diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/tree/IdentNode.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/tree/IdentNode.java
index 1574c57feb..26e5d0ee4d 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/tree/IdentNode.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/tree/IdentNode.java
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ public class IdentNode extends FromReferenceNode implements SelectExpression {
 				final boolean shouldSkipWrappingInParenthesis =
 						(isInDistinctCount && ! dialect.requiresParensForTupleDistinctCounts())
 						|| isInNonDistinctCount
+						|| getWalker().isInSelect() && !getWalker().isInCase() && !isInCount // HHH-14156
 						|| getWalker().getCurrentTopLevelClauseType() == HqlSqlTokenTypes.ORDER
 						|| getWalker().getCurrentTopLevelClauseType() == HqlSqlTokenTypes.GROUP;
 				if ( ! shouldSkipWrappingInParenthesis ) {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/query/hhh14156/HHH14156Test.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/query/hhh14156/HHH14156Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..795844c062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/query/hhh14156/HHH14156Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package org.hibernate.query.hhh14156;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import javax.persistence.Embeddable;
+import javax.persistence.EmbeddedId;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+
+import org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQL82Dialect;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.RequiresDialect;
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * @author Nathan Xu
+ * @author Christian Beikov
+ */
+@TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-14156" )
+@RequiresDialect( PostgreSQL82Dialect.class )
+public class HHH14156Test extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
+
+	@Override
+	protected Class<?>[] getAnnotatedClasses() {
+		return new Class<?>[] { EntityWithCompositeId.class };
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testNoExceptionThrown() {
+		inTransaction( session ->
+			session.createQuery(
+					"from EntityWithCompositeId e where e in (select e2 from EntityWithCompositeId e2)",
+					EntityWithCompositeId.class
+			).getResultList()
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "EntityWithCompositeId")
+	@Table(name = "EntityWithCompositeId")
+	public static class EntityWithCompositeId implements Serializable {
+
+		@EmbeddedId
+		private PK id;
+
+		@Embeddable
+		public static class PK implements Serializable {
+
+			private String id1;
+
+			private String id2;
+
+			public PK(String id1, String id2) {
+				this.id1 = id1;
+				this.id2 = id2;
+			}
+
+			private PK() {
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public boolean equals(Object o) {
+				if ( this == o ) {
+					return true;
+				}
+				if ( o == null || getClass() != o.getClass() ) {
+					return false;
+				}
+				PK pk = (PK) o;
+				return Objects.equals( id1, pk.id1 ) &&
+						Objects.equals( id2, pk.id2 );
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public int hashCode() {
+				return Objects.hash( id1, id2 );
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}