diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/tree/domain/AbstractSqmPath.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/tree/domain/AbstractSqmPath.java
index f895eee447c1..3ccbd645e8d1 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/tree/domain/AbstractSqmPath.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/tree/domain/AbstractSqmPath.java
@@ -125,13 +125,8 @@ public void registerImplicitJoinPath(SqmPath<?> path) {
 		}
 
 		final String relativeName = path.getNavigablePath().getLocalName();
-
-		final SqmPath<?> previous = implicitJoinPaths.put( relativeName, path );
-		if ( previous != null && previous != path ) {
-			log.debugf(
-					"Implicit-join path registration unexpectedly overrode previous registration - `%s`",
-					relativeName
-			);
+		if ( !implicitJoinPaths.containsKey( relativeName ) ) {
+			implicitJoinPaths.put( relativeName, path );
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/query/sqm/exec/SubQueryImplicitJoinReferenceTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/query/sqm/exec/SubQueryImplicitJoinReferenceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3d4a551cb644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/query/sqm/exec/SubQueryImplicitJoinReferenceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.orm.test.query.sqm.exec;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import javax.persistence.Embeddable;
+import javax.persistence.EmbeddedId;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.DomainModel;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactoryScope;
+
+/**
+ * Test that uses a subquery that makes an implicit join to a previously resolved implicit join in the
+ * outer query.  This test verifies that the query succeeds when such a query is executed.
+ *
+ * @author Chris Cranford
+ */
+@DomainModel(annotatedClasses = {
+        SubQueryImplicitJoinReferenceTest.TheEntity.class,
+        SubQueryImplicitJoinReferenceTest.RevisionInfoEntity.class })
+@SessionFactory
+@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-14482")
+public class SubQueryImplicitJoinReferenceTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void performDataPreparation(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+        // Simulate creating revision 1
+        final RevisionInfoEntity revEntity = new RevisionInfoEntity();
+        revEntity.setId( 1 );
+
+        // Simulate creating the audit record
+        final TheEntity entity = new TheEntity();
+        entity.setOriginalId( OriginalId.from( revEntity, 1 ) );
+        entity.setData( "Test" );
+
+        // Persist the entities
+        scope.inTransaction( session -> { session.save( revEntity ); session.save( entity ); } );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void performHqlTest(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+        // Now simulate running an audit query
+        scope.inSession( session -> {
+            session.createQuery( "select e__ FROM org.hibernate.orm.test.SubQueryImplicitJoinReferenceTest$TheEntity e__ "
+                                         + "WHERE e__.originalId.rev.id = (select max(e2__.originalId.rev.id) FROM "
+                                         + "org.hibernate.orm.test.SubQueryImplicitJoinReferenceTest$TheEntity e2__ WHERE " +
+                                         "e2__.originalId.rev.id <= 2 and e__.originalId.id = e2__.originalId.id)" ).list();
+        } );
+    }
+
+    @Entity
+    public static class TheEntity {
+        @EmbeddedId
+        private OriginalId originalId;
+        private String data;
+
+        public OriginalId getOriginalId() {
+            return originalId;
+        }
+
+        public void setOriginalId(OriginalId originalId) {
+            this.originalId = originalId;
+        }
+
+        public String getData() {
+            return data;
+        }
+
+        public void setData(String data) {
+            this.data = data;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Entity
+    public static class RevisionInfoEntity {
+        @Id
+        private Integer id;
+
+        public Integer getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        public void setId(Integer id) {
+            this.id = id;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Embeddable
+    public static class OriginalId implements Serializable {
+        @ManyToOne
+        private RevisionInfoEntity rev;
+        private Integer id;
+
+        public RevisionInfoEntity getRev() {
+            return rev;
+        }
+
+        public void setRev(RevisionInfoEntity rev) {
+            this.rev = rev;
+        }
+
+        public Integer getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        public void setId(Integer id) {
+            this.id = id;
+        }
+
+        public static OriginalId from(RevisionInfoEntity rev, Integer id) {
+            OriginalId oId = new OriginalId();
+            oId.rev = rev;
+            oId.id = id;
+            return oId;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(rev, id);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+            if ( obj == null ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if ( obj.getClass() != this.getClass() ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            final OriginalId other = (OriginalId) obj;
+            return Objects.equals( rev, other.rev ) && Objects.equals( id, other.id );
+        }
+    }
+}