diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/tree/SelectClause.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/tree/SelectClause.java
index 53bf6b8043..984bf46ba2 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/tree/SelectClause.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/tree/SelectClause.java
@@ -393,8 +393,7 @@ public class SelectClause extends SelectExpressionList {
 		if ( aggregatedSelectExpression == null ) {
 			aliases = new String[selectExpressions.length];
 			for ( int i = 0; i < selectExpressions.length; i++ ) {
-				String alias = selectExpressions[i].getAlias();
-				aliases[i] = alias == null ? Integer.toString( i ) : alias;
+				aliases[i] = selectExpressions[i].getAlias();
 			}
 		}
 		else {