diff --git a/src/Persisters/Entity/BasicEntityPersister.php b/src/Persisters/Entity/BasicEntityPersister.php
index 00fe7b03703..5ca00cb007e 100644
--- a/src/Persisters/Entity/BasicEntityPersister.php
+++ b/src/Persisters/Entity/BasicEntityPersister.php
@@ -832,17 +832,42 @@ public function loadOneToOneEntity(array $assoc, $sourceEntity, array $identifie
 
         $computedIdentifier = [];
 
+        /** @var array<string,mixed>|null $sourceEntityData */
+        $sourceEntityData = null;
+
         // TRICKY: since the association is specular source and target are flipped
         foreach ($owningAssoc['targetToSourceKeyColumns'] as $sourceKeyColumn => $targetKeyColumn) {
             if (! isset($sourceClass->fieldNames[$sourceKeyColumn])) {
-                throw MappingException::joinColumnMustPointToMappedField(
-                    $sourceClass->name,
-                    $sourceKeyColumn
-                );
-            }
+                // The likely case here is that the column is a join column
+                // in an association mapping. However, there is no guarantee
+                // at this point that a corresponding (generally identifying)
+                // association has been mapped in the source entity. To handle
+                // this case we directly reference the column-keyed data used
+                // to initialize the source entity before throwing an exception.
+                $resolvedSourceData = false;
+                if (! isset($sourceEntityData)) {
+                    $sourceEntityData = $this->em->getUnitOfWork()->getOriginalEntityData($sourceEntity);
+                }
+
+                if (isset($sourceEntityData[$sourceKeyColumn])) {
+                    $dataValue = $sourceEntityData[$sourceKeyColumn];
+                    if ($dataValue !== null) {
+                        $resolvedSourceData                                                    = true;
+                        $computedIdentifier[$targetClass->getFieldForColumn($targetKeyColumn)] =
+                            $dataValue;
+                    }
+                }
 
-            $computedIdentifier[$targetClass->getFieldForColumn($targetKeyColumn)] =
-                $sourceClass->reflFields[$sourceClass->fieldNames[$sourceKeyColumn]]->getValue($sourceEntity);
+                if (! $resolvedSourceData) {
+                    throw MappingException::joinColumnMustPointToMappedField(
+                        $sourceClass->name,
+                        $sourceKeyColumn
+                    );
+                }
+            } else {
+                $computedIdentifier[$targetClass->getFieldForColumn($targetKeyColumn)] =
+                    $sourceClass->reflFields[$sourceClass->fieldNames[$sourceKeyColumn]]->getValue($sourceEntity);
+            }
         }
 
