diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/TableBinder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/TableBinder.java
index 7b8083dff4..da75e5f32d 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/TableBinder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/TableBinder.java
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ import static org.hibernate.internal.util.collections.CollectionHelper.isNotEmpt
  * @author Emmanuel Bernard
  */
 public class TableBinder {
-	//TODO move it to a getter/setter strategy
 	private static final CoreMessageLogger LOG = Logger.getMessageLogger( CoreMessageLogger.class, TableBinder.class.getName() );
 
 	private MetadataBuildingContext buildingContext;
@@ -550,6 +549,12 @@ public class TableBinder {
 			// if columns are implicit, then create the columns based
 			// on the referenced entity id columns
 			bindImplicitColumns( referencedEntity, joinColumns, value );
+			if ( value instanceof ToOne ) {
+				// in the case of implicit foreign-keys, make sure the columns making up
+				// the foreign-key do not get resorted since the order is already properly
+				// ascertained from the referenced identifier
+				( (ToOne) value ).setSorted( true );
+			}
 		}
 		else {
 			bindExplicitColumns( referencedEntity, joinColumns, value, buildingContext, associatedClass );
@@ -586,7 +591,6 @@ public class TableBinder {
 			PersistentClass associatedClass) {
 		//implicit case, we hope PK and FK columns are in the same order
 		if ( joinColumns.getColumns().size() != referencedEntity.getIdentifier().getColumnSpan() ) {
-			// TODO: what about secondary tables?? associatedClass is null?
 			throw new AnnotationException(
 					"An association that targets entity '" + referencedEntity.getEntityName()
 							+ "' from entity '" + associatedClass.getEntityName()
@@ -669,7 +673,7 @@ public class TableBinder {
 						columns = referencedTable.getPrimaryKey().getColumns();
 						break;
 					}
-					catch ( MappingException i ) {
+					catch (MappingException ignore) {
 					}
 				}
 				if ( referencedColumn == null ) {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/foreignkeys/sorting/A.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/foreignkeys/sorting/A.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e26aee586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/foreignkeys/sorting/A.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.orm.test.foreignkeys.sorting;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.CascadeType;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.GenerationType;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.ManyToOne;
+
+/**
+ * @author Steve Ebersole
+ */
+@Entity
+public class A {
+	@Id
+	@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
+	private int id;
+
+	@ManyToOne(cascade = CascadeType.PERSIST)
+	B b;
+
+	public A() {
+	}
+
+	public A(B b) {
+		this.b = b;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/foreignkeys/sorting/B.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/foreignkeys/sorting/B.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..595431fabf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/foreignkeys/sorting/B.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.orm.test.foreignkeys.sorting;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Column;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.EnumType;
+import jakarta.persistence.Enumerated;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+
+/**
+ * @author Steve Ebersole
+ */
+@Entity
+public class B {
+	enum Type {ONE,ANOTHER}
+
+	@Id
+	@Column(length = 12)
+	String code;
+
+	@Id
+	@Column(precision = 10, scale = 0)
+	BigDecimal cost;
+
+	@Id
+	@Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
+	Type type;
+
+	@Id
+	long id;
+
+	String name;
+
+	public B() {
+	}
+
+	public B(String code, BigDecimal cost, Type type, long id, String name) {
+		this.code = code;
+		this.cost = cost;
+		this.type = type;
+		this.id = id;
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/foreignkeys/sorting/ForeignKeyColumnSortingTests.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/foreignkeys/sorting/ForeignKeyColumnSortingTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2081651be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/foreignkeys/sorting/ForeignKeyColumnSortingTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.orm.test.foreignkeys.sorting;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.DomainModel;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.Jira;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactoryScope;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * @author Steve Ebersole
+ */
+@DomainModel(annotatedClasses = { A.class, B.class })
+@SessionFactory
+public class ForeignKeyColumnSortingTests {
+	@Test
+	@Jira( "https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16514" )
+	public void testDerivedCompositeFk(SessionFactoryScope sfScope) {
+
+		sfScope.inTransaction( (session) -> {
+			final B b = new B( "abc", new BigDecimal( 1 ), B.Type.ONE, 1L, "tester" );
+			session.persist( b );
+			session.persist( new A( b ) );
+		} );
+
+		sfScope.inTransaction( (session) -> {
+			final A loaded = session.get( A.class, 1 );
+			assertThat( loaded ).isNotNull();
+			assertThat( loaded.b ).isNotNull();
+			assertThat( loaded.b.name ).isEqualTo( "tester" );
+		} );
+	}
+}