diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/SessionFactoryOptionsBuilder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/SessionFactoryOptionsBuilder.java
index 686879c863d3..4e21cd679d2b 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/SessionFactoryOptionsBuilder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/SessionFactoryOptionsBuilder.java
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
 import static org.hibernate.cfg.QuerySettings.PORTABLE_INTEGER_DIVISION;
 import static org.hibernate.cfg.QuerySettings.XML_FUNCTIONS_ENABLED;
 import static org.hibernate.engine.config.spi.StandardConverters.BOOLEAN;
+import static org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.JdbcLogging.JDBC_MESSAGE_LOGGER;
 import static org.hibernate.internal.CoreLogging.messageLogger;
 import static org.hibernate.internal.LockOptionsHelper.applyPropertiesToLockOptions;
 import static org.hibernate.internal.log.DeprecationLogger.DEPRECATION_LOGGER;
@@ -133,6 +134,13 @@
 public class SessionFactoryOptionsBuilder implements SessionFactoryOptions {
 	private static final CoreMessageLogger log = messageLogger( SessionFactoryOptionsBuilder.class );
 
+	/**
+	 * A lower bound on the {@link java.sql.Statement#getFetchSize JDBC fetch size}.
+	 *
+	 * @see org.hibernate.cfg.JdbcSettings#STATEMENT_FETCH_SIZE
+	 */
+	public static final int MIN_FETCH_SIZE = 128;
+
 	private final String uuid = LocalObjectUuidHelper.generateLocalObjectUuid();
 	private final StandardServiceRegistry serviceRegistry;
 
@@ -490,6 +498,16 @@ public SessionFactoryOptionsBuilder(StandardServiceRegistry serviceRegistry, Boo
 				getBoolean( USE_GET_GENERATED_KEYS, settings, meta.supportsGetGeneratedKeys() );
 
 		jdbcFetchSize = getInteger( STATEMENT_FETCH_SIZE, settings );
+		if ( jdbcFetchSize == null ) {
+			final int defaultFetchSize = meta.getDefaultFetchSize();
+			if ( defaultFetchSize > 0 && defaultFetchSize < MIN_FETCH_SIZE ) {
+				JDBC_MESSAGE_LOGGER.forcingFetchSize( defaultFetchSize, MIN_FETCH_SIZE );
+				jdbcFetchSize = MIN_FETCH_SIZE;
+			}
+			else {
+				JDBC_MESSAGE_LOGGER.usingFetchSize( defaultFetchSize );
+			}
+		}
 
 		connectionHandlingMode = interpretConnectionHandlingMode( settings, serviceRegistry );
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/JdbcLogging.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/JdbcLogging.java
index 85efb677dd6c..ac46cd09196b 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/JdbcLogging.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/JdbcLogging.java
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ public interface JdbcLogging extends BasicLogger {
 	@Message(value = "Using default JDBC fetch size: %s", id = 100122)
 	void usingFetchSize(int fetchSize);
 
-	@LogMessage(level = WARN)
-	@Message(value = "Low default JDBC fetch size: %s (consider setting 'hibernate.jdbc.fetch_size')", id = 100123)
-	void warnLowFetchSize(int fetchSize);
+	@LogMessage(level = INFO)
+	@Message(value = "Low default JDBC fetch size: %s, forcing to: %s (consider setting 'hibernate.jdbc.fetch_size')", id = 100123)
+	void forcingFetchSize(int defaultFetchSize, int forcedFetchSize);
 
 	@LogMessage(level = TRACE)
 	@Message(value = "JDBC fetch size: %s", id = 100124)
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/env/internal/JdbcEnvironmentImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/env/internal/JdbcEnvironmentImpl.java
index deb84a7860c4..040c16d3b606 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/env/internal/JdbcEnvironmentImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/env/internal/JdbcEnvironmentImpl.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import org.hibernate.boot.model.naming.Identifier;
 import org.hibernate.boot.registry.selector.spi.StrategySelector;
 import org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings;
-import org.hibernate.cfg.JdbcSettings;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect;
 import org.hibernate.engine.config.spi.ConfigurationService;
 import org.hibernate.engine.config.spi.StandardConverters;
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@
 import static org.hibernate.cfg.MappingSettings.DEFAULT_CATALOG;
 import static org.hibernate.cfg.MappingSettings.DEFAULT_SCHEMA;
 import static org.hibernate.engine.config.spi.StandardConverters.STRING;
-import static org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.JdbcLogging.JDBC_MESSAGE_LOGGER;
 import static org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.env.internal.LobCreatorBuilderImpl.makeLobCreatorBuilder;
 
 /**
@@ -107,8 +105,6 @@ public JdbcEnvironmentImpl(final ServiceRegistryImplementor serviceRegistry, fin
 				new QualifiedObjectNameFormatterStandardImpl( nameQualifierSupport, dialect.getCatalogSeparator() );
 
 		lobCreatorBuilder = makeLobCreatorBuilder( dialect );
-
-		logJdbcFetchSize( extractedMetaDataSupport.getDefaultFetchSize(), cfgService );
 	}
 
 	private static ConfigurationService configurationService(ServiceRegistryImplementor serviceRegistry) {
@@ -321,8 +317,6 @@ public JdbcEnvironmentImpl(
 				new QualifiedObjectNameFormatterStandardImpl( nameQualifierSupport, databaseMetaData );
 
 		lobCreatorBuilder = makeLobCreatorBuilder( dialect, cfgService.getSettings(), databaseMetaData.getConnection() );
-
-		logJdbcFetchSize( extractedMetaDataSupport.getDefaultFetchSize(), cfgService );
 	}
 
 	private static IdentifierHelper identifierHelper(
@@ -425,15 +419,4 @@ public SqlExceptionHelper getSqlExceptionHelper() {
 	public LobCreatorBuilder getLobCreatorBuilder() {
 		return lobCreatorBuilder;
 	}
-
-	private static void logJdbcFetchSize(int defaultFetchSize, ConfigurationService cfgService) {
-		if ( !cfgService.getSettings().containsKey( JdbcSettings.STATEMENT_FETCH_SIZE ) ) {
-			if ( defaultFetchSize > 0 && defaultFetchSize < 100 ) {
-				JDBC_MESSAGE_LOGGER.warnLowFetchSize( defaultFetchSize );
-			}
-			else {
-				JDBC_MESSAGE_LOGGER.usingFetchSize( defaultFetchSize );
-			}
-		}
-	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/internal/StatementPreparerImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/internal/StatementPreparerImpl.java
index 093d88c5b7fa..4e499c551264 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/internal/StatementPreparerImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/internal/StatementPreparerImpl.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
+import static org.hibernate.boot.internal.SessionFactoryOptionsBuilder.MIN_FETCH_SIZE;
 import static org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.JdbcLogging.JDBC_MESSAGE_LOGGER;
 
 /**
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ private void setStatementFetchSize(PreparedStatement statement) throws SQLExcept
 		else {
 			if ( JDBC_MESSAGE_LOGGER.isDebugEnabled() ) {
 				final int defaultFetchSize = statement.getFetchSize();
-				if ( defaultFetchSize > 0 && defaultFetchSize < 100 ) {
+				if ( defaultFetchSize > 0 && defaultFetchSize < MIN_FETCH_SIZE ) {
 					JDBC_MESSAGE_LOGGER.lowFetchSize( defaultFetchSize );
 				}
 			}