diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/sql/BaseSqmToSqlAstConverter.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/sql/BaseSqmToSqlAstConverter.java
index 5758e526d6..51c3659d2b 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/sql/BaseSqmToSqlAstConverter.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/sql/BaseSqmToSqlAstConverter.java
@@ -6503,10 +6503,7 @@ public abstract class BaseSqmToSqlAstConverter<T extends Statement> extends Base
 		boolean hasAnyTreatUsage = false;
 		for ( SqmPredicate subPredicate : predicate.getPredicates() ) {
 			disjunction.add( (Predicate) subPredicate.accept( this ) );
-			if ( conjunctTreatUsages.isEmpty() ) {
-				conjunctTreatUsagesList.add( null );
-			}
-			else {
+			if ( !conjunctTreatUsages.isEmpty() ) {
 				hasAnyTreatUsage = true;
 				for ( Map.Entry<SqmPath<?>, Set<String>> entry : conjunctTreatUsages.entrySet() ) {
 					conjunctTreatUsagesUnion.computeIfAbsent( entry.getKey(), k -> new HashSet<>() )