diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
index 67d5f30fd8..56ca02fef7 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
@@ -1023,6 +1023,7 @@ public abstract class jOOQAbstractTest<
                 assertEquals(SQLDataType.REAL, field.getDataType());
             }
             else if ("FLOAT".equalsIgnoreCase(field.getName())
+                    && getDialect() != SQLDialect.MYSQL
                     && getDialect() != SQLDialect.SYBASE) {
 
                 assertEquals(Double.class, field.getType());