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+package org.hibernate.orm.test.query;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.DomainModel;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.JiraKey;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactoryScope;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.ElementCollection;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.AssertionsForClassTypes.assertThat;
+
+@DomainModel(
+		annotatedClasses = {
+				UnrelatedEntitiesTest.EntityA.class,
+				UnrelatedEntitiesTest.EntityB.class
+		}
+)
+@SessionFactory
+@JiraKey("HHH-15917")
+public class UnrelatedEntitiesTest {
+
+	@BeforeAll
+	public void setUp(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction(
+				session -> {
+					Set<String> names = new HashSet<>();
+					String name = "Fab";
+					names.add( name );
+					EntityA a = new EntityA( "a", names );
+					EntityB b = new EntityB( name );
+
+					session.persist( a );
+					session.persist( b );
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testNoExceptionThrown(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction(
+				session -> {
+					List<String> resultList = session.createQuery(
+							"SELECT 'foobar' FROM EntityA a JOIN EntityB b ON b.name = element(a.names) ",
+							String.class
+					).getResultList();
+					assertThat( resultList.size() ).isEqualTo( 1 );
+				} );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testNoExceptionThrown2(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction(
+				session -> {
+					List<String> resultList = session.createQuery(
+							"SELECT 'foobar' FROM EntityA a JOIN a.names aName JOIN EntityB b ON b.name = aName",
+							String.class
+					).getResultList();
+					assertThat( resultList.size() ).isEqualTo( 1 );
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "EntityA")
+	public static class EntityA {
+
+		@Id
+		@GeneratedValue
+		private Long id;
+
+		private String name;
+
+		@ElementCollection
+		private Set<String> names;
+
+		public EntityA() {
+		}
+
+		public EntityA(String name, Set<String> names) {
+			this.name = name;
+			this.names = names;
+		}
+
+		public Long getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public String getName() {
+			return name;
+		}
+
+		public Set<String> getNames() {
+			return names;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "EntityB")
+	public static class EntityB {
+
+		@Id
+		@GeneratedValue
+		private Long id;
+
+		private String name;
+
+		public EntityB() {
+		}
+
+		public EntityB(String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		public Long getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public String getName() {
+			return name;
+		}
+	}
+}