diff --git a/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-postgresql/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/hibernate/reactive/postgresql/HibernateReactiveTestEndpointFetchLazy.java b/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-postgresql/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/hibernate/reactive/postgresql/HibernateReactiveTestEndpointFetchLazy.java
index ff1b103592e0a..c0dcda200b2f5 100644
--- a/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-postgresql/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/hibernate/reactive/postgresql/HibernateReactiveTestEndpointFetchLazy.java
+++ b/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-postgresql/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/hibernate/reactive/postgresql/HibernateReactiveTestEndpointFetchLazy.java
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ public Uni<Collection<Book>> findBooksWithMutiny(@PathParam("authorId") Integer
                 .chain(author -> Mutiny.fetch(author.getBooks()));
     }
 
+    @GET
+    @Path("/getReferenceBooksWithMutiny/{authorId}")
+    public Uni<Collection<Book>> getReferenceBooksWithMutiny(@PathParam("authorId") Integer authorId) {
+        return mutinySession
+                .fetch(mutinySession.getReference(Author.class, authorId))
+                .chain(author -> Mutiny.fetch(author.getBooks()));
+    }
+
     @POST
     @Path("/prepareDb")
     public Uni<String> prepareDb() {
diff --git a/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-postgresql/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/hibernate/reactive/postgresql/HibernateReactiveFetchLazyTest.java b/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-postgresql/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/hibernate/reactive/postgresql/HibernateReactiveFetchLazyTest.java
index 1cb288ff8602f..f2ee76ed68657 100644
--- a/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-postgresql/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/hibernate/reactive/postgresql/HibernateReactiveFetchLazyTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/hibernate-reactive-postgresql/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/hibernate/reactive/postgresql/HibernateReactiveFetchLazyTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,20 @@
 @TestHTTPEndpoint(HibernateReactiveTestEndpointFetchLazy.class)
 public class HibernateReactiveFetchLazyTest {
 
+    @Test
+    public void fetchAfterGetReferenceWithMutiny() {
+        RestAssured.when()
+                .post("/prepareDb")
+                .then()
+                .body(is("Neal Stephenson"));
+
+        Response response = RestAssured.when()
+                .get("/getReferenceBooksWithMutiny/567")
+                .then()
+                .extract().response();
+        assertTitles(response, "Cryptonomicon", "Snow Crash");
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void fetchAfterFindWithMutiny() {
         RestAssured.when()