diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Ingres9Dialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Ingres9Dialect.java
index fbb70e1a21..382da0379e 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Ingres9Dialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Ingres9Dialect.java
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public boolean doesRepeatableReadCauseReadersToBlockWriters() {
 	// limit/offset support ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 	@Override
-	public LimitHandler getLimitHandler() {
+	public LimitHandler getDefaultLimitHandler() {
 		return LIMIT_HANDLER;
 	}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/IngresDialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/IngresDialect.java
index b474cd6270..17391152d8 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/IngresDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/IngresDialect.java
@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ public LimitHandler getLimitHandler() {
 		if ( isLegacyLimitHandlerBehaviorEnabled() ) {
 			return LegacyFirstLimitHandler.INSTANCE;
 		}
+		return getDefaultLimitHandler();
+	}
+
+	protected LimitHandler getDefaultLimitHandler() {
 		return FirstLimitHandler.INSTANCE;
 	}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServer2005Dialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServer2005Dialect.java
index 47ad18f3dd..54691d36d3 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServer2005Dialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServer2005Dialect.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public SQLServer2005Dialect() {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public LimitHandler getLimitHandler() {
+	protected LimitHandler getDefaultLimitHandler() {
 		return new SQLServer2005LimitHandler();
 	}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServerDialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServerDialect.java
index 47e20bc50f..63498c6f03 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServerDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServerDialect.java
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ public LimitHandler getLimitHandler() {
 		if ( isLegacyLimitHandlerBehaviorEnabled() ) {
 			return new LegacyLimitHandler( this );
 		}
+		return getDefaultLimitHandler();
+	}
+
+	protected LimitHandler getDefaultLimitHandler() {
 		return limitHandler;
 	}