diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/CompositeIdentifierSingularAttributeSourceManyToOneImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/CompositeIdentifierSingularAttributeSourceManyToOneImpl.java
index 18ade95224..437d7c2801 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/CompositeIdentifierSingularAttributeSourceManyToOneImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/CompositeIdentifierSingularAttributeSourceManyToOneImpl.java
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public class CompositeIdentifierSingularAttributeSourceManyToOneImpl
 
 	@Override
 	public String getXmlNodeName() {
-		return keyManyToOneElement.getName();
+		return null;
 	}
 
 	@Override