diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/CollectionBinder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/CollectionBinder.java
index 23790ec320..024e34e4ff 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/CollectionBinder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/CollectionBinder.java
@@ -2172,12 +2172,20 @@ public abstract class CollectionBinder {
 			CollectionPropertyHolder holder,
 			Class<? extends CompositeUserType<?>> compositeUserType) {
 		//TODO be smart with isNullable
+		final AccessType accessType = accessType( property, collection.getOwner() );
+		// We create a new entity binder here because it is needed for processing the embeddable
+		// Since this is an element collection, there is no real entity binder though,
+		// so we just create an "empty shell" for the purpose of avoiding null checks in the fillEmbeddable() method etc.
+		final EntityBinder entityBinder = new EntityBinder();
+		// Copy over the access type that we resolve for the element collection,
+		// so that nested components use the same access type. This fixes HHH-15966
+		entityBinder.setPropertyAccessType( accessType );
 		final Component component = fillEmbeddable(
 				holder,
 				getSpecialMembers( elementClass ),
-				accessType( property, collection.getOwner() ),
+				accessType,
 				true,
-				new EntityBinder(),
+				entityBinder,
 				false,
 				false,
 				true,
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/EntityBinder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/EntityBinder.java
index 8b2fd6694d..68b6cf569b 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/EntityBinder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/EntityBinder.java
@@ -2253,9 +2253,11 @@ public class EntityBinder {
 
 	public AccessType getExplicitAccessType(XAnnotatedElement element) {
 		AccessType accessType = null;
-		final Access access = element.getAnnotation( Access.class );
-		if ( access != null ) {
-			accessType = AccessType.getAccessStrategy( access.value() );
+		if ( element != null ) {
+			final Access access = element.getAnnotation( Access.class );
+			if ( access != null ) {
+				accessType = AccessType.getAccessStrategy( access.value() );
+			}
 		}
 		return accessType;
 	}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/annotations/embeddables/nested/fieldaccess/FieldAccessedNestedEmbeddableMetadataTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/annotations/embeddables/nested/fieldaccess/FieldAccessedNestedEmbeddableMetadataTest.java
index ae2fdd5990..5acc6d1c49 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/annotations/embeddables/nested/fieldaccess/FieldAccessedNestedEmbeddableMetadataTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/annotations/embeddables/nested/fieldaccess/FieldAccessedNestedEmbeddableMetadataTest.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 public class FieldAccessedNestedEmbeddableMetadataTest {
 
 	@Test
-	@FailureExpected(jiraKey = "HHH-9089")
 	public void testEnumTypeInterpretation() {
 		StandardServiceRegistry ssr = new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder().build();
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/mapping/access/NestedEmbeddableDefaultAccessTests.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/mapping/access/NestedEmbeddableDefaultAccessTests.java
index 07bd3c7b27..fb67032ea5 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/mapping/access/NestedEmbeddableDefaultAccessTests.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/mapping/access/NestedEmbeddableDefaultAccessTests.java
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ public class NestedEmbeddableDefaultAccessTests {
 
 	@Test
 	@Jira( "https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-14063" )
-	@FailureExpected(
-			reason = "When an embeddable is a key or element of a collection, access-type is " +
-					"not properly propagated to nested embeddables"
-	)
 	public void verifyElementCollectionMapping(DomainModelScope scope) {
 		scope.withHierarchy( MyEntity.class, (descriptor) -> {
 			final Property outerEmbeddedList = descriptor.getProperty( "outerEmbeddableList" );
diff --git a/hibernate-envers/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/envers/entities/components/Component4.java b/hibernate-envers/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/envers/entities/components/Component4.java
index bd6d09807e..0dad3bb3e6 100644
--- a/hibernate-envers/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/envers/entities/components/Component4.java
+++ b/hibernate-envers/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/envers/entities/components/Component4.java
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ public class Component4 {
 	public int hashCode() {
 		final int prime = 31;
 		int result = 1;
-		result = prime * result + ((description == null) ? 0 : description.hashCode());
 		result = prime * result + ((key == null) ? 0 : key.hashCode());
 		result = prime * result + ((value == null) ? 0 : value.hashCode());
 		return result;
@@ -80,9 +79,6 @@ public class Component4 {
 
 		Component4 other = (Component4) obj;
 
-		if ( description != null ? !description.equals( other.description ) : other.description != null ) {
-			return false;
-		}
 		if ( key != null ? !key.equals( other.key ) : other.key != null ) {
 			return false;
 		}