diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/pagination/SQLServer2005LimitHandler.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/pagination/SQLServer2005LimitHandler.java
index ac6a83c086..997436a60f 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/pagination/SQLServer2005LimitHandler.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/pagination/SQLServer2005LimitHandler.java
@@ -387,15 +387,19 @@ private static List<IgnoreRange> generateIgnoreRanges(String sql) {
 
 		int depth = 0;
 		int start = -1;
+		boolean insideAStringValue = false;
 		for ( int i = 0; i < sql.length(); ++i ) {
 			final char ch = sql.charAt( i );
-			if ( ch == '(' ) {
+			if ( ch == '\'' ) {
+				insideAStringValue = !insideAStringValue;
+			}
+			else if ( ch == '(' && !insideAStringValue ) {
 				depth++;
 				if ( depth == 1 ) {
 					start = i;
 				}
 			}
-			else if ( ch == ')' ) {
+			else if ( ch == ')' && !insideAStringValue ) {
 				if ( depth > 0 ) {
 					if ( depth == 1 ) {
 						ignoreRangeList.add( new IgnoreRange( start, i ) );