diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/PropertyBinder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/PropertyBinder.java
index 694079b14c7e..9073bde7839e 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/PropertyBinder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/internal/PropertyBinder.java
@@ -508,6 +508,18 @@ private void handleNaturalId(Property property) {
 							+ "' belongs to an entity subclass and may not be annotated '@NaturalId'" +
 							" (only a property of a root '@Entity' or a '@MappedSuperclass' may be a '@NaturalId')" );
 				}
+				if ( memberDetails.hasDirectAnnotationUsage( ManyToOne.class ) ) {
+					if ( memberDetails.getDirectAnnotationUsage( ManyToOne.class ).fetch() == LAZY ) {
+						throw new AnnotationException( "Property '" + qualify( holder.getPath(), name )
+								+ " is annotated '@NaturalId' and '@ManyToOne(fetch=LAZY)' (natural id fields may not be lazy)" );
+					}
+				}
+				if ( memberDetails.hasDirectAnnotationUsage( Basic.class ) ) {
+					if ( memberDetails.getDirectAnnotationUsage( Basic.class ).fetch() == LAZY ) {
+						throw new AnnotationException( "Property '" + qualify( holder.getPath(), name )
+								+ " is annotated '@NaturalId' and '@Basic(fetch=LAZY)' (natural id fields may not be lazy)" );
+					}
+				}
 				if ( !naturalId.mutable() ) {
 					updatable = false;
 				}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/ModelBinder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/ModelBinder.java
index 8132e017cd37..7766213de3cc 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/ModelBinder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/ModelBinder.java
@@ -2022,11 +2022,7 @@ private Property createManyToOneAttribute(
 
 		Property prop = new Property();
 		prop.setValue( manyToOneBinding );
-		bindProperty(
-				sourceDocument,
-				manyToOneSource,
-				prop
-		);
+		bindProperty( sourceDocument, manyToOneSource, prop );
 
 		if ( isNotEmpty( manyToOneSource.getCascadeStyleName() ) ) {
 			// todo : would be better to delay this the end of binding (second pass, etc)