diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/model/domain/internal/MappingMetamodelImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/model/domain/internal/MappingMetamodelImpl.java
index f070139b0f..6249b66859 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/model/domain/internal/MappingMetamodelImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/model/domain/internal/MappingMetamodelImpl.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.EntityMappingType;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.MappingModelExpressible;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.internal.MappingModelCreationProcess;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.model.domain.BasicDomainType;
+import org.hibernate.metamodel.model.domain.DomainType;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.model.domain.EmbeddableDomainType;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.model.domain.EntityDomainType;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.model.domain.JpaMetamodel;
@@ -721,6 +722,10 @@ public class MappingMetamodelImpl extends QueryParameterBindingTypeResolverImpl
 			SqmExpressible<?> sqmExpressible,
 			Function<NavigablePath, TableGroup> tableGroupLocator) {
 		if ( sqmExpressible instanceof SqmPath<?> sqmPath ) {
+			final DomainType<?> sqmPathType = sqmPath.getResolvedModel().getSqmPathType();
+			if ( sqmPathType instanceof MappingModelExpressible<?> mappingExpressible ) {
+				return mappingExpressible;
+			}
 			final NavigablePath navigablePath = sqmPath.getNavigablePath();
 			if ( navigablePath.getParent() != null ) {
 				final TableGroup parentTableGroup = tableGroupLocator.apply( navigablePath.getParent() );