diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Val.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Val.java
index 8c348c7bbb..a0b46168f3 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Val.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Val.java
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class Val<T> extends AbstractField<T> implements Param<T> {
         }
 
         // [#1028] Most databases don't know an OTHER type (except H2, HSQLDB).
-        else if (SQLDataType.OTHER == getDataType(context)) {
+        else if (SQLDataType.OTHER == getDataType(context).getSQLDataType()) {
 
             // If the bind value is set, it can be used to derive the cast type
             if (value != null) {