diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/internal/DefaultRefreshEventListener.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/internal/DefaultRefreshEventListener.java
index 4003ea70da..724e2e85ce 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/internal/DefaultRefreshEventListener.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/internal/DefaultRefreshEventListener.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import org.hibernate.loader.ast.spi.CascadingFetchProfile;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.spi.MappingMetamodelImplementor;
 import org.hibernate.persister.collection.CollectionPersister;
 import org.hibernate.persister.entity.EntityPersister;
+import org.hibernate.proxy.HibernateProxy;
+import org.hibernate.proxy.LazyInitializer;
 import org.hibernate.type.CollectionType;
 import org.hibernate.type.CompositeType;
 import org.hibernate.type.Type;
@@ -62,7 +64,22 @@ public class DefaultRefreshEventListener implements RefreshEventListener {
 		final PersistenceContext persistenceContext = source.getPersistenceContextInternal();
 		final Object object = event.getObject();
 		if ( persistenceContext.reassociateIfUninitializedProxy( object ) ) {
-			if ( isTransient( event, source, object ) ) {
+			final boolean isTransient = isTransient( event, source, object );
+
+			final LazyInitializer lazyInitializer = HibernateProxy.extractLazyInitializer( object );
+			final EntityPersister persister = source.getEntityPersister( lazyInitializer.getEntityName(), object );
+			refresh(
+					event,
+					null,
+					source,
+					persister,
+					lazyInitializer,
+					null,
+					persister.getIdentifier( object, event.getSession() ),
+					persistenceContext
+			);
+
+			if ( isTransient  ) {
 				source.setReadOnly( object, source.isDefaultReadOnly() );
 			}
 		}
@@ -144,9 +161,22 @@ public class DefaultRefreshEventListener implements RefreshEventListener {
 		evictEntity( object, persister, id, source );
 		evictCachedCollections( persister, id, source );
 
+		refresh( event, object, source, persister, null, entry, id, persistenceContext );
+	}
+
+	private static void refresh(
+			RefreshEvent event,
+			Object object,
+			EventSource source,
+			EntityPersister persister,
+			LazyInitializer lazyInitializer,
+			EntityEntry entry,
+			Object id,
+			PersistenceContext persistenceContext) {
+
 		final Object result = source.getLoadQueryInfluencers().fromInternalFetchProfile(
 				CascadingFetchProfile.REFRESH,
-				() -> doRefresh( event, source, object, entry, persister, id, persistenceContext )
+				() -> doRefresh( event, source, object, entry, persister, lazyInitializer, id, persistenceContext )
 		);
 		UnresolvableObjectException.throwIfNull( result, id, persister.getEntityName() );
 	}
@@ -179,6 +209,7 @@ public class DefaultRefreshEventListener implements RefreshEventListener {
 			Object object,
 			EntityEntry entry,
 			EntityPersister persister,
+			LazyInitializer lazyInitializer,
 			Object id,
 			PersistenceContext persistenceContext) {
 		// Handle the requested lock-mode (if one) in relation to the entry's (if one) current lock-mode
@@ -228,19 +259,32 @@ public class DefaultRefreshEventListener implements RefreshEventListener {
 				persistenceContext.getEntry( result ).setLockMode( postRefreshLockMode );
 			}
 
-			// Keep the same read-only/modifiable setting for the entity that it had before refreshing;
-			// If it was transient, then set it to the default for the source.
-			if ( !persister.isMutable() ) {
-				// this is probably redundant; it should already be read-only
-				source.setReadOnly( result, true );
-			}
-			else {
-				source.setReadOnly( result, entry == null ? source.isDefaultReadOnly() : entry.isReadOnly() );
-			}
+			source.setReadOnly( result, isReadOnly( entry, persister, lazyInitializer, source ) );
 		}
 		return result;
 	}
 
