diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
index 99565c1b5a..e205bd6661 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -6334,7 +6334,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
         }
         else {
             out.overrideInherit();
-            printNonnullAnnotation(out);
+            printNullableAnnotation(out);
             out.println("%s%s getSchema() {", visibilityPublic(), Schema.class);
             out.println("return aliased() ? null : %s;", schemaId);
             out.println("}");