diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/internal/source/annotations/attribute/MappedAttribute.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/internal/source/annotations/attribute/MappedAttribute.java
index 800c2844e5..db25d21ecd 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/internal/source/annotations/attribute/MappedAttribute.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/internal/source/annotations/attribute/MappedAttribute.java
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ public abstract class MappedAttribute implements Comparable<MappedAttribute> {
 				annotations,
 				JPADotNames.JOIN_COLUMN
 		);
-		if ( columnAnnotation != null ) {
+		if ( joinColumnAnnotation != null ) {
 			columnValues.add( new Column( joinColumnAnnotation ) );
 		}