diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/SimpleValue.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/SimpleValue.java
index 3db302a5d4..b1c9790f24 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/SimpleValue.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/SimpleValue.java
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ public class SimpleValue implements KeyValue {
 			throw new MappingException( msg );
 		}
 
-		return result;
+		return type = result;
 	}
 
 	@Override