         $targetEntity = $this->load($computedIdentifier, null, $assoc);
diff --git a/tests/Tests/Models/OneToOneInverseSideWithAssociativeIdLoad/InverseSide.php b/tests/Tests/Models/OneToOneInverseSideWithAssociativeIdLoad/InverseSide.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0dcb9a93a1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Tests/Models/OneToOneInverseSideWithAssociativeIdLoad/InverseSide.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\Models\OneToOneInverseSideWithAssociativeIdLoad;
+
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Entity;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Id;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\JoinColumn;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\OneToOne;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Table;
+
+/**
+ * @Entity()
+ * @Table(name="one_to_one_inverse_side_assoc_id_load_inverse")
+ */
+class InverseSide
+{
+    /**
+     * Associative id (owning identifier)
+     *
+     * @var InverseSideIdTarget
+     * @Id()
+     * @OneToOne(targetEntity=InverseSideIdTarget::class, inversedBy="inverseSide")
+     * @JoinColumn(nullable=false, name="associativeId")
+     */
+    public $associativeId;
+
+    /**
+     * @var OwningSide
+     * @OneToOne(targetEntity=OwningSide::class, mappedBy="inverse")
+     */
+    public $owning;
+}
diff --git a/tests/Tests/Models/OneToOneInverseSideWithAssociativeIdLoad/InverseSideIdTarget.php b/tests/Tests/Models/OneToOneInverseSideWithAssociativeIdLoad/InverseSideIdTarget.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5746abc8c76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Tests/Models/OneToOneInverseSideWithAssociativeIdLoad/InverseSideIdTarget.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\Models\OneToOneInverseSideWithAssociativeIdLoad;
+
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Column;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Entity;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\GeneratedValue;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Id;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\OneToOne;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Table;
+
+/**
+ * @Entity()
+ * @Table(name="one_to_one_inverse_side_assoc_id_load_inverse_id_target")
+ */
+class InverseSideIdTarget
+{
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     * @Id()
+     * @Column(type="string", length=255)
+     * @GeneratedValue(strategy="NONE")
+     */
+    public $id;
+
+    /**
+     * @var InverseSide
+     * @OneToOne(targetEntity=InverseSide::class, mappedBy="associativeId")
+     */
+    public $inverseSide;
+}
diff --git a/tests/Tests/Models/OneToOneInverseSideWithAssociativeIdLoad/OwningSide.php b/tests/Tests/Models/OneToOneInverseSideWithAssociativeIdLoad/OwningSide.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b3fc7861a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Tests/Models/OneToOneInverseSideWithAssociativeIdLoad/OwningSide.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\Models\OneToOneInverseSideWithAssociativeIdLoad;
+
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Column;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Entity;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\GeneratedValue;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Id;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\JoinColumn;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\OneToOne;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Table;
+
+/**
+ * @Entity()
+ * @Table(name="one_to_one_inverse_side_assoc_id_load_owning")
+ */
+class OwningSide
+{
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     * @Id()
+     * @Column(type="string", length=255)
+     * @GeneratedValue(strategy="NONE")
+     */
+    public $id;
+
+    /**
+     * Owning side
+     *
+     * @var InverseSide
+     * @OneToOne(targetEntity=InverseSide::class, inversedBy="owning")
+     * @JoinColumn(name="inverse", referencedColumnName="associativeId")
+     */
+    public $inverse;
+}
diff --git a/tests/Tests/ORM/Functional/OneToOneInverseSideWithAssociativeIdLoadAfterDqlQueryTest.php b/tests/Tests/ORM/Functional/OneToOneInverseSideWithAssociativeIdLoadAfterDqlQueryTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e2ca8a120e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Tests/ORM/Functional/OneToOneInverseSideWithAssociativeIdLoadAfterDqlQueryTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional;
+
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\OneToOneInverseSideWithAssociativeIdLoad\InverseSide;
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\OneToOneInverseSideWithAssociativeIdLoad\InverseSideIdTarget;
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\OneToOneInverseSideWithAssociativeIdLoad\OwningSide;
+use Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase;
+
+use function assert;
+
+class OneToOneInverseSideWithAssociativeIdLoadAfterDqlQueryTest extends OrmFunctionalTestCase
+{
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        $this->createSchemaForModels(OwningSide::class, InverseSideIdTarget::class, InverseSide::class);
+    }
+
+    /** @group GH-11108 */
+    public function testInverseSideWithAssociativeIdOneToOneLoadedAfterDqlQuery(): void
+    {
+        $owner     = new OwningSide();
+        $inverseId = new InverseSideIdTarget();
+        $inverse   = new InverseSide();
+
+        $owner->id              = 'owner';
+        $inverseId->id          = 'inverseId';
+        $inverseId->inverseSide = $inverse;
+        $inverse->associativeId = $inverseId;
+        $owner->inverse         = $inverse;
+        $inverse->owning        = $owner;
+
+        $this->_em->persist($owner);
+        $this->_em->persist($inverseId);
+        $this->_em->persist($inverse);
+        $this->_em->flush();
+        $this->_em->clear();
+
+        $fetchedInverse = $this
+            ->_em
+            ->createQueryBuilder()
+            ->select('inverse')
+            ->from(InverseSide::class, 'inverse')
+            ->andWhere('inverse.associativeId = :associativeId')
+            ->setParameter('associativeId', 'inverseId')
+            ->getQuery()
+            ->getSingleResult();
+        assert($fetchedInverse instanceof InverseSide);
+
+        self::assertInstanceOf(InverseSide::class, $fetchedInverse);
+        self::assertInstanceOf(InverseSideIdTarget::class, $fetchedInverse->associativeId);
+        self::assertInstanceOf(OwningSide::class, $fetchedInverse->owning);
+
+        $this->assertSQLEquals(
+            'select o0_.associativeid as associativeid_0 from one_to_one_inverse_side_assoc_id_load_inverse o0_ where o0_.associativeid = ?',
+            $this->getLastLoggedQuery(1)['sql']
+        );
+
+        $this->assertSQLEquals(
+            'select t0.id as id_1, t0.inverse as inverse_2 from one_to_one_inverse_side_assoc_id_load_owning t0 where t0.inverse = ?',
+            $this->getLastLoggedQuery()['sql']
+        );
+    }
+}