diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/DB2Dictionary.java b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/DB2Dictionary.java
index dcf0f4663..66c3a121d 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/DB2Dictionary.java
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/DB2Dictionary.java
@@ -274,16 +274,21 @@ public class DB2Dictionary
         super.connectedConfiguration(conn);
 
         DatabaseMetaData metaData = conn.getMetaData();
-        String str = "VALUES CURRENT SCHEMA";
-        Statement stmnt = conn.createStatement();
-        ResultSet rs = stmnt.executeQuery(str);
-        if (rs.next()) {
-            String currSchema = rs.getString(1);
-            if (currSchema != null)
-                setDefaultSchemaName(currSchema.trim());
+        try {
+            String str = "SELECT CURRENT SCHEMA FROM SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1";
+            Statement stmnt = conn.createStatement();
+            ResultSet rs = stmnt.executeQuery(str);
+            if (rs.next()) {
+                String currSchema = rs.getString(1);
+                if (currSchema != null)
+                    setDefaultSchemaName(currSchema.trim());
+            }
+            rs.close();
+            stmnt.close();
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            if (log.isTraceEnabled())
+                log.trace(_loc.get("can_not_get_current_schema", e.getMessage()));
         }
-        rs.close();
-        stmnt.close();
 
         String driverName = metaData.getDriverName();
         if (driverName != null && driverName.startsWith("IBM DB2"))
diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/resources/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/localizer.properties b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/resources/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/localizer.properties
index 05c292075..6ae28b91a 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/resources/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/localizer.properties
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/resources/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/localizer.properties
@@ -204,3 +204,4 @@ cannot-determine-identifier-case: Unable to determine the case to use for delimi
     identifiers.  The default value of "preserve" will be used.
 unknown-delim-support: Unable to determine whether delimited identifiers are supported. \
     The use of delimiters will not be supported.
+can_not_get_current_schema: Unable to get current schema. SQLException message is "{0}".
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