diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/AnnotationEntity.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/AnnotationEntity.java
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+package org.hibernate.boot.model.source.internal.hbm;
+
+import javax.persistence.*;
+
+@Entity
+public class AnnotationEntity {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.SEQUENCE, generator = "annotationentity_id_seq")
+    @SequenceGenerator(
+            name = "annotationentity_id_seq",
+            sequenceName = "annotationentity_id_seq"
+    )
+    private Long _id;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the identifier.
+     *
+     * @return the id.
+     */
+    public Long getId()
+    {
+        return _id;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/HBMEntity.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/HBMEntity.java
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+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/HBMEntity.java
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+package org.hibernate.boot.model.source.internal.hbm;
+
+public class HBMEntity {
+
+    private long _id;
+    private AnnotationEntity _association;
+
+    public long getId() {
+        return _id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(long id) {
+        _id = id;
+    }
+
+    public AnnotationEntity getAssociation() {
+        return _association;
+    }
+
+    public void setAssociation(AnnotationEntity association) {
+        _association = association;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/HBMManyToOneAnnotationMissingPrimaryKeyTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/HBMManyToOneAnnotationMissingPrimaryKeyTest.java
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+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/HBMManyToOneAnnotationMissingPrimaryKeyTest.java
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+package org.hibernate.boot.model.source.internal.hbm;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseNonConfigCoreFunctionalTestCase;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-11502
+ *
+ * @author Russ Tennant (russ@venturetech.net)
+ */
+public class HBMManyToOneAnnotationMissingPrimaryKeyTest extends BaseNonConfigCoreFunctionalTestCase
+{
+    @Override
+    protected Class[] getAnnotatedClasses() {
+        return new Class[]{
+                AnnotationEntity.class
+        };
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String[] getMappings() {
+        return new String[]{
+                "HBMEntity.hbm.xml"
+        };
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getBaseForMappings() {
+        return "/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test to trigger the NullPointerException in the ModelBinder.
+     * @throws Exception on error.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void hhh11502() throws Exception {
+        Assert.assertTrue(true);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/HBMEntity.hbm.xml b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/HBMEntity.hbm.xml
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+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/HBMEntity.hbm.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE hibernate-mapping PUBLIC
+        "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Mapping DTD 3.0//EN"
+        "http://www.hibernate.org/dtd/hibernate-mapping-3.0.dtd">
+
+<hibernate-mapping package="org.hibernate.boot.model.source.internal.hbm">
+    <class name="HBMEntity" table="hbmentity" >
+    <id name="id" unsaved-value="0">
+        <generator class="sequence">
+            <param name="sequence">hbmentity_id_sequence</param>
+        </generator>
+    </id>
+    <many-to-one name="association" cascade="persist,save-update" not-null="true"/>
+    </class>
+
+</hibernate-mapping>
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