diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
index 92f18e0c10..af0ba97f6a 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
@@ -6167,7 +6167,7 @@ final class Tools {
         }
 
         // [#5807] These databases cannot use the DataType.getCastTypeName() (which is simply char in this case)
-        if (type.getType() == UUID.class && NO_SUPPORT_CAST_TYPE_IN_DDL.contains(ctx.dialect())) {
+        if (type.getFromType() == UUID.class && NO_SUPPORT_CAST_TYPE_IN_DDL.contains(ctx.dialect())) {
             toSQLDDLTypeDeclaration(ctx, VARCHAR(36));
             return;
         }