diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/bytecode/enhance/internal/bytebuddy/EnhancerImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/bytecode/enhance/internal/bytebuddy/EnhancerImpl.java
index 36310ab84e..d11f27d929 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/bytecode/enhance/internal/bytebuddy/EnhancerImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/bytecode/enhance/internal/bytebuddy/EnhancerImpl.java
@@ -462,6 +462,11 @@ public class EnhancerImpl implements Enhancer {
 			// convert field letter to lower case
 			methodFieldName = methodFieldName.substring(0, 1).toLowerCase() + methodFieldName.substring(1);
 			TypeList typeList = methodDescription.getDeclaredAnnotations().asTypeList();
+			if (typeList.stream().anyMatch(typeDefinitions ->
+					(typeDefinitions.getName().equals("jakarta.persistence.Transient")))) {
+				// transient property so ignore it
+				continue;
+			}
 			if (typeList.stream().anyMatch(typeDefinitions ->
 					(typeDefinitions.getName().contains("jakarta.persistence")))) {
 				propertyHasAnnotation = true;
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/bytecode/enhancement/access/InvalidPropertyNameTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/bytecode/enhancement/access/InvalidPropertyNameTest.java
index 9d068b9fe9..4bb5e80c21 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/bytecode/enhancement/access/InvalidPropertyNameTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/bytecode/enhancement/access/InvalidPropertyNameTest.java
@@ -4,9 +4,19 @@
  */
 package org.hibernate.orm.test.bytecode.enhancement.access;
 
-import jakarta.persistence.*;
+import jakarta.persistence.Access;
+import jakarta.persistence.AccessType;
+import jakarta.persistence.Basic;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.Table;
+import jakarta.persistence.Transient;
 import org.hibernate.testing.bytecode.enhancement.extension.BytecodeEnhanced;
-import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.*;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.DomainModel;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.FailureExpected;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.JiraKey;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactoryScope;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -15,16 +25,17 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 @DomainModel(
 		annotatedClasses = {
 				InvalidPropertyNameTest.SomeEntity.class,
+				InvalidPropertyNameTest.SomeEntityWithFalsePositive.class
 		}
 )
 @SessionFactory
-@JiraKey("HHH-16572")
 @BytecodeEnhanced
 public class InvalidPropertyNameTest {
 
 
 	@Test
 	@FailureExpected(jiraKey = "HHH-16572")
+	@JiraKey("HHH-16572")
 	public void test(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
 		scope.inTransaction( session -> {
 			session.persist( new SomeEntity( 1L, "field", "property" ) );
@@ -43,15 +54,40 @@ public class InvalidPropertyNameTest {
 		} );
 	}
 
-	@AfterEach
-	public void cleanup(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
-		// uncomment the following when @FailureExpected is removed above
-		// scope.inTransaction( session -> {
-		//	session.remove( session.get( SomeEntity.class, 1L ) );
-		// PropertyAccessTest} );
+	@Test
+	@JiraKey("HHH-18832")
+	public void testNoFalsePositive(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction( session -> {
+			session.persist( new SomeEntityWithFalsePositive( 1L, "property1-initial", "property2-initial" ) );
+		} );
+
+		// Before HHH-18832 was fixed, lazy-loading enhancement was (incorrectly) skipped,
+		// resulting at best in `property1` being null in the code below,
+		// at worst in other errors such as java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 'java.lang.String org.hibernate.orm.test.bytecode.enhancement.access.InvalidPropertyNameTest$SomeEntityWithFalsePositive.$$_hibernate_read_property1()'
+		// (see https://hibernate.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/132094-hibernate-orm-dev/topic/HHH-16572/near/481330806)
+		scope.inTransaction( session -> {
+			SomeEntityWithFalsePositive entity = session.getReference( SomeEntityWithFalsePositive.class, 1L );
+			// Lazy-loading triggered by field access
+			// Proves bytecode enhancement is effective
+			assertThat( entity.property1 ).isEqualTo( "property1-initial" );
+		} );
+
+		scope.inTransaction( session -> {
+			SomeEntityWithFalsePositive entity = session.getReference( SomeEntityWithFalsePositive.class, 1L );
+			// Proves bytecode enhancement is effective even for the transient method
+			assertThat( entity.getProperty() ).isEqualTo( "property1-initial property2-initial" );
+		} );
 	}
 
-	@Entity
+	@AfterEach
+	public void cleanup(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction( session -> {
+			session.createQuery( "delete from SomeEntity" ).executeUpdate();
+			session.createQuery( "delete from SomeEntityWithFalsePositive" ).executeUpdate();
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "SomeEntity")
 	@Table(name = "SOME_ENTITY")
 	static class SomeEntity {
 		@Id
@@ -88,4 +124,53 @@ public class InvalidPropertyNameTest {
 			this.property = property;
 		}
 	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "SomeEntityWithFalsePositive")
+	static class SomeEntityWithFalsePositive {
+
+		private Long id;
+
+		private String property1;
+
+		private String property2;
+
+		public SomeEntityWithFalsePositive() {
+		}
+
+		public SomeEntityWithFalsePositive(Long id, String property1, String property2) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.property1 = property1;
+			this.property2 = property2;
+		}
+
+		@Id
+		public long getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public void setId(long id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+
+		public String getProperty1() {
+			return property1;
+		}
+
+		public void setProperty1(String property1) {
+			this.property1 = property1;
+		}
+
+		public String getProperty2() {
+			return property2;
+		}
+
+		public void setProperty2(String property2) {
+			this.property2 = property2;
+		}
+
+		@Transient
+		public String getProperty() {
+			return property1 + " " + property2;
+		}
+	}
 }