diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractContext.java
index 5ac665fa46..d0ac5c58cb 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractContext.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 package org.jooq.impl;
 
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+import static org.jooq.conf.ParamType.INDEXED;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Utils.DATA_OMIT_CLAUSE_EVENT_EMISSION;
 
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
@@ -89,9 +90,9 @@ abstract class AbstractContext<C extends Context<C>> implements Context<C> {
     private final Deque<QueryPart>    visitParts;
 
     // [#2694] Unified RenderContext and BindContext traversal
-    ParamType                         paramType;
-    boolean                           qualify  = true;
-    CastMode                          castMode = CastMode.DEFAULT;
+    ParamType                         paramType = ParamType.INDEXED;
+    boolean                           qualify   = true;
+    CastMode                          castMode  = CastMode.DEFAULT;
     SQLDialect[]                      castDialects;
 
     AbstractContext(Configuration configuration, PreparedStatement stmt) {
@@ -474,7 +475,7 @@ abstract class AbstractContext<C extends Context<C>> implements Context<C> {
 
     @Override
     public final C paramType(ParamType p) {
-        paramType = p;
+        paramType = (p == null ? INDEXED : p);
         return (C) this;
     }
 
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/test/java/org/jooq/test/RenderContextTest.java b/jOOQ/src/test/java/org/jooq/test/RenderContextTest.java
index f8d1eff578..e376400faa 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/test/java/org/jooq/test/RenderContextTest.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/test/java/org/jooq/test/RenderContextTest.java
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
  */
 package org.jooq.test;
 
+import static org.jooq.conf.ParamType.INDEXED;
+import static org.jooq.conf.ParamType.INLINED;
+import static org.jooq.conf.ParamType.NAMED;
+
 import org.jooq.Context;
 import org.jooq.RenderContext;
 import org.jooq.impl.CustomCondition;
@@ -53,6 +57,14 @@ import org.junit.Test;
  */
 public class RenderContextTest extends AbstractTest {
 
+    @Test
+    public void testParamType() {
+        assertEquals(INDEXED, create.renderContext().paramType());
+        assertEquals(INDEXED, r_ref().paramType());
+        assertEquals(INLINED, r_refI().paramType());
+        assertEquals(NAMED, r_refP().paramType());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testData() {
         RenderContext ctx = create.renderContext();