diff --git a/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/JournalSpec.scala b/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/JournalSpec.scala
index 8bb124a4cf..c60562ac69 100644
--- a/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/JournalSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/JournalSpec.scala
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ abstract class JournalSpec(config: Config) extends PluginSpec(config) {
         }
       } else {
         (fromSnr to toSnr).map { i ⇒
-          AtomicWrite(PersistentRepr(persistentRepr(i)))
+          AtomicWrite(persistentRepr(i))
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/akka-persistence-tck/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/journal/leveldb/LeveldbJournalNoAtomicPersistMultipleEventsSpec.scala b/akka-persistence-tck/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/journal/leveldb/LeveldbJournalNoAtomicPersistMultipleEventsSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e04471ce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-persistence-tck/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/journal/leveldb/LeveldbJournalNoAtomicPersistMultipleEventsSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package akka.persistence.journal.leveldb
+
+import akka.persistence.journal.JournalSpec
+import akka.persistence.{ PersistenceSpec, PluginCleanup }
+
+class LeveldbJournalNoAtomicPersistMultipleEventsSpec extends JournalSpec(
+  config = PersistenceSpec.config(
+    "leveldb",
+    "LeveldbJournalNoAtomicPersistMultipleEventsSpec",
+    extraConfig = Some("akka.persistence.journal.leveldb.native = off")))
+  with PluginCleanup {
+
+  /**
+   * Setting to false to test the single message atomic write behaviour of JournalSpec
+   */
+  override def supportsAtomicPersistAllOfSeveralEvents = false
+}
+