diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/context/internal/ThreadLocalSessionContext.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/context/internal/ThreadLocalSessionContext.java
index 006979a8c3..ea61b6ea02 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/context/internal/ThreadLocalSessionContext.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/context/internal/ThreadLocalSessionContext.java
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ public class ThreadLocalSessionContext implements CurrentSessionContext {
 					     || "getTransaction".equals( method.getName() )
 					     || "isTransactionInProgress".equals( method.getName() )
 					     || "setFlushMode".equals( method.getName() )
+						 || "getFactory".equals( method.getName() ) //from SessionImplementor
 					     || "getSessionFactory".equals( method.getName() ) ) {
                         LOG.trace("Allowing method [" + method.getName() + "] in non-transacted context");
 					}