diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/results/graph/instantiation/internal/DynamicInstantiationAssemblerInjectionImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/results/graph/instantiation/internal/DynamicInstantiationAssemblerInjectionImpl.java
index c289576859..8df680784c 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/results/graph/instantiation/internal/DynamicInstantiationAssemblerInjectionImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/results/graph/instantiation/internal/DynamicInstantiationAssemblerInjectionImpl.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public DynamicInstantiationAssemblerInjectionImpl(
 
 	private Field findField(Class<?> declaringClass, String name, Class<?> javaType) {
 		try {
-			Field field = declaringClass.getDeclaredField( name );
+			final Field field = declaringClass.getDeclaredField( name );
 			// field should never be null
 			if ( Compatibility.areAssignmentCompatible( field.getType(), javaType ) ) {
 				field.setAccessible( true );
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ private Field findField(Class<?> declaringClass, String name, Class<?> javaType)
 			}
 		}
 		catch (NoSuchFieldException ignore) {
+			if ( declaringClass.getSuperclass() != null ) {
+				return findField( declaringClass.getSuperclass(), name, javaType );
+			}
 		}
 
 		return null;