diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/beanvalidation/TypeSafeActivator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/beanvalidation/TypeSafeActivator.java
index 50e3ee850f..c75ea495cc 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/beanvalidation/TypeSafeActivator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/beanvalidation/TypeSafeActivator.java
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ class TypeSafeActivator {
 			}
 			hasNotNull = true;
 		}
+		property.setOptional( !hasNotNull );
 		return hasNotNull;
 	}