diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/SimpleValue.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/SimpleValue.java
index 8844440831..d9f8b65ec9 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/SimpleValue.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/SimpleValue.java
@@ -264,6 +264,17 @@ public class SimpleValue implements KeyValue {
 
 	private IdentifierGenerator identifierGenerator;
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the cached identifierGenerator.
+	 *
+	 * @return IdentifierGenerator null if
+	 * {@link #createIdentifierGenerator(IdentifierGeneratorFactory, Dialect, String, String, RootClass)} was never
+	 * completed.
+	 */
+	public IdentifierGenerator getIdentifierGenerator() {
+		return identifierGenerator;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public IdentifierGenerator createIdentifierGenerator(
 			IdentifierGeneratorFactory identifierGeneratorFactory,
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tuple/entity/AbstractEntityTuplizer.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tuple/entity/AbstractEntityTuplizer.java
index 3d137219d0..7cae6edda8 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tuple/entity/AbstractEntityTuplizer.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tuple/entity/AbstractEntityTuplizer.java
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SharedSessionContractImplementor;
 import org.hibernate.id.Assigned;
 import org.hibernate.loader.PropertyPath;
 import org.hibernate.mapping.Component;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.KeyValue;
 import org.hibernate.mapping.PersistentClass;
 import org.hibernate.mapping.Property;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.SimpleValue;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.spi.MetamodelImplementor;
 import org.hibernate.persister.entity.EntityPersister;
 import org.hibernate.property.access.spi.Getter;
@@ -168,11 +170,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityTuplizer implements EntityTuplizer {
 		}
 		else {
 			identifierMapperType = (CompositeType) mapper.getType();
+			KeyValue identifier = mappingInfo.getIdentifier();
 			mappedIdentifierValueMarshaller = buildMappedIdentifierValueMarshaller(
 					getEntityName(),
 					getFactory(),
 					(ComponentType) entityMetamodel.getIdentifierProperty().getType(),
-					(ComponentType) identifierMapperType
+					(ComponentType) identifierMapperType,
+					identifier
 			);
 		}
 	}
@@ -274,7 +278,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityTuplizer implements EntityTuplizer {
 			String entityName,
 			SessionFactoryImplementor sessionFactory,
 			ComponentType mappedIdClassComponentType,
-			ComponentType virtualIdComponent) {
+			ComponentType virtualIdComponent,
+			KeyValue identifier) {
 		// so basically at this point we know we have a "mapped" composite identifier
 		// which is an awful way to say that the identifier is represented differently
 		// in the entity and in the identifier value.  The incoming value should
@@ -302,7 +307,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityTuplizer implements EntityTuplizer {
 						entityName,
 						sessionFactory,
 						virtualIdComponent,
-						mappedIdClassComponentType
+						mappedIdClassComponentType,
+						identifier
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -341,28 +347,40 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityTuplizer implements EntityTuplizer {
 		private final SessionFactoryImplementor sessionFactory;
 		private final ComponentType virtualIdComponent;
 		private final ComponentType mappedIdentifierType;
+		private final KeyValue identifier;
 
 		private IncrediblySillyJpaMapsIdMappedIdentifierValueMarshaller(
 				String entityName,
 				SessionFactoryImplementor sessionFactory,
 				ComponentType virtualIdComponent,
-				ComponentType mappedIdentifierType) {
+				ComponentType mappedIdentifierType,
+				KeyValue identifier) {
 			this.sessionFactory = sessionFactory;
 			this.entityName = entityName;
 			this.virtualIdComponent = virtualIdComponent;
 			this.mappedIdentifierType = mappedIdentifierType;
+			this.identifier = identifier;
 		}
 
 		@Override
 		public Object getIdentifier(Object entity, EntityMode entityMode, SharedSessionContractImplementor session) {
 			final Object id = mappedIdentifierType.instantiate( entityMode );
 			final Object[] propertyValues = virtualIdComponent.getPropertyValues( entity, entityMode );
+			final String[] names = virtualIdComponent.getPropertyNames();
 			final Type[] subTypes = virtualIdComponent.getSubtypes();
 			final Type[] copierSubTypes = mappedIdentifierType.getSubtypes();
 			final int length = subTypes.length;
 			for ( int i = 0; i < length; i++ ) {
 				if ( propertyValues[i] == null ) {
-					throw new HibernateException( "No part of a composite identifier may be null" );
+					try {
+						final String name = names[i];
+						final Property p = ((Component) identifier).getProperty(name);
+						final SimpleValue v = (SimpleValue) p.getValue();
+						if ( v.getIdentifierGenerator() == null ) throw new NullPointerException("No IdentifierGenerator found for property "+name);
+					}
+					catch (Throwable t) {
+						throw new HibernateException( "No part of a composite identifier may be null", t );
+					}
 				}
 				//JPA 2 @MapsId + @IdClass points to the pk of the entity
 				if ( subTypes[i].isAssociationType() && !copierSubTypes[i].isAssociationType()  ) {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/cid/CompositeIdFkGeneratedValueIdentityTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/cid/CompositeIdFkGeneratedValueIdentityTest.java
index e0bc612c4b..e50d016c6d 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/cid/CompositeIdFkGeneratedValueIdentityTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/cid/CompositeIdFkGeneratedValueIdentityTest.java
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 public class CompositeIdFkGeneratedValueIdentityTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
 
 	@Test
-	@FailureExpected(jiraKey = "HHH-10956", message = "javax.persistence.PersistenceException: org.hibernate.HibernateException: No part of a composite identifier may be null")
 	public void testCompositePkWithIdentityAndFKBySequence() throws Exception {
 		doInHibernate( this::sessionFactory, session -> {
 			HeadS head = new HeadS();
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ public class CompositeIdFkGeneratedValueIdentityTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalT
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	@FailureExpected(jiraKey = "HHH-10956", message = "javax.persistence.PersistenceException: org.hibernate.HibernateException: No part of a composite identifier may be null")
 	public void testCompositePkWithIdentityAndFKByTable() throws Exception {
 		doInHibernate( this::sessionFactory, session -> {
 			HeadT head = new HeadT();
@@ -90,7 +88,6 @@ public class CompositeIdFkGeneratedValueIdentityTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalT
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	@FailureExpected(jiraKey = "HHH-10956", message = "javax.persistence.PersistenceException: org.hibernate.HibernateException: No part of a composite identifier may be null")
 	public void testCompositePkWithIdentityAndFKByAuto() throws Exception {
 		doInHibernate( this::sessionFactory, session -> {
 			HeadA head = new HeadA();