diff --git a/src/EFCore/Metadata/Conventions/InversePropertyAttributeConvention.cs b/src/EFCore/Metadata/Conventions/InversePropertyAttributeConvention.cs
index 50cc2bcae0b..0da3a9978d7 100644
--- a/src/EFCore/Metadata/Conventions/InversePropertyAttributeConvention.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore/Metadata/Conventions/InversePropertyAttributeConvention.cs
@@ -76,14 +76,16 @@ private void Process(
         var entityType = entityTypeBuilder.Metadata;
         var targetEntityType = targetEntityTypeBuilder.Metadata;
         var targetClrType = targetEntityType.ClrType;
+        var navigationCandidates = Dependencies.MemberClassifier.GetNavigationCandidates(targetEntityType);
         var inverseNavigationPropertyInfo = targetEntityType.GetRuntimeProperties().Values
-                .FirstOrDefault(p => string.Equals(p.GetSimpleMemberName(), attribute.Property, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                .FirstOrDefault(p => string.Equals(p.GetSimpleMemberName(), attribute.Property, StringComparison.Ordinal)
+                && navigationCandidates.ContainsKey(p))
             ?? targetEntityType.GetRuntimeProperties().Values
-                .FirstOrDefault(p => string.Equals(p.GetSimpleMemberName(), attribute.Property, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+                .FirstOrDefault(p => string.Equals(p.GetSimpleMemberName(), attribute.Property, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                && navigationCandidates.ContainsKey(p));
 
         if (inverseNavigationPropertyInfo == null
-            || !Dependencies.MemberClassifier.GetNavigationCandidates(targetEntityType)[inverseNavigationPropertyInfo]
-                .Type.IsAssignableFrom(entityType.ClrType))
+            || !navigationCandidates[inverseNavigationPropertyInfo].Type.IsAssignableFrom(entityType.ClrType))
         {
             throw new InvalidOperationException(
                 CoreStrings.InvalidNavigationWithInverseProperty(
diff --git a/test/EFCore.Tests/Metadata/Conventions/NavigationAttributeConventionTest.cs b/test/EFCore.Tests/Metadata/Conventions/NavigationAttributeConventionTest.cs
index 126640c8873..f90bc3670b2 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.Tests/Metadata/Conventions/NavigationAttributeConventionTest.cs
+++ b/test/EFCore.Tests/Metadata/Conventions/NavigationAttributeConventionTest.cs
@@ -1120,7 +1120,12 @@ private class Post
         public ICollection<Blog> Blogs { get; set; }
     }
 
-    private class Principal
+    private interface IPrincipal
+    {
+        MismatchedInverseProperty MismatchedInverseProperty { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    private class Principal : IPrincipal
     {
         public static readonly PropertyInfo DependentIdProperty = typeof(Principal).GetProperty("DependentId");
 
@@ -1139,6 +1144,8 @@ private class Principal
 
         [InverseProperty("AnotherPrincipal")]
         public MismatchedInverseProperty MismatchedInverseProperty { get; set; }
+
+        MismatchedInverseProperty IPrincipal.MismatchedInverseProperty { get; set; }
     }
 
     private class Dependent