diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Utils.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Utils.java
index 6739814194..4f37abab37 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Utils.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Utils.java
@@ -1175,8 +1175,7 @@ final class Utils {
         String[][] quotes = QUOTES.get(family);
 
         // [#3630] Depending on this setting, we need to consider backslashes as escape characters within string literals.
-        BackslashEscaping escaping = getBackslashEscaping(ctx.configuration().settings());
-        boolean needsBackslashEscaping = escaping == ON || (escaping == DEFAULT && EnumSet.of(MARIADB, MYSQL).contains(family));
+        boolean needsBackslashEscaping = needsBackslashEscaping(ctx.configuration());
 
         for (int i = 0; i < sqlChars.length; i++) {
 
@@ -1340,6 +1339,14 @@ final class Utils {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Whether backslash escaping is needed in inlined string literals.
+     */
+    static final boolean needsBackslashEscaping(Configuration configuration) {
+        BackslashEscaping escaping = getBackslashEscaping(configuration.settings());
+        return escaping == ON || (escaping == DEFAULT && EnumSet.of(MARIADB, MYSQL).contains(configuration.dialect().family()));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Peek for a string at a given <code>index</code> of a <code>char[]</code>
      *
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Val.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Val.java
index 59dd7615fc..d0bc32d648 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Val.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Val.java
@@ -60,12 +60,11 @@ import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.POSTGRES;
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.SQLITE;
 // ...
 // ...
-import static org.jooq.conf.BackslashEscaping.ON;
 import static org.jooq.conf.ParamType.NAMED;
 import static org.jooq.conf.ParamType.NAMED_OR_INLINED;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.name;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.using;
-import static org.jooq.impl.Utils.settings;
+import static org.jooq.impl.Utils.needsBackslashEscaping;
 import static org.jooq.tools.StringUtils.leftPad;
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ import org.jooq.RenderContext;
 import org.jooq.SQLDialect;
 import org.jooq.Schema;
 import org.jooq.UDTRecord;
-import org.jooq.conf.BackslashEscaping;
 import org.jooq.tools.StringUtils;
 import org.jooq.types.Interval;
 
@@ -642,10 +640,9 @@ class Val<T> extends AbstractParam<T> {
      * Escape a string literal by replacing <code>'</code> by <code>''</code>, and possibly also backslashes.
      */
     private final String escape(Object val, Context<?> context) {
-        BackslashEscaping escaping = settings(context.configuration()).getBackslashEscaping();
         String result = val.toString();
 
-        if (escaping == ON)
+        if (needsBackslashEscaping(context.configuration()))
             result = result.replace("\\", "\\\\");
 
         return result.replace("'", "''");