diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/hql/internal/SqmPathRegistryImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/hql/internal/SqmPathRegistryImpl.java
index 3492ea370f..25a7289096 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/hql/internal/SqmPathRegistryImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/hql/internal/SqmPathRegistryImpl.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import org.hibernate.jpa.spi.JpaCompliance;
+import org.hibernate.metamodel.model.domain.BasicDomainType;
 import org.hibernate.query.hql.HqlLogging;
 import org.hibernate.query.hql.spi.SqmCreationProcessingState;
 import org.hibernate.query.hql.spi.SqmPathRegistry;
@@ -247,7 +248,8 @@ else if ( parentRegistered instanceof SqmEntityJoin<?> ) {
 	}
 
 	private boolean definesAttribute(SqmPathSource<?> containerType, String name) {
-		return containerType.findSubPathSource( name ) != null;
+		return !( containerType.getSqmPathType() instanceof BasicDomainType )
+				&& containerType.findSubPathSource( name ) != null;
 	}
 
 	@Override