diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/SqmCriteriaNodeBuilder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/SqmCriteriaNodeBuilder.java
index cc70ca5007..979cc3bfb3 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/SqmCriteriaNodeBuilder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/SqmCriteriaNodeBuilder.java
@@ -331,6 +331,10 @@ public class SqmCriteriaNodeBuilder implements NodeBuilder, SqmCreationContext,
 	@Override
 	@SafeVarargs
 	public final SqmPredicate wrap(Expression<Boolean>... expressions) {
+		if ( expressions.length == 1 ) {
+			return wrap( expressions[0] );
+		}
+
 		final SqmPredicate lhs = wrap( expressions[0] );
 		final SqmPredicate rhs = wrap( expressions[1] );
 		SqmPredicate predicate = new SqmAndPredicate( lhs, rhs, this );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/jpa/compliance/CriteriaPredicateTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/jpa/compliance/CriteriaPredicateTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..608b50a0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/jpa/compliance/CriteriaPredicateTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+/*
+ * 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.jpa.compliance;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.EntityManagerFactoryScope;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.Jpa;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.OneToMany;
+import jakarta.persistence.Table;
+import jakarta.persistence.TypedQuery;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.CollectionJoin;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.Join;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.JoinType;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.Predicate;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.Root;
+import jakarta.persistence.metamodel.EntityType;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.nullValue;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+@Jpa(
+		annotatedClasses = {
+				CriteriaPredicateTest.Person.class,
+				CriteriaPredicateTest.Account.class,
+				CriteriaPredicateTest.Deposit.class
+		}
+)
+public class CriteriaPredicateTest {
+
+	@BeforeEach
+	public void setUp(EntityManagerFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction(
+				entityManager -> {
+					final Deposit deposit = new Deposit( 1, new BigDecimal( 100 ) );
+					final Deposit deposit2 = new Deposit( 2, new BigDecimal( 100 ) );
+
+					final Collection<Deposit> deposits = new ArrayList<>();
+					deposits.add( deposit );
+					deposits.add( deposit2 );
+
+
+					final Account account = new Account( 1, "abc", deposits );
+					final Collection<Account> accounts = new ArrayList<>();
+					accounts.add( account );
+
+					final Person luigi = new Person( 1, "Luigi", 20, accounts );
+					final Person fab = new Person( 2, "Fab", 20, null );
+					entityManager.persist( deposit );
+					entityManager.persist( deposit2 );
+					entityManager.persist( account );
+					entityManager.persist( luigi );
+					entityManager.persist( fab );
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void joinOnPredicateArrayTest(EntityManagerFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inEntityManager(
+				entityManager -> {
+					final CriteriaBuilder criteriaBuilder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+
+					final CriteriaQuery<Person> query = criteriaBuilder.createQuery( Person.class );
+					final Root<Person> person = query.from( Person.class );
+					final EntityType<Person> personEntity = entityManager.getMetamodel().entity( Person.class );
+					final Join<Person, Account> accounts = person.join( personEntity.getCollection(
+							"accounts",
+							Account.class
+					) );
+
+					final EntityType<Account> accountEntity = entityManager.getMetamodel().entity( Account.class );
+					final CollectionJoin<Account, Deposit> deposits = accounts
+							.join( accountEntity.getCollection( "deposits", Deposit.class ), JoinType.INNER );
+
+					Predicate pred = deposits.getOn();
+					assertThat( pred, nullValue() );
+
+					Predicate[] predArray = { criteriaBuilder.equal( deposits.get( "id" ), "1" ) };
+
+					deposits.on( predArray );
+
+					pred = deposits.getOn();
+					assertThat( pred, notNullValue() );
+
+
+					query.select( person );
+
+					TypedQuery<Person> tquery = entityManager.createQuery( query );
+					List<Person> persons = tquery.getResultList();
+
+					assertEquals( 1, persons.size() );
+					assertEquals( 1, persons.get( 0 ).getId() );
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Person")
+	@Table(name = "PERSON_TABLE")
+	public static class Person {
+		@Id
+		private Integer id;
+
+		private String name;
+
+		private Integer age;
+
+		@OneToMany
+		private Collection<Account> accounts;
+
+		Person() {
+		}
+
+		public Person(Integer id, String name, Integer age, Collection<Account> accounts) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.name = name;
+			this.age = age;
+			this.accounts = accounts;
+		}
+
+		public Integer getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public String getName() {
+			return name;
+		}
+
+		public Integer getAge() {
+			return age;
+		}
+
+		public Collection<Account> getAccounts() {
+			return accounts;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Account")
+	@Table(name = "ACCOUNT_TABLE")
+	public static class Account {
+		@Id
+		private Integer id;
+
+		private String code;
+
+		@OneToMany
+		private Collection<Deposit> deposits;
+
+		public Account() {
+		}
+
+		public Account(
+				Integer id,
+				String code,
+				Collection<Deposit> deposits) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.code = code;
+			this.deposits = deposits;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Deposit")
+	@Table(name = "DEPOSIT_TABLE")
+	public static class Deposit {
+		@Id
+		private Integer id;
+
+		private BigDecimal amount;
+
+		public Deposit() {
+		}
+
+		public Deposit(Integer id, BigDecimal amount) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.amount = amount;
+		}
+	}
+
+}