diff --git a/cbor/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/cbor/CBORGenerator.java b/cbor/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/cbor/CBORGenerator.java
index 6d546be6f..6785accb9 100644
--- a/cbor/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/cbor/CBORGenerator.java
+++ b/cbor/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/cbor/CBORGenerator.java
@@ -622,8 +622,13 @@ public final void writeStartObject(Object forValue) throws IOException {
     }
 
     public final void writeStartObject(int elementsToWrite) throws IOException {
+        writeStartObject(null, elementsToWrite);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeStartObject(Object forValue, int elementsToWrite) throws IOException {
         _verifyValueWrite("start an object");
-        _streamWriteContext = _streamWriteContext.createChildObjectContext(null);
+        _streamWriteContext = _streamWriteContext.createChildObjectContext(forValue);
         _pushRemainingElements();
         _currentRemainingElements = elementsToWrite;
         _writeLengthMarker(PREFIX_TYPE_OBJECT, elementsToWrite);