diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/event/internal/CallbackDefinitionResolver.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/event/internal/CallbackDefinitionResolver.java
index 6b0dde1a61e5..f1997f307bc3 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/event/internal/CallbackDefinitionResolver.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/event/internal/CallbackDefinitionResolver.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import org.hibernate.internal.util.ReflectHelper;
 import org.hibernate.jpa.event.spi.CallbackDefinition;
 import org.hibernate.jpa.event.spi.CallbackType;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.Component;
 import org.hibernate.mapping.PersistentClass;
 import org.hibernate.mapping.Property;
 import org.hibernate.models.spi.AnnotationDescriptor;
@@ -282,7 +283,9 @@ public static void resolveLifecycleCallbacks(
 		//       code was added by HHH-12326
 		collector.addSecondPass( persistentClasses -> {
 			for ( Property property : persistentClass.getDeclaredProperties() ) {
-				if ( property.isComposite() ) {
+			if ( property.getValue() instanceof Component component
+					// embedded components don't have their own class, so no need to check callbacks (see HHH-19671)
+					&& !component.isEmbedded() ) {
 					try {
 						final Class<?> mappedClass = persistentClass.getMappedClass();
 						for ( CallbackType type : CallbackType.values() ) {