diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/FluentQuerySupport.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/FluentQuerySupport.java
index d8cf79457..0bd878d02 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/FluentQuerySupport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/FluentQuerySupport.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ abstract class FluentQuerySupport<R> {
 
 	protected final Class<R> resultType;
 	protected final Sort sort;
+	/** Properties on which the query projects. {@literal null} stands for no special projection. */
 	protected final @Nullable Set<String> properties;
 	protected final MappingContext<? extends PersistentEntity<?, ?>, ? extends PersistentProperty<?>> context;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/QuerydslJpaPredicateExecutor.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/QuerydslJpaPredicateExecutor.java
index 19ecfcf79..7f32ced6e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/QuerydslJpaPredicateExecutor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/QuerydslJpaPredicateExecutor.java
@@ -199,10 +199,16 @@ public class QuerydslJpaPredicateExecutor<T> implements QuerydslPredicateExecuto
 			return select;
 		};
 
-		FetchableFluentQueryByPredicate<T, T> fluentQuery = new FetchableFluentQueryByPredicate<>(predicate,
-				entityInformation.getJavaType(), finder, pagedFinder, this::count, this::exists,
-				this.entityInformation.getJavaType(),
-				new JpaMetamodelMappingContext(Collections.singleton(this.entityManager.getMetamodel())));
+		FetchableFluentQueryByPredicate<T, T> fluentQuery = new FetchableFluentQueryByPredicate<>( //
+				predicate, //
+				entityInformation.getJavaType(), //
+				finder, //
+				pagedFinder, //
+				this::count, //
+				this::exists, //
+				this.entityInformation.getJavaType(), //
+				new JpaMetamodelMappingContext(Collections.singleton(this.entityManager.getMetamodel())) //
+		);
 
 		return queryFunction.apply((FetchableFluentQuery<S>) fluentQuery);
 	}