diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/property/access/spi/EnhancedSetterImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/property/access/spi/EnhancedSetterImpl.java
index 637e2a287988..de93fa10f6f8 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/property/access/spi/EnhancedSetterImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/property/access/spi/EnhancedSetterImpl.java
@@ -6,14 +6,16 @@
  */
 package org.hibernate.property.access.spi;
 
-import org.hibernate.bytecode.enhance.spi.interceptor.LazyAttributeLoadingInterceptor;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+
+import org.hibernate.bytecode.enhance.spi.interceptor.BytecodeLazyAttributeInterceptor;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.CompositeOwner;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.CompositeTracker;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.PersistentAttributeInterceptable;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.PersistentAttributeInterceptor;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor;
-
-import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import org.hibernate.property.access.internal.AbstractFieldSerialForm;
 
 /**
  * A specialized Setter implementation for handling setting values into
@@ -25,9 +27,9 @@
  * @author Luis Barreiro
  */
 public class EnhancedSetterImpl extends SetterFieldImpl {
-
 	private final String propertyName;
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
 	public EnhancedSetterImpl(Class containerClass, String propertyName, Field field) {
 		super( containerClass, propertyName, field );
 		this.propertyName = propertyName;
@@ -46,9 +48,34 @@ public void set(Object target, Object value, SessionFactoryImplementor factory)
 		// This marks the attribute as initialized, so it doesn't get lazy loaded afterwards
 		if ( target instanceof PersistentAttributeInterceptable ) {
 			PersistentAttributeInterceptor interceptor = ( (PersistentAttributeInterceptable) target ).$$_hibernate_getInterceptor();
-			if ( interceptor != null && interceptor instanceof LazyAttributeLoadingInterceptor ) {
-				interceptor.attributeInitialized( propertyName );
+			if ( interceptor instanceof BytecodeLazyAttributeInterceptor ) {
+				( (BytecodeLazyAttributeInterceptor) interceptor ).attributeInitialized( propertyName );
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+
+	// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+	// serialization
+
+	private Object writeReplace() {
+		return new SerialForm( getContainerClass(), propertyName, getField() );
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+	private static class SerialForm extends AbstractFieldSerialForm implements Serializable {
+		private final Class containerClass;
+		private final String propertyName;
+
+
+		private SerialForm(Class containerClass, String propertyName, Field field) {
+			super( field );
+			this.containerClass = containerClass;
+			this.propertyName = propertyName;
+		}
+
+		private Object readResolve() {
+			return new EnhancedSetterImpl( containerClass, propertyName, resolveField() );
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/property/access/spi/SetterFieldImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/property/access/spi/SetterFieldImpl.java
index 42f1082e29bd..cc9c19f0f568 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/property/access/spi/SetterFieldImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/property/access/spi/SetterFieldImpl.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  */
 package org.hibernate.property.access.spi;
 
-import java.io.ObjectStreamException;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
@@ -35,6 +34,18 @@ public SetterFieldImpl(Class containerClass, String propertyName, Field field) {
 		this.setterMethod = ReflectHelper.setterMethodOrNull( containerClass, propertyName, field.getType() );
 	}
 
+	public Class getContainerClass() {
+		return containerClass;
+	}
+
+	public String getPropertyName() {
+		return propertyName;
+	}
+
+	protected Field getField() {
+		return field;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void set(Object target, Object value, SessionFactoryImplementor factory) {
 		try {