+	private static boolean isReadOnly(
+			EntityEntry entry,
+			EntityPersister persister,
+			LazyInitializer lazyInitializer,
+			EventSource source) {
+		// Keep the same read-only/modifiable setting for the entity that it had before refreshing;
+		// If it was transient, then set it to the default for the source.
+		if ( !persister.isMutable() ) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		else if ( entry != null ) {
+			return entry.isReadOnly();
+		}
+		else if ( lazyInitializer != null ) {
+			return lazyInitializer.isReadOnly();
+		}
+		else {
+			return source.isDefaultReadOnly();
+		}
+	}
+
 	private static void evictCachedCollections(EntityPersister persister, Object id, EventSource source) {
 		evictCachedCollections( persister.getPropertyTypes(), id, source );
 	}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/readonly/ReadOnlyProxyTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/readonly/ReadOnlyProxyTest.java
index 3832c9ee03..fdd3588a6b 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/readonly/ReadOnlyProxyTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/readonly/ReadOnlyProxyTest.java
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ public class ReadOnlyProxyTest extends AbstractReadOnlyTest {
 		s.setReadOnly( dp, true );
 		assertFalse( Hibernate.isInitialized( dp ) );
 		s.refresh( dp );
-		assertFalse( Hibernate.isInitialized( dp ) );
+		assertTrue( Hibernate.isInitialized( dp ) );
 		assertEquals( "original", dp.getDescription() );
 		assertTrue( Hibernate.isInitialized( dp ) );
 		dp.setDescription( "changed" );
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ public class ReadOnlyProxyTest extends AbstractReadOnlyTest {
 		assertTrue( s.isReadOnly( dp ) );
 		s.evict( dp );
 		s.refresh( dp );
-		assertFalse( Hibernate.isInitialized( dp ) );
+		assertTrue( Hibernate.isInitialized( dp ) );
 		assertFalse( s.isReadOnly( dp ) );
 		dp.setDescription( "changed" );
 		assertEquals( "changed", dp.getDescription() );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/readonly/ReadOnlySessionTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/readonly/ReadOnlySessionTest.java
index 59897eba3f..e46e1d5381 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/readonly/ReadOnlySessionTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/readonly/ReadOnlySessionTest.java
@@ -516,11 +516,11 @@ public class ReadOnlySessionTest extends AbstractReadOnlyTest {
 		assertTrue( s.isReadOnly( dp ) );
 		assertFalse( Hibernate.isInitialized( dp ) );
 		s.refresh( dp );
-		assertFalse( Hibernate.isInitialized( dp ) );
+		assertTrue( Hibernate.isInitialized( dp ) );
 		assertTrue( s.isReadOnly( dp ) );
 		s.setDefaultReadOnly( false );
 		s.refresh( dp );
-		assertFalse( Hibernate.isInitialized( dp ) );
+		assertTrue( Hibernate.isInitialized( dp ) );
 		assertTrue( s.isReadOnly( dp ) );
 		assertEquals( "original", dp.getDescription() );
 		assertTrue( Hibernate.isInitialized( dp ) );
@@ -574,12 +574,12 @@ public class ReadOnlySessionTest extends AbstractReadOnlyTest {
 		assertTrue( s.isReadOnly( dp ) );
 		s.evict( dp );
 		s.refresh( dp );
-		assertFalse( Hibernate.isInitialized( dp ) );
+		assertTrue( Hibernate.isInitialized( dp ) );
 		s.setDefaultReadOnly( false );
 		assertTrue( s.isReadOnly( dp ) );
 		s.evict( dp );
 		s.refresh( dp );
-		assertFalse( Hibernate.isInitialized( dp ) );
+		assertTrue( Hibernate.isInitialized( dp ) );
 		assertFalse( s.isReadOnly( dp ) );
 		assertFalse( s.isReadOnly( ( (HibernateProxy) dp ).getHibernateLazyInitializer().getImplementation() ) );
 		dp.setDescription( "changed" );