diff --git a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/databind/introspect/POJOPropertiesCollector.java b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/databind/introspect/POJOPropertiesCollector.java
index e7654b584f..a1f1defeb4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/databind/introspect/POJOPropertiesCollector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/databind/introspect/POJOPropertiesCollector.java
@@ -1500,7 +1500,12 @@ protected void _renameProperties(Map<String, POJOPropertyBuilder> props)
             // simple renaming? Just do it
             if (l.size() == 1) {
                 PropertyName n = l.iterator().next();
-                renamed.add(prop.withName(n));
+                if (getObjectIdInfo() != null) {
+                    renamed.add(prop);
+                } else  {
+                    renamed.add(prop.withName(n));
+                }
+
                 continue;
             }
             // but this may be problematic...
diff --git a/src/test/java/tools/jackson/databind/records/tofix/JsonIdentityOnRecord5238Test.java b/src/test/java/tools/jackson/databind/records/JsonIdentityOnRecord5238Test.java
similarity index 94%
rename from src/test/java/tools/jackson/databind/records/tofix/JsonIdentityOnRecord5238Test.java
rename to src/test/java/tools/jackson/databind/records/JsonIdentityOnRecord5238Test.java
index 95a9460aae..a04b48986f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/tools/jackson/databind/records/tofix/JsonIdentityOnRecord5238Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/tools/jackson/databind/records/JsonIdentityOnRecord5238Test.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package tools.jackson.databind.records.tofix;
+package tools.jackson.databind.records;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import tools.jackson.databind.testutil.DatabindTestUtil;
-import tools.jackson.databind.testutil.failure.JacksonTestFailureExpected;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ public ThingPojo(@JsonProperty("prefixId") int id, @JsonProperty("name") String
     private final ObjectMapper MAPPER = newJsonMapper();
 
     // [databind#5262]: Regression in 3.0?
-    @JacksonTestFailureExpected
     @Test
     void testIdentityWithPojo() throws Exception {
         ThingPojo t1 = new ThingPojo(1, "a");