diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/tree/FromElementType.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/tree/FromElementType.java
index 0f312e183e..1d61651705 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/tree/FromElementType.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/tree/FromElementType.java
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ class FromElementType {
 			// table name as the column qualification
 			// 2) otherwise (not correlated), use the given alias
 			if ( isCorrelation() ) {
-				if ( isMultiTable() ) {
+				if ( isMultiTable() || isInsertQuery() ) {
 					return propertyMapping.toColumns( tableAlias, path );
 				}
 				return propertyMapping.toColumns( extractTableName(), path );
@@ -498,6 +498,10 @@ class FromElementType {
 		return fromElement.getQueryable().getTableName();
 	}
 
+	private boolean isInsertQuery() {
+		return fromElement.getWalker().getStatementType() == HqlSqlTokenTypes.INSERT;
+	}
+
 	private boolean isManipulationQuery() {
 		return fromElement.getWalker().getStatementType() == HqlSqlTokenTypes.UPDATE
 				|| fromElement.getWalker().getStatementType() == HqlSqlTokenTypes.DELETE;
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/hql/InsertWithSubSelectTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/hql/InsertWithSubSelectTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d07ad16451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/hql/InsertWithSubSelectTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/*
+ * 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.test.hql;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+
+import org.hibernate.QueryException;
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.Transaction;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.hibernate.testing.junit4.ExtraAssertions.assertTyping;
+import static org.hibernate.testing.transaction.TransactionUtil.doInHibernate;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+/**
+ * @author bjoern.moritz
+ */
+public class InsertWithSubSelectTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
+
+	@Override
+	protected Class<?>[] getAnnotatedClasses() {
+		return new Class[] {
+			A.class,
+			B.class,
+			C.class
+		};
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testInsert() {
+		doInHibernate( this::sessionFactory, session -> {
+			session.createQuery(
+				"insert into C (id) " +
+				"select a.id from A a " +
+				"where exists (" +
+				"	select 1 " +
+				"	from B b " +
+				"	where b.id = a.id" +
+				")"
+			)
+			.executeUpdate();
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSelect() {
+		doInHibernate( this::sessionFactory, session -> {
+			session.createQuery(
+				"select a.id " +
+				"from A a " +
+				"where exists (" +
+				"	select 1 " +
+				"	from B b " +
+				"	where b.id = a.id" +
+				")"
+			)
+			.getResultList();
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "A")
+	public static class A {
+
+		@Id
+		@GeneratedValue
+		private Integer id;
+
+		public Integer getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public void setId(Integer id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "B")
+	public static class B {
+
+		@Id
+		@GeneratedValue
+		private Integer id;
+
+		public Integer getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public void setId(Integer id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "C")
+	public static class C {
+
+		@Id
+		@GeneratedValue
+		private Integer id;
+
+		public Integer getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public void setId(Integer id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+	}
+
+}