diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/spi/AbstractSqlAstTranslator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/spi/AbstractSqlAstTranslator.java
index d817bf3365..6de549f536 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/spi/AbstractSqlAstTranslator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/spi/AbstractSqlAstTranslator.java
@@ -1950,8 +1950,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSqlAstTranslator<T extends JdbcOperation> implemen
 				}
 				break;
 			}
-			case EQUAL:
-			case NOT_EQUAL: {
+			case EQUAL: {
 				final String operatorText = operator.sqlText();
 				String separator = NO_SEPARATOR;
 				for ( int i = 0; i < size; i++ ) {
@@ -1963,6 +1962,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractSqlAstTranslator<T extends JdbcOperation> implemen
 				}
 				break;
 			}
+			case NOT_EQUAL: {
+				final String operatorText = operator.sqlText();
+				String separator = NO_SEPARATOR;
+				for ( int i = 0; i < size; i++ ) {
+					appendSql( separator );
+					lhsExpressions.get( i ).accept( this );
+					appendSql( operatorText );
+					rhsExpressions.get( i ).accept( this );
+					separator = " or ";
+				}
+				break;
+			}
 			case LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL:
 				// Optimized (a, b) <= (1, 2) as: a <= 1 and not (a = 1 and b > 2)
 				// Normal    (a, b) <= (1, 2) as: a <  1 or a = 1 and (b <= 2)