diff --git a/src/UnitOfWork.php b/src/UnitOfWork.php
index ff30f14f6d8..077fa26e5e5 100644
--- a/src/UnitOfWork.php
+++ b/src/UnitOfWork.php
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 use function array_sum;
 use function array_values;
 use function assert;
+use function count;
 use function current;
 use function func_get_arg;
 use function func_num_args;
@@ -3162,8 +3163,10 @@ public function createEntity($className, array $data, &$hints = [])
                     $reflField->setValue($entity, $pColl);
 
                     if ($hints['fetchMode'][$class->name][$field] === ClassMetadata::FETCH_EAGER) {
-                        $isIteration = isset($hints[Query::HINT_INTERNAL_ITERATION]) && $hints[Query::HINT_INTERNAL_ITERATION];
-                        if ($assoc['type'] === ClassMetadata::ONE_TO_MANY && ! $isIteration && ! $targetClass->isIdentifierComposite && ! isset($assoc['indexBy'])) {
+                        $isIteration           = isset($hints[Query::HINT_INTERNAL_ITERATION]) && $hints[Query::HINT_INTERNAL_ITERATION];
+                        $isForeignKeyComposite = $targetClass->hasAssociation($assoc['mappedBy']) && count($targetClass->getAssociationMapping($assoc['mappedBy'])['joinColumns'] ?? []) > 1;
+
+                        if ($assoc['type'] === ClassMetadata::ONE_TO_MANY && ! $isIteration && ! $isForeignKeyComposite && ! isset($assoc['indexBy'])) {
                             $this->scheduleCollectionForBatchLoading($pColl, $class);
                         } else {
                             $this->loadCollection($pColl);
diff --git a/tests/Tests/Models/EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany/RootEntity.php b/tests/Tests/Models/EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany/RootEntity.php
index af16c686970..c804c90369c 100644
--- a/tests/Tests/Models/EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany/RootEntity.php
+++ b/tests/Tests/Models/EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany/RootEntity.php
@@ -37,11 +37,19 @@ class RootEntity
      */
     private $secondLevel;
 
+    /**
+     * @ORM\OneToMany(mappedBy="root", targetEntity=SecondLevelWithoutCompositePrimaryKey::class, fetch="EAGER")
+     *
+     * @var Collection<int, SecondLevelWithoutCompositePrimaryKey>
+     */
+    private $anotherSecondLevel;
+
     public function __construct(int $id, string $other)
     {
-        $this->otherKey    = $other;
-        $this->secondLevel = new ArrayCollection();
-        $this->id          = $id;
+        $this->otherKey           = $other;
+        $this->secondLevel        = new ArrayCollection();
+        $this->anotherSecondLevel = new ArrayCollection();
+        $this->id                 = $id;
     }
 
     public function getId(): ?int
diff --git a/tests/Tests/Models/EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany/SecondLevelWithoutCompositePrimaryKey.php b/tests/Tests/Models/EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany/SecondLevelWithoutCompositePrimaryKey.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..323ac52060a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Tests/Models/EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany/SecondLevelWithoutCompositePrimaryKey.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\Models\EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany;
+
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
+
+/**
+ * @ORM\Entity
+ */
+class SecondLevelWithoutCompositePrimaryKey
+{
+    /**
+     * @ORM\Id
+     * @ORM\GeneratedValue
+     * @ORM\Column(type="integer", nullable=false)
+     *
+     * @var int|null
+     */
+    private $id;
+
+    /**
+     * @ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity=RootEntity::class, inversedBy="anotherSecondLevel")
+     * @ORM\JoinColumns({
+     *      @ORM\JoinColumn(name="root_id", referencedColumnName="id"),
+     *      @ORM\JoinColumn(name="root_other_key", referencedColumnName="other_key")
+     *  })
+     *
+     * @var RootEntity
+     */
+    private $root;
+
+    public function __construct(RootEntity $upper)
+    {
+        $this->root = $upper;
+    }
+
+    public function getId(): ?int
+    {
+        return $this->id;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Tests/ORM/Functional/EagerFetchOneToManyWithCompositeKeyTest.php b/tests/Tests/ORM/Functional/EagerFetchOneToManyWithCompositeKeyTest.php
index 82b9d0b8acb..4a3645f5e3e 100644
--- a/tests/Tests/ORM/Functional/EagerFetchOneToManyWithCompositeKeyTest.php
+++ b/tests/Tests/ORM/Functional/EagerFetchOneToManyWithCompositeKeyTest.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 use Doctrine\Tests\Models\EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany\RootEntity;
 use Doctrine\Tests\Models\EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany\SecondLevel;
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany\SecondLevelWithoutCompositePrimaryKey;
 use Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase;
 
 final class EagerFetchOneToManyWithCompositeKeyTest extends OrmFunctionalTestCase
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ final class EagerFetchOneToManyWithCompositeKeyTest extends OrmFunctionalTestCas
     /** @ticket 11154 */
     public function testItDoesNotThrowAnExceptionWhenTriggeringALoad(): void
     {
-        $this->setUpEntitySchema([RootEntity::class, SecondLevel::class]);
+        $this->setUpEntitySchema([RootEntity::class, SecondLevel::class, SecondLevelWithoutCompositePrimaryKey::class]);
 
         $a1 = new RootEntity(1, 'A');