diff --git a/spring-data-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/convert/SqlGenerator.java b/spring-data-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/convert/SqlGenerator.java
index f04177b500..f6afff8bd1 100644
--- a/spring-data-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/convert/SqlGenerator.java
+++ b/spring-data-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/convert/SqlGenerator.java
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ private SelectBuilder.SelectWhere selectBuilder(Collection<SqlIdentifier> keyCol
 			Join join = getJoin(extPath);
 			if (join != null) {
 				joinTables.add(join);
+				continue;
 			}
 
 			Column column = getColumn(extPath);