diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/internal/DefaultLoadEventListener.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/internal/DefaultLoadEventListener.java
index 0c8a112..c1cb26f 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/internal/DefaultLoadEventListener.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/internal/DefaultLoadEventListener.java
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ public class DefaultLoadEventListener extends AbstractLockUpgradeEventListener i
                final CacheKey ck = source.generateCacheKey(
                                event.getEntityId(),
                                persister.getIdentifierType(),
-                               persister.getRootEntityName()
+                               persister.getEntityName()
                );
 
                final Object ce = CacheHelper.fromSharedCache( source, ck, persister.getCacheAccessStrategy() );