diff --git a/src/Proxy/ProxyFactory.php b/src/Proxy/ProxyFactory.php
index dc8a72bfcea..12023176106 100644
--- a/src/Proxy/ProxyFactory.php
+++ b/src/Proxy/ProxyFactory.php
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ private function getProxyFactory(string $className): Closure
             foreach ($reflector->getProperties($filter) as $property) {
                 $name = $property->name;
 
-                if ($property->isStatic() || (($class->hasField($name) || $class->hasAssociation($name)) && ! isset($identifiers[$name]))) {
+                if ($property->isStatic() || ! isset($identifiers[$name])) {
                     continue;
                 }
 
diff --git a/tests/Tests/Models/Product/Product.php b/tests/Tests/Models/Product/Product.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d2db0d8928f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Tests/Models/Product/Product.php
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\Models\Product;
+
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
+
+/**
+ * @ORM\Entity
+ */
+#[ORM\Entity]
+class Product
+{
+    /**
+     * @var int
+     * @ORM\Id
+     * @ORM\Column()
+     * @ORM\GeneratedValue
+     */
+    #[ORM\Id]
+    #[ORM\Column()]
+    #[ORM\GeneratedValue]
+    private $id = 42;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     * @ORM\Column()
+     */
+    #[ORM\Column()]
+    private $name;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string|null
+     */
+    private $image = null;
+
+    public function __construct(string $name)
+    {
+        $this->name = $name;
+    }
+
+    public function getId(): int
+    {
+        return $this->id;
+    }
+
+    public function getName(): string
+    {
+        return $this->name;
+    }
+
+    public function getImage(): ?string
+    {
+        return $this->image;
+    }
+
+    public function setImage(string $image): void
+    {
+        $this->image = $image;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Tests/ORM/Functional/LifecycleCallbackTest.php b/tests/Tests/ORM/Functional/LifecycleCallbackTest.php
index 2317363b114..14934298445 100644
--- a/tests/Tests/ORM/Functional/LifecycleCallbackTest.php
+++ b/tests/Tests/ORM/Functional/LifecycleCallbackTest.php
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ protected function setUp(): void
     {
         parent::setUp();
 
+        LifecycleCallbackTestEntity::$staticPostLoadCallbackInvoked = false;
+
         $this->createSchemaForModels(
             LifecycleCallbackEventArgEntity::class,
             LifecycleCallbackTestEntity::class,
@@ -132,10 +134,10 @@ public function testGetReferenceWithPostLoadEventIsDelayedUntilProxyTrigger(): v
         $this->_em->clear();
 
         $reference = $this->_em->getReference(LifecycleCallbackTestEntity::class, $id);
-        self::assertFalse($reference->postLoadCallbackInvoked);
+        self::assertFalse(LifecycleCallbackTestEntity::$staticPostLoadCallbackInvoked);
 
         $reference->getValue(); // trigger proxy load
-        self::assertTrue($reference->postLoadCallbackInvoked);
+        self::assertTrue(LifecycleCallbackTestEntity::$staticPostLoadCallbackInvoked);
     }
 
     /** @group DDC-958 */
@@ -494,6 +496,9 @@ class LifecycleCallbackTestEntity
     /** @var bool */
     public $postLoadCallbackInvoked = false;
 
+    /** @var bool */
+    public static $staticPostLoadCallbackInvoked = false;
+
     /** @var bool */
     public $postLoadCascaderNotNull = false;
 
@@ -546,8 +551,9 @@ public function doStuffOnPostPersist(): void
     /** @PostLoad */
     public function doStuffOnPostLoad(): void
     {
-        $this->postLoadCallbackInvoked = true;
-        $this->postLoadCascaderNotNull = isset($this->cascader);
+        $this->postLoadCallbackInvoked       = true;
+        self::$staticPostLoadCallbackInvoked = true;
+        $this->postLoadCascaderNotNull       = isset($this->cascader);
     }
 
     /** @PreUpdate */
diff --git a/tests/Tests/ORM/Proxy/ProxyFactoryTest.php b/tests/Tests/ORM/Proxy/ProxyFactoryTest.php
index e6335c46c8f..ff70d2d38d4 100644
--- a/tests/Tests/ORM/Proxy/ProxyFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Tests/ORM/Proxy/ProxyFactoryTest.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 use Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyEmployee;
 use Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyPerson;
 use Doctrine\Tests\Models\ECommerce\ECommerceFeature;
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\Product\Product;
 use Doctrine\Tests\OrmTestCase;
 use Doctrine\Tests\PHPUnitCompatibility\MockBuilderCompatibilityTools;
 use Exception;
@@ -239,6 +240,41 @@ public function testProxyClonesParentFields(): void
         self::assertSame(1000, $cloned->getSalary(), 'Expect properties on the CompanyEmployee class to be cloned');
         self::assertSame('Bob', $cloned->getName(), 'Expect properties on the CompanyPerson class to be cloned');
     }
+
+    public function testUnmanagedPropertyTriggerProxyLoad(): void
+    {
+        $product = new Product('someName');
+        $product->setImage('someImage');
+        $identifier = ['id' => 42];
+
+        $classMetaData = $this->emMock->getClassMetadata(Product::class);
+
+        $persister = $this
+            ->getMockBuilder(BasicEntityPersister::class)
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->getMock();
+
+        $this->uowMock->setEntityPersister(Product::class, $persister);
+
+        $persister
+            ->expects(self::atLeastOnce())
+            ->method('loadById')
+            ->with(self::equalTo($identifier))
+            ->willReturn($product);
+
+        $persister
+            ->expects(self::atLeastOnce())
+            ->method('getClassMetadata')
+            ->willReturn($classMetaData);
+
+        $proxy = $this->proxyFactory->getProxy(Product::class, $identifier);
+
+        self::assertFalse($proxy->__isInitialized());
+        $proxy->getId();
+        self::assertFalse($proxy->__isInitialized());
+        $proxy->getImage();
+        self::assertTrue($proxy->__isInitialized());
+    }
 }
 
 abstract class AbstractClass