diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/BlockImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/BlockImpl.java
index 6930595f37..c20645fc2b 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/BlockImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/BlockImpl.java
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ final class BlockImpl extends AbstractRowCountQuery implements Block {
         ;
 
         if (wrapInBeginEnd) {
+            boolean topLevel = ctx.scopeLevel() == -1;