diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/mapping/internal/AbstractEmbeddableMapping.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/mapping/internal/AbstractEmbeddableMapping.java
index c60d6bfd9b..bee1e9756a 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/mapping/internal/AbstractEmbeddableMapping.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/mapping/internal/AbstractEmbeddableMapping.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.AttributeMetadata;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.AttributeMetadataAccess;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.EmbeddableMappingType;
+import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.EmbeddableValuedModelPart;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.ForeignKeyDescriptor;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.ManagedMappingType;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.SelectableMapping;
@@ -194,9 +195,18 @@ else if ( attributeMapping instanceof ToOneAttributeMapping ) {
 				attributeMapping = toOne;
 				currentIndex += attributeMapping.getJdbcTypeCount();
 			}
-			else if ( attributeMapping instanceof EmbeddedAttributeMapping ) {
-				attributeMapping = ( (EmbeddedAttributeMapping) attributeMapping ).copy( declaringType );
-				currentIndex = attributeMapping.getJdbcTypeCount();
+			else if ( attributeMapping instanceof EmbeddableValuedModelPart ) {
+				final SelectableMapping[] subMappings = new SelectableMapping[attributeMapping.getJdbcTypeCount()];
+				for (int i = 0; i < subMappings.length; i++) {
+					subMappings[i] = selectableMappings.getSelectable( currentIndex++ );
+				}
+				attributeMapping = MappingModelCreationHelper.createInverseModelPart(
+						(EmbeddableValuedModelPart) attributeMapping,
+						declaringType,
+						declaringTableGroupProducer,
+						new SelectableMappingsImpl( subMappings ),
+						creationProcess
+				);
 			}
 			else {
 				throw new UnsupportedMappingException(
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/mapping/internal/EmbeddedAttributeMapping.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/mapping/internal/EmbeddedAttributeMapping.java
index 29e74a13e9..b17f8af1e1 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/mapping/internal/EmbeddedAttributeMapping.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/mapping/internal/EmbeddedAttributeMapping.java
@@ -354,23 +354,6 @@ public String toString() {
 		return "EmbeddedAttributeMapping(" + navigableRole + ")@" + System.identityHashCode( this );
 	}
 
-	public AttributeMapping copy(ManagedMappingType declaringType) {
-		return new EmbeddedAttributeMapping(
-				getAttributeName(),
-				getNavigableRole(),
-				getStateArrayPosition(),
-				tableExpression,
-				getAttributeMetadataAccess(),
-				getParentInjectionAttributePropertyAccess(),
-				getTiming(),
-				getStyle(),
-				getEmbeddableTypeDescriptor(),
-				declaringType,
-				getPropertyAccess(),
-				getValueGeneration()
-		);
-	}
-
 	private static PropertyAccess getPropertyAccess(
 			String parentInjectionAttributeName,
 			EmbeddableMappingType embeddableMappingType) {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/mapping/internal/MappingModelCreationHelper.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/mapping/internal/MappingModelCreationHelper.java
index bf55580ff2..70b6f72dd0 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/mapping/internal/MappingModelCreationHelper.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/mapping/internal/MappingModelCreationHelper.java
@@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ else if ( element instanceof OneToMany ) {
 		);
 	}
 
-	public static EmbeddableValuedModelPart createInverseModelPart(
+	public static EmbeddedAttributeMapping createInverseModelPart(
 			EmbeddableValuedModelPart modelPart,
 			ManagedMappingType keyDeclaringType,
 			TableGroupProducer declaringTableGroupProducer,
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/mapping/internal/VirtualEmbeddedAttributeMapping.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/mapping/internal/VirtualEmbeddedAttributeMapping.java
index d348f05604..4a9956070a 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/mapping/internal/VirtualEmbeddedAttributeMapping.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/mapping/internal/VirtualEmbeddedAttributeMapping.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 import org.hibernate.engine.FetchStyle;
 import org.hibernate.engine.FetchTiming;
-import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.AttributeMapping;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.AttributeMetadataAccess;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.EmbeddableMappingType;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.EmbeddableValuedModelPart;
@@ -99,21 +98,4 @@ public VirtualEmbeddedAttributeMapping(
 		);
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public AttributeMapping copy(ManagedMappingType declaringType) {
-		return new VirtualEmbeddedAttributeMapping(
-				getAttributeName(),
-				getNavigableRole(),
-				getStateArrayPosition(),
-				getContainingTableExpression(),
-				getAttributeMetadataAccess(),
-				getParentInjectionAttributePropertyAccess(),
-				getTiming(),
-				getStyle(),
-				getEmbeddableTypeDescriptor(),
-				declaringType,
-				getPropertyAccess(),
-				getValueGeneration()
-		);
-	}
 }