diff --git a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/DeployInheritInfo.java b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/DeployInheritInfo.java
index ef92648fb..3df70b406 100644
--- a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/DeployInheritInfo.java
+++ b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/DeployInheritInfo.java
@@ -259,15 +259,11 @@ public final class DeployInheritInfo implements Comparable<DeployInheritInfo> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public int compareTo(DeployInheritInfo o) {
-    if (o == this || o.discriminatorStringValue == null && discriminatorStringValue == null) {
+  public int compareTo(DeployInheritInfo other) {
+    if (other == this) {
       return 0;
-    } else if (o.discriminatorStringValue == null) {
-      return 1;
-    } else if (discriminatorStringValue == null) {
-      return -1;
     } else {
-      return discriminatorStringValue.compareTo(o.discriminatorStringValue);
+      return type.getName().compareTo(other.type.getName());
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/ebean-core/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/DeployInheritInfoTest.java b/ebean-core/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/DeployInheritInfoTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d42825ea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-core/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/DeployInheritInfoTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.parse;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+class DeployInheritInfoTest {
+
+  @Test
+  void addChild_when_DiscriminatorValueIsNull() {
+    DeployInheritInfo root = new DeployInheritInfo(Object.class);
+    root.addChild(new DeployInheritInfo(Integer.class)); // DiscriminatorValue is null
+    root.addChild(new DeployInheritInfo(Short.class)); // DiscriminatorValue is null
+
+    DeployInheritInfo c2 = new DeployInheritInfo(Long.class);
+    c2.setDiscriminatorValue("c2");
+    root.addChild(c2);
+
+    assertThat(root.children()).hasSize(3);
+  }
+}