diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/results/graph/collection/internal/ListInitializer.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/results/graph/collection/internal/ListInitializer.java
index fbcc113f21..f42550c1f0 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/results/graph/collection/internal/ListInitializer.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/results/graph/collection/internal/ListInitializer.java
@@ -121,10 +121,13 @@ public class ListInitializer extends AbstractImmediateCollectionInitializer<Abst
 		final Initializer<?> initializer = elementAssembler.getInitializer();
 		if ( initializer != null ) {
 			final RowProcessingState rowProcessingState = data.getRowProcessingState();
-			final Integer index = listIndexAssembler.assemble( rowProcessingState );
+			Integer index = listIndexAssembler.assemble( rowProcessingState );
 			if ( index != null ) {
 				final PersistentList<?> list = getCollectionInstance( data );
 				assert list != null;
+				if ( listIndexBase != 0 ) {
+					index -= listIndexBase;
+				}
 				initializer.resolveInstance( list.get( index ), rowProcessingState );
 			}
 		}