diff --git a/src/UnitOfWork.php b/src/UnitOfWork.php
index b6d509145b..3bb9b8efeb 100644
--- a/src/UnitOfWork.php
+++ b/src/UnitOfWork.php
@@ -3166,9 +3166,9 @@ public function createEntity($className, array $data, &$hints = [])
 
                     if ($hints['fetchMode'][$class->name][$field] === ClassMetadata::FETCH_EAGER) {
                         $isIteration = isset($hints[Query::HINT_INTERNAL_ITERATION]) && $hints[Query::HINT_INTERNAL_ITERATION];
-                        if (! $isIteration && $assoc['type'] === ClassMetadata::ONE_TO_MANY) {
+                        if ($assoc['type'] === ClassMetadata::ONE_TO_MANY && ! $isIteration && ! $targetClass->isIdentifierComposite) {
                             $this->scheduleCollectionForBatchLoading($pColl, $class);
-                        } elseif (($isIteration && $assoc['type'] === ClassMetadata::ONE_TO_MANY) || $assoc['type'] === ClassMetadata::MANY_TO_MANY) {
+                        } else {
                             $this->loadCollection($pColl);
                             $pColl->takeSnapshot();
                         }
diff --git a/tests/Tests/Models/EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany/RootEntity.php b/tests/Tests/Models/EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany/RootEntity.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af16c68697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Tests/Models/EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany/RootEntity.php
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\Models\EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany;
+
+use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
+use Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
+
+/**
+ * @ORM\Entity
+ * @ORM\Table(name="eager_composite_join_root")
+ */
+class RootEntity
+{
+    /**
+     * @ORM\Id
+     * @ORM\Column(type="integer", nullable=false)
+     *
+     * @var int|null
+     */
+    private $id = null;
+
+    /**
+     * @ORM\Id
+     * @ORM\Column(type="string", nullable=false, name="other_key")
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $otherKey;
+
+    /**
+     * @ORM\OneToMany(mappedBy="root", targetEntity=SecondLevel::class, fetch="EAGER")
+     *
+     * @var Collection<int, SecondLevel>
+     */
+    private $secondLevel;
+
+    public function __construct(int $id, string $other)
+    {
+        $this->otherKey    = $other;
+        $this->secondLevel = new ArrayCollection();
+        $this->id          = $id;
+    }
+
+    public function getId(): ?int
+    {
+        return $this->id;
+    }
+
+    public function getOtherKey(): string
+    {
+        return $this->otherKey;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Tests/Models/EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany/SecondLevel.php b/tests/Tests/Models/EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany/SecondLevel.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33f878c8f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Tests/Models/EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany/SecondLevel.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\Models\EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany;
+
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
+
+/**
+ * @ORM\Entity
+ * @ORM\Table(name="eager_composite_join_second_level", indexes={
+ *     @ORM\Index(name="root_other_key_idx", columns={"root_other_key", "root_id"})
+ * })
+ */
+class SecondLevel
+{
+    /**
+     * @ORM\Id
+     * @ORM\Column(type="integer", nullable=false)
+     *
+     * @var int|null
+     */
+    private $upperId;
+
+    /**
+     * @ORM\Id
+     * @ORM\Column(type="string", nullable=false, name="other_key")
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $otherKey;
+
+    /**
+     * @ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity=RootEntity::class, inversedBy="secondLevel")
+     * @ORM\JoinColumns({
+     *      @ORM\JoinColumn(name="root_id", referencedColumnName="id"),
+     *      @ORM\JoinColumn(name="root_other_key", referencedColumnName="other_key")
+     *  })
+     *
+     * @var RootEntity
+     */
+    private $root;
+
+    public function __construct(RootEntity $upper)
+    {
+        $this->upperId  = $upper->getId();
+        $this->otherKey = $upper->getOtherKey();
+        $this->root     = $upper;
+    }
+
+    public function getId(): ?int
+    {
+        return $this->id;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Tests/ORM/Functional/EagerFetchOneToManyWithCompositeKeyTest.php b/tests/Tests/ORM/Functional/EagerFetchOneToManyWithCompositeKeyTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82b9d0b8ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Tests/ORM/Functional/EagerFetchOneToManyWithCompositeKeyTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional;
+
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany\RootEntity;
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\EagerFetchedCompositeOneToMany\SecondLevel;
+use Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase;
+
+final class EagerFetchOneToManyWithCompositeKeyTest extends OrmFunctionalTestCase
+{
+    /** @ticket 11154 */
+    public function testItDoesNotThrowAnExceptionWhenTriggeringALoad(): void
+    {
+        $this->setUpEntitySchema([RootEntity::class, SecondLevel::class]);
+
+        $a1 = new RootEntity(1, 'A');
+
+        $this->_em->persist($a1);
+        $this->_em->flush();
+
+        $this->_em->clear();
+
+        self::assertCount(1, $this->_em->getRepository(RootEntity::class)->findAll());
+    }
+}