diff --git a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 0eeab36e..b041a5dc 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadataFactory;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\AnnotationDriver;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Proxy\ProxyFactory;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 use ReflectionClass;
@@ -661,7 +662,14 @@ private function getOrmEntityManagersNode(): ArrayNodeDefinition
                     ->arrayNode('schema_ignore_classes')
                         ->prototype('scalar')->end()
                     ->end()
-                    ->scalarNode('report_fields_where_declared')->defaultFalse()->info('Set to "true" to opt-in to the new mapping driver mode that was added in Doctrine ORM 2.16 and will be mandatory in ORM 3.0. See https://github.com/doctrine/orm/pull/10455.')->end()
+                    ->booleanNode('report_fields_where_declared')
+                        ->defaultValue(! class_exists(AnnotationDriver::class))
+                        ->info('Set to "true" to opt-in to the new mapping driver mode that was added in Doctrine ORM 2.16 and will be mandatory in ORM 3.0. See https://github.com/doctrine/orm/pull/10455.')
+                        ->validate()
+                            ->ifTrue(static fn (bool $v): bool => ! class_exists(AnnotationDriver::class) && ! $v)
+                            ->thenInvalid('The setting "report_fields_where_declared" cannot be disabled for ORM 3.')
+                        ->end()
+                    ->end()
                     ->booleanNode('validate_xml_mapping')->defaultFalse()->info('Set to "true" to opt-in to the new mapping driver mode that was added in Doctrine ORM 2.14 and will be mandatory in ORM 3.0. See https://github.com/doctrine/orm/pull/6728.')->end()
                 ->end()
                 ->children()
diff --git a/Tests/DependencyInjection/AbstractDoctrineExtensionTest.php b/Tests/DependencyInjection/AbstractDoctrineExtensionTest.php
index 677ccec6..fcb21d96 100644
--- a/Tests/DependencyInjection/AbstractDoctrineExtensionTest.php
+++ b/Tests/DependencyInjection/AbstractDoctrineExtensionTest.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 use Doctrine\ORM\Configuration as OrmConfiguration;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\AnnotationDriver;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\SimplifiedXmlDriver;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Proxy\ProxyFactory;
 use Generator;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 use Symfony\Bundle\DoctrineBundle\Tests\DependencyInjection\TestHydrator;
 use Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter\ArrayAdapter;
 use Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter\PhpArrayAdapter;
+use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Exception\InvalidConfigurationException;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Compiler\CompilerPassInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Compiler\ResolveChildDefinitionsPass;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
@@ -568,7 +570,7 @@ public function testSingleEntityManagerMultipleMappingBundleDefinitions(): void
                     __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'Fixtures' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'Bundles' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'AttributesBundle' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'Entity',
                 ],
             ),
-            false,
+            ! class_exists(AnnotationDriver::class),
         ]);
 
         $ymlDef = $container->getDefinition('doctrine.orm.default_yml_metadata_driver');
@@ -627,7 +629,7 @@ public function testMultipleEntityManagersMappingBundleDefinitions(): void
                 [
                     __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'Fixtures' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'Bundles' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'AnnotationsBundle' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'Entity',
                 ],
-                false,
+                ! class_exists(AnnotationDriver::class),
             ]);
         }
 
@@ -972,6 +974,21 @@ public function testDisablingLazyGhostOnOrm3Throws(): void
         $this->loadContainer('orm_no_lazy_ghost');
     }
 
+    public function testDisablingReportFieldsWhereDeclaredOnOrm3Throws(): void
+    {
+        if (! interface_exists(EntityManagerInterface::class)) {
+            self::markTestSkipped('This test requires ORM');
+        }
+
+        if (class_exists(AnnotationDriver::class)) {
+            self::markTestSkipped('This test requires ORM 3.');
+        }
+
+        $this->expectException(InvalidConfigurationException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Invalid configuration for path "doctrine.orm.entity_managers.default.report_fields_where_declared": The setting "report_fields_where_declared" cannot be disabled for ORM 3.');
+        $this->loadContainer('orm_no_report_fields');
+    }
+
     public function testResolveTargetEntity(): void
     {
         if (! interface_exists(EntityManagerInterface::class)) {
diff --git a/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/xml/orm_no_report_fields.xml b/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/xml/orm_no_report_fields.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a87b30b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/xml/orm_no_report_fields.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+
+<srv:container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/doctrine"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xmlns:srv="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
+                        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/doctrine http://symfony.com/schema/dic/doctrine/doctrine-1.0.xsd">
+
+    <config>
+        <dbal default-connection="default">
+            <connection name="default" dbname="db" />
+        </dbal>
+
+        <orm report-fields-where-declared="false" />
+    </config>
+</srv:container>
diff --git a/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/yml/orm_no_report_fields.yml b/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/yml/orm_no_report_fields.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8a42fd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/yml/orm_no_report_fields.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+doctrine:
+    dbal:
+        default_connection: default
+        connections:
+            default:
+                dbname: db
+
+    orm:
+        report_fields_where_declared: false