diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractTypedElementDefinition.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractTypedElementDefinition.java
index 5aa465a583..6ff990a2d7 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractTypedElementDefinition.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractTypedElementDefinition.java
@@ -125,18 +125,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractTypedElementDefinition<T extends Definition>
 
     @Override
     public DataTypeDefinition getType() {
-        if (type == null) {
+        if (type == null)
             type = mapDefinedType(container, this, definedType, null);
-        }
 
         return type;
     }
 
     @Override
     public DataTypeDefinition getType(JavaTypeResolver resolver) {
-        if (resolvedType == null) {
+        if (resolvedType == null)
             resolvedType = mapDefinedType(container, this, definedType, resolver);
-        }
 
         return resolvedType;
     }
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/DefaultEmbeddableColumnDefinition.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/DefaultEmbeddableColumnDefinition.java
index 56833f8895..447fbd9534 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/DefaultEmbeddableColumnDefinition.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/DefaultEmbeddableColumnDefinition.java
@@ -63,4 +63,19 @@ public class DefaultEmbeddableColumnDefinition
     public final ColumnDefinition getReferencingColumn() {
         return referencingColumn;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public DataTypeDefinition getType() {
+        return getReferencingColumn().getType();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public DataTypeDefinition getType(JavaTypeResolver resolver) {
+        return getReferencingColumn().getType(resolver);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public DataTypeDefinition getDefinedType() {
+        return getReferencingColumn().getDefinedType();
+    }
 }