diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Interpreter.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Interpreter.java
index ece499f094..4fcc66f5f2 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Interpreter.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Interpreter.java
@@ -1498,6 +1498,9 @@ final class Interpreter {
                 result.add(s);
         }
 
+        if (result.isEmpty())
+            return asList(defaultSchema);
+
         return result;
     }