diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/sql/internal/EntityValuedPathInterpretation.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/sql/internal/EntityValuedPathInterpretation.java
index 0eb0826f87fb..9ffdfe6dac06 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/sql/internal/EntityValuedPathInterpretation.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/sql/internal/EntityValuedPathInterpretation.java
@@ -407,7 +407,9 @@ private static boolean supportsFunctionalDependency(Dialect dialect, EntityMappi
 		final FunctionalDependencyAnalysisSupport analysisSupport = dialect.getFunctionalDependencyAnalysisSupport();
 		if ( analysisSupport.supportsAnalysis() ) {
 			if ( entityMappingType.getSqmMultiTableMutationStrategy() == null ) {
-				return true;
+				// A subquery may be used to render a single-table inheritance subtype, in which case
+				// we cannot use functional dependency analysis unless the dialect supports table groups
+				return analysisSupport.supportsTableGroups() || entityMappingType.getSuperMappingType() == null;
 			}
 			else {
 				return analysisSupport.supportsTableGroups() && ( analysisSupport.supportsConstants() ||
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/inheritance/InheritanceToOneSubtypeJoinGroupByTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/inheritance/InheritanceToOneSubtypeJoinGroupByTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c9c915d9f7b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/inheritance/InheritanceToOneSubtypeJoinGroupByTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * Copyright Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
+ */
+package org.hibernate.orm.test.inheritance;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Embeddable;
+import jakarta.persistence.EmbeddedId;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.Inheritance;
+import jakarta.persistence.ManyToOne;
+import jakarta.persistence.Tuple;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.DomainModel;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactoryScope;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+@DomainModel( annotatedClasses = {
+		InheritanceToOneSubtypeJoinGroupByTest.Base.class,
+		InheritanceToOneSubtypeJoinGroupByTest.EntityA.class,
+		InheritanceToOneSubtypeJoinGroupByTest.EntityB.class,
+		InheritanceToOneSubtypeJoinGroupByTest.WhitelistEntry.class,
+} )
+@SessionFactory
+public class InheritanceToOneSubtypeJoinGroupByTest {
+	@Test
+	void testGroupByA(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inSession( session -> {
+			final EntityA result = session.createQuery(
+					"SELECT a FROM WhitelistEntry we JOIN we.primaryKey.a a group by a",
+					EntityA.class
+			).getSingleResult();
+			assertThat( result.getAName() ).isEqualTo( "a" );
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void testGroupByB(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inSession( session -> {
+			final Tuple result = session.createQuery(
+					"SELECT b.id, b.bName FROM WhitelistEntry we JOIN we.primaryKey.b b group by b",
+					Tuple.class
+			).getSingleResult();
+			assertThat( result.get( 1, String.class ) ).isEqualTo( "b" );
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@BeforeAll
+	public void setUp(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction( session -> {
+			final EntityA a = new EntityA();
+			a.setAName( "a" );
+			final EntityB b = new EntityB();
+			b.setBName( "b" );
+			final WhitelistEntry whitelistEntry = new WhitelistEntry();
+			whitelistEntry.setName( "whitelistEntry" );
+			final WhitelistEntryPK primaryKey = new WhitelistEntryPK();
+			primaryKey.setA( a );
+			primaryKey.setB( b );
+			whitelistEntry.setPrimaryKey( primaryKey );
+			session.persist( a );
+			session.persist( b );
+			session.persist( whitelistEntry );
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@AfterAll
+	public void tearDown(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.getSessionFactory().getSchemaManager().truncateMappedObjects();
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Base")
+	@Inheritance
+	public static class Base {
+		@Id
+		@GeneratedValue
+		private Long id;
+	}
+
+
+	@Entity(name = "EntityA")
+	public static class EntityA extends Base {
+		private String aName;
+
+		public String getAName() {
+			return aName;
+		}
+
+		public void setAName(String name) {
+			this.aName = name;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "EntityB")
+	public static class EntityB extends Base {
+		private String bName;
+
+		public String getBName() {
+			return bName;
+		}
+
+		public void setBName(String name) {
+			this.bName = name;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Embeddable
+	public static class WhitelistEntryPK {
+		@ManyToOne
+		private EntityB b;
+
+		@ManyToOne
+		private EntityA a;
+
+		public WhitelistEntryPK() {
+		}
+
+		public EntityB getB() {
+			return b;
+		}
+
+		public void setB(EntityB b) {
+			this.b = b;
+		}
+
+		public EntityA getA() {
+			return a;
+		}
+
+		public void setA(EntityA a) {
+			this.a = a;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "WhitelistEntry")
+	public static class WhitelistEntry {
+		@EmbeddedId
+		private WhitelistEntryPK primaryKey;
+
+		private String name;
+
+		public String getName() {
+			return name;
+		}
+
+		public void setName(String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		public WhitelistEntryPK getPrimaryKey() {
+			return primaryKey;
+		}
+
+		public void setPrimaryKey(WhitelistEntryPK primaryKey) {
+			this.primaryKey = primaryKey;
+		}
+	}
+}