diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/util/collections/ArrayHelper.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/util/collections/ArrayHelper.java
index 807a26d860..8a928d2642 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/util/collections/ArrayHelper.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/util/collections/ArrayHelper.java
@@ -39,16 +39,14 @@ import org.hibernate.type.Type;
 
 public final class ArrayHelper {
 	
-	/*public static boolean contains(Object[] array, Object object) {
-		for ( int i=0; i<array.length; i++ ) {
-			if ( array[i].equals(object) ) return true;
-		}
-		return false;
-	}*/
+	public static boolean contains(Object[] array, Object object) {
+		return indexOf( array, object ) > -1;
+	}
 	
 	public static int indexOf(Object[] array, Object object) {
-		for ( int i=0; i<array.length; i++ ) {
-			if ( array[i].equals(object) ) return i;
+		for ( int i = 0; i < array.length; i++ ) {
+			if ( array[i].equals( object ) )
+				return i;
 		}
 		return -1;
 	}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/entity/JoinedSubclassEntityPersister.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/entity/JoinedSubclassEntityPersister.java
index bc8fcbd50a..5543c12bcc 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/entity/JoinedSubclassEntityPersister.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/entity/JoinedSubclassEntityPersister.java
@@ -1037,6 +1037,14 @@ public class JoinedSubclassEntityPersister extends AbstractEntityPersister {
 
 	@Override
 	public int determineTableNumberForColumn(String columnName) {
+		// HHH-7630: In case the naturalOrder/identifier column is explicitly given in the ordering, check here.
+		for ( int i = 0, max = naturalOrderTableKeyColumns.length; i < max; i++ ) {
+			final String[] keyColumns = naturalOrderTableKeyColumns[i];
+			if ( ArrayHelper.contains( keyColumns, columnName ) ) {
+				return naturalOrderPropertyTableNumbers[i];
+			}
+		}
+		
 		final String[] subclassColumnNameClosure = getSubclassColumnClosure();
 		for ( int i = 0, max = subclassColumnNameClosure.length; i < max; i++ ) {
 			final boolean quoted = subclassColumnNameClosure[i].startsWith( "\"" )
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/collection/ordered/joinedInheritence/OrderCollectionOfJoinedHierarchyTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/collection/ordered/joinedInheritence/OrderCollectionOfJoinedHierarchyTest.java
index 73de9d29a5..2f18507469 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/collection/ordered/joinedInheritence/OrderCollectionOfJoinedHierarchyTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/collection/ordered/joinedInheritence/OrderCollectionOfJoinedHierarchyTest.java
@@ -23,16 +23,23 @@
  */
 package org.hibernate.test.collection.ordered.joinedInheritence;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
 import org.hibernate.Session;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import org.hibernate.internal.util.collections.CollectionHelper;
 import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase;
 
 /**
  * @author Steve Ebersole
+ * @author Brett Meyer
  */
 public class OrderCollectionOfJoinedHierarchyTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
+	
 	@Override
 	protected Class<?>[] getAnnotatedClasses() {
 		return new Class[] { Animal.class, Lion.class, Tiger.class, Zoo.class };
@@ -46,4 +53,39 @@ public class OrderCollectionOfJoinedHierarchyTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTest
 		session.getTransaction().commit();
 		session.close();
 	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testOrdering() {
+		Zoo zoo = new Zoo();
+		Lion lion1 = new Lion();
+		lion1.setWeight( 2 );
+		Lion lion2 = new Lion();
+		lion2.setWeight( 1 );
+		zoo.getLions().add( lion1 );
+		zoo.getLions().add( lion2 );
+		zoo.getAnimalsById().add( lion1 );
+		zoo.getAnimalsById().add( lion2 );
+		
+		Session session = openSession();
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		session.persist( lion1 );
+		session.persist( lion2 );
+		session.persist( zoo );
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		session.clear();
+		
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		zoo = (Zoo) session.get( Zoo.class, zoo.getId() );
+		zoo.getLions().size();
+		zoo.getLions().size();
+		zoo.getAnimalsById().size();
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		session.close();
+		
+		assertNotNull( zoo );
+		assertTrue( CollectionHelper.isNotEmpty( zoo.getLions() ) && zoo.getLions().size() == 2 );
+		assertTrue( CollectionHelper.isNotEmpty( zoo.getAnimalsById() ) && zoo.getAnimalsById().size() == 2 );
+		assertEquals( zoo.getLions().iterator().next().getId(), lion2.getId() );
+		assertEquals( zoo.getAnimalsById().iterator().next().getId(), lion1.getId() );
+	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/collection/ordered/joinedInheritence/Zoo.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/collection/ordered/joinedInheritence/Zoo.java
index 2fc48baea4..8aa0d18439 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/collection/ordered/joinedInheritence/Zoo.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/collection/ordered/joinedInheritence/Zoo.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public class Zoo {
 	private String city;
 	private Set<Tiger> tigers = new HashSet<Tiger>();
 	private Set<Lion> lions = new HashSet<Lion>();
+	private Set<Animal> animals = new HashSet<Animal>();
 
 	@Id
 	@GeneratedValue( generator = "increment" )
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ public class Zoo {
 		this.city = city;
 	}
 
-	@OneToMany( fetch = FetchType.EAGER ) // eager so that load-by-id queries include this association
+	@OneToMany
 	@JoinColumn
 	@javax.persistence.OrderBy( "weight" )
 	public Set<Tiger> getTigers() {
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ public class Zoo {
 		this.tigers = tigers;
 	}
 
-	@OneToMany( fetch = FetchType.EAGER ) // eager so that load-by-id queries include this association
+	@OneToMany
 	@JoinColumn
 	@org.hibernate.annotations.OrderBy( clause = "weight" )
 	public Set<Lion> getLions() {
@@ -94,4 +95,15 @@ public class Zoo {
 	public void setLions(Set<Lion> lions) {
 		this.lions = lions;
 	}
+
+	@OneToMany
+	@JoinColumn
+	@javax.persistence.OrderBy( "id asc" ) // HHH-7630 ensure explicitly naming the superclass id works
+	public Set<Animal> getAnimalsById() {
+		return animals;
+	}
+
+	public void setAnimalsById(Set<Animal> animals) {
+		this.animals = animals;
+	}
 }