diff --git a/src/Query/SqlWalker.php b/src/Query/SqlWalker.php
index 4948be46536..4c25fb63a68 100644
--- a/src/Query/SqlWalker.php
+++ b/src/Query/SqlWalker.php
@@ -1062,7 +1062,9 @@ public function walkJoinAssociationDeclaration($joinAssociationDeclaration, $joi
             }
         }
 
-        if ($relation['fetch'] === ClassMetadata::FETCH_EAGER && $condExpr !== null) {
+        $fetchMode = $this->query->getHint('fetchMode')[$assoc['sourceEntity']][$assoc['fieldName']] ?? $relation['fetch'];
+
+        if ($fetchMode === ClassMetadata::FETCH_EAGER && $condExpr !== null) {
             throw QueryException::eagerFetchJoinWithNotAllowed($assoc['sourceEntity'], $assoc['fieldName']);
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Tests/ORM/Functional/EagerFetchCollectionTest.php b/tests/Tests/ORM/Functional/EagerFetchCollectionTest.php
index ff0eab56d63..88397c6a12f 100644
--- a/tests/Tests/ORM/Functional/EagerFetchCollectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Tests/ORM/Functional/EagerFetchCollectionTest.php
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ public function testSubselectFetchJoinWithNotAllowed(): void
         $query->getResult();
     }
 
+    public function testSubselectFetchJoinWithAllowedWhenOverriddenNotEager(): void
+    {
+        $query = $this->_em->createQuery('SELECT o, c FROM ' . EagerFetchOwner::class . ' o JOIN o.children c WITH c.id = 1');
+        $query->setFetchMode(EagerFetchChild::class, 'owner', ORM\ClassMetadata::FETCH_LAZY);
+
+        $this->assertIsString($query->getSql());
+    }
+
     public function testEagerFetchWithIterable(): void
     {
         $this->createOwnerWithChildren(2);