diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index e856e15..9f9a5f5 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
   Fixes:
 
   * [JACKSON-757]: further fixing (1.9.4 had partial fix)
+  * [JACKSON-773]: Bug in SimpleFilterProvider constructor
+   (reported by Kenny M)
 
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 === History: ===
diff --git a/src/mapper/java/org/codehaus/jackson/map/ser/impl/SimpleFilterProvider.java b/src/mapper/java/org/codehaus/jackson/map/ser/impl/SimpleFilterProvider.java
index 7bf37db..9909a70 100644
--- a/src/mapper/java/org/codehaus/jackson/map/ser/impl/SimpleFilterProvider.java
+++ b/src/mapper/java/org/codehaus/jackson/map/ser/impl/SimpleFilterProvider.java
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@
      */
     
     public SimpleFilterProvider() {
-        _filtersById = new HashMap<String,BeanPropertyFilter>();
+        this(new HashMap<String,BeanPropertyFilter>());
     }
 
     /**
      * @param mapping Mapping from id to filter; used as is, no copy is made.
      */
     public SimpleFilterProvider(Map<String,BeanPropertyFilter> mapping) {
-        _filtersById = new HashMap<String,BeanPropertyFilter>();
+        _filtersById = mapping;
     }
     
     /**