diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/relational/QualifiedNameParser.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/relational/QualifiedNameParser.java
index 8341f1f96e..b642e00ca6 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/relational/QualifiedNameParser.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/relational/QualifiedNameParser.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class QualifiedNameParser {
 			text = unquote( text );
 		}
 
-		final String[] tokens = text.split( "." );
+		final String[] tokens = text.split( "\\." );
 		if ( tokens.length == 0 || tokens.length == 1 ) {
 			// we have just a local name...
 			name = text;