diff --git a/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/internal/entities/mapper/relation/ToOneIdMapper.java b/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/internal/entities/mapper/relation/ToOneIdMapper.java
index c692728b348f..484ec3f1d71e 100644
--- a/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/internal/entities/mapper/relation/ToOneIdMapper.java
+++ b/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/internal/entities/mapper/relation/ToOneIdMapper.java
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ private boolean isIgnoreNotFound(
 			EntityInfo referencedEntity,
 			Map data,
 			Object primaryKey) {
+		if (referencedEntity.isAudited()) {
+			return false;
+		}
 		final String referencingEntityName = enversService.getEntitiesConfigurations()
 				.getEntityNameForVersionsEntityName( (String) data.get( "$type$" ) );