diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDatabase.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDatabase.java
index 6a680e04b9..26c54915cc 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDatabase.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDatabase.java
@@ -835,6 +835,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
         if (schemata == null) {
             schemata = new ArrayList<>();
 
+            // [#17672] Eager initialise the input schemata in case getSchemata0() doesn't return any.
+            getInputSchemata();
             onError(ERROR, "Could not load schemata", () -> schemata = sort(getSchemata0()));
             schemata.removeIf(schema -> !getInputSchemata().contains(schema.getName()));