diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/spi/AbstractCommonQueryContract.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/spi/AbstractCommonQueryContract.java
index 3f43276df101..a82b490e1e55 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/spi/AbstractCommonQueryContract.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/spi/AbstractCommonQueryContract.java
@@ -815,11 +815,11 @@ public CommonQueryContract setParameter(String name, Object value) {
 	private boolean multipleBinding(QueryParameter<Object> parameter, Object value){
 		if ( parameter.allowsMultiValuedBinding() ) {
 			final var hibernateType = parameter.getHibernateType();
-			if ( hibernateType == null || isInstance( hibernateType, value ) ) {
-				return true;
-			}
+			return hibernateType == null || value == null || isInstance( hibernateType, value );
+		}
+		else {
+			return false;
 		}
-		return false;
 	}
 
 	private <T> void setTypedParameter(String name, TypedParameterValue<T> typedValue) {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/query/hql/FunctionTests.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/query/hql/FunctionTests.java
index 43145f7d8bd8..4f05ed67cb75 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/query/hql/FunctionTests.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/query/hql/FunctionTests.java
@@ -2504,10 +2504,15 @@ public void testIn(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
 							session.createQuery("select 1 where 1 in :list", Integer.class)
 									.setParameterList("list",List.of())
 									.list().size() );
+					assertEquals( 0,
+							session.createQuery( "select e from EntityWithOneToOne e where e.other in (:list)" )
+									.setParameter( "list", null )
+									.list().size() );
 				}
 		);
 	}
 
+
 	@Test
 	public void testMaxGreatest(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
 		scope.inTransaction(