diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
index 2c5e5ba839..2460b73bec 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -10105,7 +10105,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
             }
 
             String nullable = "";
-            if (effectivelyNotNull(out, column))
+            if (!column.getType(resolver(out)).isNullable())
                 nullable = ", nullable = false";
 
             String length = "";