diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java
index 12d465d4c2..518f0609b8 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java
@@ -1510,7 +1510,8 @@ public class DefaultBinding<T, U> implements Binding<T, U> {
                     // [#5586] [#5613] TODO: Improve PostgreSQL array deserialisation.
                     // [#5633] Special treatment for byte[][] types.
                     // [#14010] UDT arrays should skip the Convert utility
-                    if (cdt.isBinary() || cdt.isUDT())
+                    // [#16581] OffsetTime[] is returned as Time[] by Array::getArray
+                    if (cdt.isBinary() || cdt.isUDT() || cdt.getType() == OffsetTime.class)
                         throw new ControlFlowSignal("GOTO the next array deserialisation strategy");
                     else
                         return (T) convertArray(array, (Class<? extends Object[]>) dataType.getType());