diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/ActionQueue.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/ActionQueue.java
index 70cf7e380619..cd3783ce090d 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/ActionQueue.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/ActionQueue.java
@@ -1091,9 +1091,20 @@ boolean hasAnyChildEntityNames(BatchIdentifier batchIdentifier) {
 			 */
 			boolean hasParent(BatchIdentifier batchIdentifier) {
 				return (
-					parent == batchIdentifier ||
-					( parent != null && parent.hasParent( batchIdentifier ) ) ||
-					( parentEntityNames.contains( batchIdentifier.getEntityName() ) )
+					parent == batchIdentifier
+					|| ( parentEntityNames.contains( batchIdentifier.getEntityName() ) )
+					|| parent != null && parent.hasParent( batchIdentifier, new ArrayList<>() )
+				);
+			}
+
+			private boolean hasParent(BatchIdentifier batchIdentifier, List<BatchIdentifier> stack) {
+				if ( !stack.contains( this ) && parent != null ) {
+					stack.add( this );
+					return parent.hasParent( batchIdentifier, stack );
+				}
+				return (
+					parent == batchIdentifier
+					|| parentEntityNames.contains( batchIdentifier.getEntityName() )
 				);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/insertordering/InsertOrderingHasParentTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/insertordering/InsertOrderingHasParentTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6e2b1dab0d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/insertordering/InsertOrderingHasParentTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/*
+ * 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.test.insertordering;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.persistence.CascadeType;
+import javax.persistence.Column;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.ManyToMany;
+import javax.persistence.OneToOne;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+
+import org.hibernate.cfg.Environment;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseNonConfigCoreFunctionalTestCase;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.hibernate.testing.transaction.TransactionUtil.doInHibernate;
+
+/**
+ * @author Andrea Boriero
+ */
+@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-12380")
+public class InsertOrderingHasParentTest extends BaseNonConfigCoreFunctionalTestCase {
+
+	@Override
+	protected Class[] getAnnotatedClasses() {
+		return new Class[] { Author.class, Book.class, Comment.class };
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void addSettings(Map settings) {
+		settings.put( Environment.ORDER_INSERTS, "true" );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testInsert() {
+
+		doInHibernate( this::sessionFactory, session -> {
+			Book book = new Book();
+			book.setComment( new Comment( "first comment" ) );
+			book.setComments( Arrays.asList( new Comment( "second comment" ) ) );
+
+			Author author = new Author();
+			author.setBook( book );
+
+			session.persist( author );
+		} );
+
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Author")
+	public static class Author {
+		@Id
+		@GeneratedValue
+		Long id;
+
+		@OneToOne(cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
+		Book book;
+
+		public Book getBook() {
+			return book;
+		}
+
+		public void setBook(Book book) {
+			this.book = book;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Book")
+	public static class Book {
+		@Id
+		@GeneratedValue
+		Long id;
+
+		@OneToOne(cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
+		Comment comment;
+
+		@ManyToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
+		List<Comment> comments = new ArrayList<>();
+
+		public Comment getComment() {
+			return comment;
+		}
+
+		public void setComment(Comment comment) {
+			this.comment = comment;
+		}
+
+		public List<Comment> getComments() {
+			return comments;
+		}
+
+		public void setComments(List<Comment> comments) {
+			this.comments = comments;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Comment") @Table(name = "book_comment")
+	public static class Comment {
+		@Id
+		@GeneratedValue
+		Long id;
+
+		@Column(name = "book_comment")
+		String comment;
+
+		public Comment() {
+		}
+
+		public Comment(String comment) {
+			this.comment = comment;
+		}
+
+		public String getComment() {
+			return comment;
+		}
+
+		public void setComment(String comment) {
+			this.comment = comment;
+		}
+	}
+
+}