diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/annotation/AnnotationMetaEntity.java b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/annotation/AnnotationMetaEntity.java
index 62be8e880b..317d4cb2bc 100644
--- a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/annotation/AnnotationMetaEntity.java
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/annotation/AnnotationMetaEntity.java
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ public class AnnotationMetaEntity extends AnnotationMeta {
 								sessionType,
 								operation,
 								context.addNonnullAnnotation(),
-								declaredType != parameterType,
+								isIterableLifecycleParameter(parameterType),
 								returnArgument
 						)
 				);
@@ -1252,6 +1252,19 @@ public class AnnotationMetaEntity extends AnnotationMeta {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private static boolean isIterableLifecycleParameter(TypeMirror parameterType) {
+		switch (parameterType.getKind()) {
+			case ARRAY:
+				return true;
+			case DECLARED:
+				final DeclaredType declaredType = (DeclaredType) parameterType;
+				final TypeElement typeElement = (TypeElement) declaredType.asElement();
+				return typeElement.getQualifiedName().contentEquals(LIST);
+			default:
+				return false;
+		}
+	}
+
 	private static boolean isVoid(TypeMirror returnType) {
 		switch (returnType.getKind()) {
 			case VOID: