diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
index 4c5ae082a9..a410343c66 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
@@ -6617,9 +6617,14 @@ final class ParserContext {
         parseKeyword("VALUES");
 
         List<Row> rows = new ArrayList<>();
+        Integer degree = null;
         do {
             parseKeywordIf("ROW");
-            rows.add(parseTuple());
+            Row row = parseTuple(degree);
+            rows.add(row);
+
+            if (degree == null)
+                degree = row.size();
         }
         while (parseIf(','));
         return values0(rows.toArray(EMPTY_ROW));