diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/service/classloading/internal/ClassLoaderServiceImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/service/classloading/internal/ClassLoaderServiceImpl.java
index 51154e88fe..0c0a360f32 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/service/classloading/internal/ClassLoaderServiceImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/service/classloading/internal/ClassLoaderServiceImpl.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class ClassLoaderServiceImpl implements ClassLoaderService {
 		classLoadingClassLoaders.add( hibernateClassLoader );
 		classLoadingClassLoaders.add( environmentClassLoader );
 
-		this.classClassLoader = new ClassLoader() {
+		this.classClassLoader = new ClassLoader(null) {
 			@Override
 			protected Class<?> findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
 				for ( ClassLoader loader : classLoadingClassLoaders ) {
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public class ClassLoaderServiceImpl implements ClassLoaderService {
 
 	@Override
 	public <S> LinkedHashSet<S> loadJavaServices(Class<S> serviceContract) {
-		final ClassLoader serviceLoaderClassLoader = new ClassLoader() {
+		final ClassLoader serviceLoaderClassLoader = new ClassLoader(null) {
 			final ClassLoader[] classLoaderArray = new ClassLoader[] {
 					// first look on the hibernate class loader
 					getClass().getClassLoader(),
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/service/ClassLoaderServiceImplTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/service/ClassLoaderServiceImplTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ada3caec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/service/ClassLoaderServiceImplTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package org.hibernate.test.service;
+
+import org.hibernate.service.classloading.internal.ClassLoaderServiceImpl;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+/**
+ * @author Artem V. Navrotskiy
+ * @author Emmanuel Bernard <emmanuel@hibernate.org>
+ */
+public class ClassLoaderServiceImplTest {
+    /**
+     * Test for bug: HHH-7084
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testSystemClassLoaderNotOverriding() throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+        Class<?> testClass = Entity.class;
+
+        // Check that class is accessible by SystemClassLoader.
+        ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().loadClass(testClass.getName());
+
+        // Create ClassLoader with overridden class.
+        TestClassLoader anotherLoader = new TestClassLoader();
+        anotherLoader.overrideClass(testClass);
+        Class<?> anotherClass = anotherLoader.loadClass(testClass.getName());
+        Assert.assertNotSame( testClass, anotherClass );
+
+        // Check ClassLoaderServiceImpl().classForName() returns correct class (not from current ClassLoader).
+        ClassLoaderServiceImpl loaderService = new ClassLoaderServiceImpl(anotherLoader);
+        Class<Object> objectClass = loaderService.classForName(testClass.getName());
+        Assert.assertSame("Should not return class loaded from the parent classloader of ClassLoaderServiceImpl",
+				objectClass, anotherClass);
+    }
+
+    private static class TestClassLoader extends ClassLoader {
+        /**
+         * Reloading class from binary file.
+         *
+         * @param originalClass Original class.
+         * @throws IOException .
+         */
+        public void overrideClass(final Class<?> originalClass) throws IOException {
+            String originalPath = "/" + originalClass.getName().replaceAll("\\.", "/") + ".class";
+            InputStream inputStream = originalClass.getResourceAsStream(originalPath);
+            Assert.assertNotNull(inputStream);
+            try {
+                byte[] data = toByteArray( inputStream );
+                defineClass(originalClass.getName(), data, 0, data.length);
+            } finally {
+                inputStream.close();
+            }
+        }
+
+		private byte[] toByteArray(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
+			ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+			int read;
+			byte[] slice = new byte[2000];
+			while ( (read = inputStream.read(slice, 0, slice.length) ) != -1) {
+			  out.write( slice, 0, read );
+			}
+			out.flush();
+			return out.toByteArray();
+		}
+    }
+}