diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONArray.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONArray.java
index 9d26264e84..c071afd8be 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONArray.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONArray.java
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ implements
 
             default: {
                 JSONNull jsonNull;
-                JSONReturning jsonReturning = new JSONReturning(returning);
+                JSONReturning jsonReturning;
 
                 // Workaround for https://github.com/h2database/h2database/issues/2496
                 if (ctx.family() == H2 && fields.isEmpty())
@@ -201,6 +201,14 @@ implements
                 else
                     jsonNull = new JSONNull(onNull);
 
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                jsonReturning = new JSONReturning(returning);
+
                 Field<T> jsonArray = CustomField.of(N_JSON_ARRAY, getDataType(), c ->
                     c.visit(N_JSON_ARRAY).sql('(').visit(QueryPartListView.wrap(mapped, jsonNull, jsonReturning).separator("")).sql(')')
                 );
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONObject.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONObject.java
index 8b07ca58e3..42af0a30b5 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONObject.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONObject.java
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ implements
 
     private final void acceptStandard(Context<?> ctx) {
         JSONNull jsonNull;
-        JSONReturning jsonReturning = new JSONReturning(returning);
+        JSONReturning jsonReturning;
 
         // Workaround for https://github.com/h2database/h2database/issues/2496
         if (entries.isEmpty() && ctx.family() == H2)
@@ -234,6 +234,14 @@ implements
         else
             jsonNull = new JSONNull(onNull);
 
+
+
+
+
+
+
+        jsonReturning = new JSONReturning(returning);
+
         ctx.visit(N_JSON_OBJECT).sql('(').visit(QueryPartListView.wrap(QueryPartCollectionView.wrap(entries), jsonNull, jsonReturning).separator("")).sql(')');
     }