diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/results/graph/collection/internal/DelayedCollectionFetch.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/results/graph/collection/internal/DelayedCollectionFetch.java
index 305f5937b8..f3fe1b9b51 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/results/graph/collection/internal/DelayedCollectionFetch.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/results/graph/collection/internal/DelayedCollectionFetch.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import org.hibernate.sql.results.graph.DomainResult;
 import org.hibernate.sql.results.graph.DomainResultAssembler;
 import org.hibernate.sql.results.graph.FetchParent;
 import org.hibernate.sql.results.graph.FetchParentAccess;
-import org.hibernate.sql.results.graph.UnfetchedResultAssembler;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.JavaType;
 
 /**
@@ -39,7 +38,12 @@ public class DelayedCollectionFetch extends CollectionFetch {
 			AssemblerCreationState creationState) {
 		// lazy attribute
 		if ( collectionKeyResult == null ) {
-			return new UnfetchedResultAssembler<>( getResultJavaTypeDescriptor() );
+			return new UnfetchedCollectionAssembler(
+					getNavigablePath(),
+					getFetchedMapping(),
+					parentAccess,
+					creationState
+			);
 		}
 		else {
 			return new DelayedCollectionAssembler(
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/results/graph/collection/internal/UnfetchedCollectionAssembler.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/results/graph/collection/internal/UnfetchedCollectionAssembler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e867d44d55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/results/graph/collection/internal/UnfetchedCollectionAssembler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html
+ */
+package org.hibernate.sql.results.graph.collection.internal;
+
+import org.hibernate.bytecode.enhance.spi.LazyPropertyInitializer;
+import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.PluralAttributeMapping;
+import org.hibernate.query.NavigablePath;
+import org.hibernate.sql.results.graph.AssemblerCreationState;
+import org.hibernate.sql.results.graph.DomainResultAssembler;
+import org.hibernate.sql.results.graph.FetchParentAccess;
+import org.hibernate.sql.results.jdbc.spi.JdbcValuesSourceProcessingOptions;
+import org.hibernate.sql.results.jdbc.spi.RowProcessingState;
+import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.JavaType;
+
+public class UnfetchedCollectionAssembler implements DomainResultAssembler {
+	private final PluralAttributeMapping fetchedMapping;
+
+	public UnfetchedCollectionAssembler(
+			NavigablePath fetchPath,
+			PluralAttributeMapping fetchedMapping,
+			FetchParentAccess parentAccess,
+			AssemblerCreationState creationState) {
+		this.fetchedMapping = fetchedMapping;
+		creationState.resolveInitializer(
+				fetchPath,
+				fetchedMapping,
+				() -> new DelayedCollectionInitializer(
+						fetchPath,
+						fetchedMapping,
+						parentAccess,
+						null
+				)
+
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object assemble(RowProcessingState rowProcessingState, JdbcValuesSourceProcessingOptions options) {
+		return LazyPropertyInitializer.UNFETCHED_PROPERTY;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public JavaType getAssembledJavaTypeDescriptor() {
+		return fetchedMapping.getJavaTypeDescriptor();
+	}
+}