diff --git a/documentation/src/main/asciidoc/userguide/chapters/pc/PersistenceContext.adoc b/documentation/src/main/asciidoc/userguide/chapters/pc/PersistenceContext.adoc
index 71e26de5e4..20d53d5618 100644
--- a/documentation/src/main/asciidoc/userguide/chapters/pc/PersistenceContext.adoc
+++ b/documentation/src/main/asciidoc/userguide/chapters/pc/PersistenceContext.adoc
@@ -542,9 +542,9 @@ include::{extrasdir}/pc-filter-entity-query-example.sql[]
 
 [IMPORTANT]
 ====
-Filters apply to entity queries and to direct fetching.
+Filters apply to entity queries, but not to direct fetching.
 
-Therefore, even in the following example, the filter is taken into consideration when fetching an entity from the Persistence Context.
+Therefore, in the following example, the filter is not taken into consideration when fetching an entity from the Persistence Context.
 
 [[pc-filter-entity-example]]
 .Fetching entities mapped with `@Filter`
diff --git a/documentation/src/test/java/org/hibernate/userguide/pc/FilterTest.java b/documentation/src/test/java/org/hibernate/userguide/pc/FilterTest.java
index aacc18ff91..98eef2dc51 100644
--- a/documentation/src/test/java/org/hibernate/userguide/pc/FilterTest.java
+++ b/documentation/src/test/java/org/hibernate/userguide/pc/FilterTest.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class FilterTest extends BaseEntityManagerFunctionalTestCase {
             Account account2 = entityManager.find(Account.class, 2L);
 
             assertNotNull(account1);
-            assertNull(account2);
+            assertNotNull(account2);
         });
 
         doInJPA(this::entityManagerFactory, entityManager -> {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public class FilterTest extends BaseEntityManagerFunctionalTestCase {
 
             Account account = entityManager.find(Account.class, 2L);
 
-            assertNull(account);
+            assertFalse( account.isActive() );
             //end::pc-filter-entity-example[]
         });
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/loader/ast/internal/LoaderSelectBuilder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/loader/ast/internal/LoaderSelectBuilder.java
index e2a3dbd024..4985d73407 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/loader/ast/internal/LoaderSelectBuilder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/loader/ast/internal/LoaderSelectBuilder.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 package org.hibernate.loader.ast.internal;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -625,7 +626,8 @@ public class LoaderSelectBuilder {
 				querySpec::applyPredicate,
 				tableGroup,
 				true,
-				loadQueryInfluencers.getEnabledFilters(),
+				// HHH-16179 Session.find should not apply filters
+				Collections.emptyMap(),//loadQueryInfluencers.getEnabledFilters(),
 				null,
 				astCreationState
 		);
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/filter/FilterParameterTests.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/filter/FilterParameterTests.java
index b4938afe4c..e3542e3e5a 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/filter/FilterParameterTests.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/filter/FilterParameterTests.java
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ public class FilterParameterTests {
 		scope.inTransaction( (session) -> {
 			session.enableFilter( "filterYesNoConverter" ).setParameter( "yesNo", Boolean.FALSE );
 
-			final EntityOne loaded = session.byId( EntityOne.class ).load( 1 );
+			final EntityOne loaded = session.createQuery( "from EntityOne e where e.id = :id", EntityOne.class )
+					.setParameter( "id", 1 )
+					.getSingleResultOrNull();
 			assertThat( loaded ).isNull();
 		} );
 	}
@@ -95,7 +97,9 @@ public class FilterParameterTests {
 			session.enableFilter( "filterYesNoBoolean" ).setParameter( "yesNo", Boolean.FALSE );
 
 			try {
-				session.byId( EntityOne.class ).load( 1 );
+				session.createQuery( "from EntityOne e where e.id = :id", EntityOne.class )
+						.setParameter( "id", 1 )
+						.getSingleResultOrNull();
 				fail( "Expecting an exception" );
 			}
 			catch (Exception expected) {
@@ -114,7 +118,9 @@ public class FilterParameterTests {
 		scope.inTransaction( (session) -> {
 			session.enableFilter( "filterNumberConverter" ).setParameter( "zeroOne", Boolean.FALSE );
 
-			final EntityTwo loaded = session.byId( EntityTwo.class ).load( 1 );
+			final EntityTwo loaded = session.createQuery( "from EntityTwo e where e.id = :id", EntityTwo.class )
+					.setParameter( "id", 1 )
+					.getSingleResultOrNull();
 			assertThat( loaded ).isNull();
 		} );
 	}
@@ -142,7 +148,9 @@ public class FilterParameterTests {
 			session.enableFilter( "filterNumberBoolean" ).setParameter( "zeroOne", Boolean.FALSE );
 
 			try {
-				session.byId( EntityTwo.class ).load( 1 );
+				session.createQuery( "from EntityTwo e where e.id = :id", EntityTwo.class )
+						.setParameter( "id", 1 )
+						.getSingleResultOrNull();
 				fail( "Expecting an exception" );
 			}
 			catch (Exception expected) {
@@ -166,7 +174,9 @@ public class FilterParameterTests {
 			session.enableFilter( "filterMismatchConverter" ).setParameter( "mismatch", Boolean.FALSE );
 
 			try {
-				session.byId( EntityThree.class ).load( 1 );
+				session.createQuery( "from EntityThree e where e.id = :id", EntityThree.class )
+						.setParameter( "id", 1 )
+						.getSingleResultOrNull();
 				fail( "Expecting an exception" );
 			}
 			catch (Exception expected) {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/tenantid/TenantIdTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/tenantid/TenantIdTest.java
index 832f4537f3..7ecf44e2ee 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/tenantid/TenantIdTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/tenantid/TenantIdTest.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class TenantIdTest implements SessionFactoryProducer {
 
         currentTenant = "yours";
         scope.inTransaction( session -> {
-            assertNull( session.find(Account.class, acc.id) );
+            assertNotNull( session.find(Account.class, acc.id) );
             assertEquals( 0, session.createQuery("from Account").getResultList().size() );
             session.disableFilter(TenantIdBinder.FILTER_NAME);
             assertNotNull( session.find(Account.class, acc.id) );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/tenantlongid/TenantLongIdTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/tenantlongid/TenantLongIdTest.java
index e14f1b8d9d..300d4b9676 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/tenantlongid/TenantLongIdTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/tenantlongid/TenantLongIdTest.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class TenantLongIdTest implements SessionFactoryProducer {
 
         currentTenant = yours;
         scope.inTransaction( session -> {
-            assertNull( session.find(Account.class, acc.id) );
+            assertNotNull( session.find(Account.class, acc.id) );
             assertEquals( 0, session.createQuery("from Account").getResultList().size() );
             session.disableFilter(TenantIdBinder.FILTER_NAME);
             assertNotNull( session.find(Account.class, acc.id) );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/tenantuuid/TenantUuidTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/tenantuuid/TenantUuidTest.java
index ec0f1bf67f..26606ba401 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/tenantuuid/TenantUuidTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/tenantuuid/TenantUuidTest.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class TenantUuidTest implements SessionFactoryProducer {
 
         currentTenant = yours;
         scope.inTransaction( session -> {
-            assertNull( session.find(Account.class, acc.id) );
+            assertNotNull( session.find(Account.class, acc.id) );
             assertEquals( 0, session.createQuery("from Account").getResultList().size() );
             session.disableFilter(TenantIdBinder.FILTER_NAME);
             assertNotNull( session.find(Account.class, acc.id) );