diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/util/TypeHelper.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/util/TypeHelper.java
index 3e89ef0fcd..ac300527a8 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/util/TypeHelper.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/util/TypeHelper.java
@@ -571,7 +571,10 @@ private static Map<Type, Type> getActualTypeArgumentsByParameterInternal(Type ty
 		Map<Type, Type> actualTypeArgumentsByParameter = new LinkedHashMap<Type, Type>();
 
 		for ( int i = 0; i < typeParameters.length; i++ ) {
-			actualTypeArgumentsByParameter.put( typeParameters[i], typeArguments[i] );
+			// we only add the mapping if it is not a cyclic dependency (see HV-1032)
+			if ( !typeParameters[i].equals( typeArguments[i] ) ) {
+				actualTypeArgumentsByParameter.put( typeParameters[i], typeArguments[i] );
+			}
 		}
 
 		return actualTypeArgumentsByParameter;
diff --git a/engine/src/test/java/org/hibernate/validator/test/internal/util/ChildEntity.java b/engine/src/test/java/org/hibernate/validator/test/internal/util/ChildEntity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97bda50c2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/src/test/java/org/hibernate/validator/test/internal/util/ChildEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate Validator, declare and validate application constraints
+ *
+ * License: Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * See the license.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.validator.test.internal.util;
+
+/**
+ * @author Guillaume Smet
+ */
+public class ChildEntity<T> extends ParentEntity<T> {
+
+}
diff --git a/engine/src/test/java/org/hibernate/validator/test/internal/util/ParentEntity.java b/engine/src/test/java/org/hibernate/validator/test/internal/util/ParentEntity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..547d43045f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/src/test/java/org/hibernate/validator/test/internal/util/ParentEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate Validator, declare and validate application constraints
+ *
+ * License: Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * See the license.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.validator.test.internal.util;
+
+/**
+ * @author Guillaume Smet
+ */
+public class ParentEntity<T> {
+
+}
diff --git a/engine/src/test/java/org/hibernate/validator/test/internal/util/TypeHelperTest.java b/engine/src/test/java/org/hibernate/validator/test/internal/util/TypeHelperTest.java
index 59268e6fa1..120ef5f2b9 100644
--- a/engine/src/test/java/org/hibernate/validator/test/internal/util/TypeHelperTest.java
+++ b/engine/src/test/java/org/hibernate/validator/test/internal/util/TypeHelperTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.GenericDeclaration;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
 import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable;
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@
 
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
-
 import org.hibernate.validator.internal.util.TypeHelper;
+import org.hibernate.validator.testutil.TestForIssue;
 
 import static org.hibernate.validator.internal.util.CollectionHelper.newArrayList;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
@@ -866,6 +867,15 @@ public void testTypeDiscovery() {
 		assertNull( validatorsTypes.get( String.class ) );
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HV-1032")
+	public void testTypeHelperDoesntGoIntoInfiniteLoop() {
+		Type parentEntityType = ChildEntity.class.getGenericSuperclass();
+		ParameterizedType childEntityType = TypeHelper.parameterizedType( ChildEntity.class, ChildEntity.class.getTypeParameters() );
+
+		assertTrue( TypeHelper.isAssignable( parentEntityType, childEntityType ) );
+	}
+
 	private static void assertAsymmetricallyAssignable(Type supertype, Type type) {
 		assertAssignable( supertype, type );
 		assertUnassignable( type, supertype );