diff --git a/akka-typed-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/TypedActor.scala b/akka-typed-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/TypedActor.scala
index 790e9824a1..ea072db84f 100644
--- a/akka-typed-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/TypedActor.scala
+++ b/akka-typed-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/TypedActor.scala
@@ -445,9 +445,8 @@ object TypedActor {
    * @param intfClass interface the typed actor implements
    * @param targetClass implementation class of the typed actor
    */
-  def newInstance[T](intfClass: Class[T], targetClass: Class[_]): T = {
+  def newInstance[T](intfClass: Class[T], targetClass: Class[_]): T = 
     newInstance(intfClass, targetClass, TypedActorConfiguration())
-  }
 
   /**
    * Factory method for typed actor.
@@ -759,7 +758,6 @@ object TypedActor {
     val typedActor =
       if (instance.isInstanceOf[TypedActor]) instance.asInstanceOf[TypedActor]
       else throw new IllegalArgumentException("Actor [" + targetClass.getName + "] is not a sub class of 'TypedActor'")
-    typedActor.preStart
     typedActor
   }
 
@@ -768,7 +766,6 @@ object TypedActor {
     val typedActor =
       if (instance.isInstanceOf[TypedActor]) instance.asInstanceOf[TypedActor]
       else throw new IllegalArgumentException("Actor [" + instance.getClass.getName + "] is not a sub class of 'TypedActor'")
-    typedActor.preStart
     typedActor
   }
 
diff --git a/akka-typed-actor/src/test/scala/actor/typed-actor/Issue675Spec.scala b/akka-typed-actor/src/test/scala/actor/typed-actor/Issue675Spec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e978b61c45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-typed-actor/src/test/scala/actor/typed-actor/Issue675Spec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Scalable Solutions AB <http://scalablesolutions.se>
+ */
+
+package akka.actor
+
+import org.scalatest.Spec
+import org.scalatest.Assertions
+import org.scalatest.matchers.ShouldMatchers
+import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterEach
+import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+
+import Issue675Spec._
+
+
+object Issue675Spec {
+  var l = collection.mutable.ListBuffer.empty[String]
+
+  trait RegistrationService {
+    def register(user: String, cred: String): Unit
+  }
+
+  class RegistrationServiceImpl extends TypedActor with RegistrationService {
+    def register(user: String, cred: String): Unit = {}
+
+    override def preStart() {
+      l += "RegistrationServiceImpl.preStart() called"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
+class Issue675Spec extends
+  Spec with
+  ShouldMatchers with
+  BeforeAndAfterEach {
+
+  override def afterEach() {
+    Actor.registry.shutdownAll
+  }
+
+  describe("TypedActor preStart method") {
+    it("should be invoked once") {
+      import Issue675Spec._
+      val simplePojo = TypedActor.newInstance(classOf[RegistrationService], classOf[RegistrationServiceImpl])
+      l.size should equal(1)
+    }
+  }
+}