1);
+        var output = response.results[0];
+        expect(output.user.objectId).toEqual(newUserSignedUpByFacebookObjectId);
         done();
       });
   });
diff --git a/src/RestWrite.js b/src/RestWrite.js
index a907a61c32..d42f2f4524 100644
--- a/src/RestWrite.js
+++ b/src/RestWrite.js
@@ -178,7 +178,11 @@ RestWrite.prototype.setRequiredFieldsIfNeeded = function() {
     this.data.updatedAt = this.updatedAt;
     if (!this.query) {
       this.data.createdAt = this.updatedAt;
-      this.data.objectId = cryptoUtils.newObjectId();
+
+      // Only assign new objectId if we are creating new object
+      if (!this.data.objectId) {
+        this.data.objectId = cryptoUtils.newObjectId();
+      }
     }
   }
   return Promise.resolve();