diff --git a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/HqlQueryTransformer.java b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/HqlQueryTransformer.java
index 4c7a7e359..670ecd2c8 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/HqlQueryTransformer.java
+++ b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/HqlQueryTransformer.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class HqlQueryTransformer extends HqlQueryRenderer {
 		} else if (ctx instanceof HqlParser.UpdateStatementContext) {
 				return false;
 		} else {
-			return ctx.getParent() != null ? isSubquery(ctx.getParent()) : false;
+			return ctx.getParent() != null && isSubquery(ctx.getParent());
 		}
 	}