diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/annotations/CollectionBinder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/annotations/CollectionBinder.java
index 5e1eac0c6c..b77cf23275 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/annotations/CollectionBinder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/annotations/CollectionBinder.java
@@ -829,6 +829,11 @@ public abstract class CollectionBinder {
 		if ( debugEnabled ) {
 			LOG.debugf( "Binding a OneToMany: %s.%s through a foreign key", propertyHolder.getEntityName(), propertyName );
 		}
+		if ( buildingContext == null ) {
+			throw new AssertionFailure(
+					"CollectionSecondPass for oneToMany should not be called with null mappings"
+			);
+		}
 		org.hibernate.mapping.OneToMany oneToMany = new org.hibernate.mapping.OneToMany( buildingContext.getMetadataCollector(), collection.getOwner() );
 		collection.setElement( oneToMany );
 		oneToMany.setReferencedEntityName( collectionType.getName() );
@@ -846,16 +851,11 @@ public abstract class CollectionBinder {
 				collection.setOrderBy( orderByFragment );
 			}
 		}
-
-		if ( buildingContext == null ) {
-			throw new AssertionFailure(
-					"CollectionSecondPass for oneToMany should not be called with null mappings"
-			);
-		}
 		Map<String, Join> joins = buildingContext.getMetadataCollector().getJoins( assocClass );
 		if ( associatedClass == null ) {
 			throw new MappingException(
-					"Association references unmapped class: " + assocClass
+					String.format("Association [%s] for entity [%s] references unmapped class [%s]",
+							propertyName, propertyHolder.getClassName(), assocClass)
 			);
 		}
 		oneToMany.setAssociatedClass( associatedClass );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/cfg/annotations/CollectionBinderTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/cfg/annotations/CollectionBinderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5720400588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/cfg/annotations/CollectionBinderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * 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.cfg.annotations;
+
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.hibernate.MappingException;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.common.reflection.XClass;
+import org.hibernate.boot.spi.InFlightMetadataCollector;
+import org.hibernate.boot.spi.MetadataBuildingContext;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.PropertyHolder;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.Collection;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.PersistentClass;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.Table;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseUnitTestCase;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+/**
+ * Test for HHH-10106
+ *
+ * @author Vyacheslav Rarata
+ */
+public class CollectionBinderTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
+
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-10106")
+	public void testAssociatedClassException() throws SQLException {
+		final Collection collection = mock(Collection.class);
+		final Map persistentClasses = mock(Map.class);
+		final XClass collectionType = mock(XClass.class);
+		final MetadataBuildingContext buildingContext = mock(MetadataBuildingContext.class);
+		final InFlightMetadataCollector inFly = mock(InFlightMetadataCollector.class);
+		final PersistentClass persistentClass = mock(PersistentClass.class);
+		final Table table = mock(Table.class);
+		
+		when(buildingContext.getMetadataCollector()).thenReturn(inFly);
+		when(persistentClasses.get(null)).thenReturn(null);
+		when(collection.getOwner()).thenReturn(persistentClass);
+		when(collectionType.getName()).thenReturn("List");
+		when(persistentClass.getTable()).thenReturn(table);
+		when(table.getName()).thenReturn("Hibernate");
+		
+		CollectionBinder collectionBinder = new CollectionBinder(false) {
+			@Override
+			protected Collection createCollection(PersistentClass persistentClass) {
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			{
+				final PropertyHolder propertyHolder = Mockito.mock(PropertyHolder.class);
+				when(propertyHolder.getClassName()).thenReturn( CollectionBinderTest.class.getSimpleName() );
+				this.propertyName = "abc";
+				this.propertyHolder = propertyHolder;
+			}
+		};
+
+		String expectMessage = "Association [abc] for entity [CollectionBinderTest] references unmapped class [List]";
+		try {
+			collectionBinder.bindOneToManySecondPass(collection, persistentClasses, null, collectionType, false, false, buildingContext, null);
+		} catch (MappingException e) {
+			assertEquals(expectMessage, e.getMessage());
+		}
+	}
+
+}