diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
index 250fdd3032..0ddad19872 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
@@ -5529,7 +5529,10 @@ final class DefaultParseContext extends AbstractScope implements ParseContext {
                         List<Field<?>> fields = null;
 
                         if (!ifColumnExists) {
-                            while (parseIf(',') || parseKeywordIf("DROP") && (parseKeywordIf("COLUMN") || true)) {
+                            while (parseIf(',')
+                                && (parseKeywordIf("DROP") || true) && (parseKeywordIf("COLUMN") || true)
+                                || parseKeywordIf("DROP") && (parseKeywordIf("COLUMN") || true)
+                            ) {
                                 if (fields == null) {
                                     fields = new ArrayList<>();
                                     fields.add(field);