diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/spi/SqlSelection.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/spi/SqlSelection.java
index 7a7c140075..a051969b20 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/spi/SqlSelection.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/spi/SqlSelection.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 package org.hibernate.sql.ast.spi;
 
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.MappingModelExpressable;
 import org.hibernate.sql.results.jdbc.spi.JdbcValuesMetadata;
 import org.hibernate.sql.results.jdbc.spi.RowProcessingState;
 import org.hibernate.sql.ast.SqlAstWalker;
@@ -45,6 +46,11 @@ public interface SqlSelection {
 		return getValuesArrayPosition() + 1;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the type of the expression
+	 */
+	MappingModelExpressable getExpressionType();
+
 	void accept(SqlAstWalker sqlAstWalker);
 
 	default void prepare(JdbcValuesMetadata jdbcResultsMetadata, SessionFactoryImplementor sessionFactory) {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/tree/select/QuerySpec.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/tree/select/QuerySpec.java
index c02b407501..2868eabff3 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/tree/select/QuerySpec.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/tree/select/QuerySpec.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import org.hibernate.sql.ast.tree.predicate.PredicateContainer;
 import org.hibernate.sql.results.graph.DomainResult;
 import org.hibernate.sql.results.graph.DomainResultCreationState;
 import org.hibernate.sql.results.graph.basic.BasicResult;
-import org.hibernate.sql.results.internal.SqlSelectionImpl;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.JavaTypeDescriptor;
 import org.hibernate.type.spi.TypeConfiguration;
 
@@ -122,15 +121,14 @@ public class QuerySpec implements SqlAstNode, PredicateContainer, Expression, Ct
 	@Override
 	public MappingModelExpressable getExpressionType() {
 		SqlSelection first = selectClause.getSqlSelections().get(0);
-		return ( (SqlSelectionImpl) first ).getWrappedSqlExpression().getExpressionType();
+		return first.getExpressionType();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void applySqlSelections(DomainResultCreationState creationState) {
 		SqlSelection first = selectClause.getSqlSelections().get(0);
 		TypeConfiguration typeConfiguration = creationState.getSqlAstCreationState().getCreationContext().getDomainModel().getTypeConfiguration();
-		JavaTypeDescriptor descriptor = ( (SqlSelectionImpl) first ).getWrappedSqlExpression().getExpressionType()
-				.getJdbcMappings( typeConfiguration ).get(0).getJavaTypeDescriptor();
+		JavaTypeDescriptor descriptor = first.getExpressionType().getJdbcMappings( typeConfiguration ).get(0).getJavaTypeDescriptor();
 		creationState.getSqlAstCreationState().getSqlExpressionResolver().resolveSqlSelection(
 				this,
 				descriptor,
@@ -142,8 +140,7 @@ public class QuerySpec implements SqlAstNode, PredicateContainer, Expression, Ct
 	public DomainResult createDomainResult(String resultVariable, DomainResultCreationState creationState) {
 		SqlSelection first = selectClause.getSqlSelections().get(0);
 		TypeConfiguration typeConfiguration = creationState.getSqlAstCreationState().getCreationContext().getDomainModel().getTypeConfiguration();
-		JavaTypeDescriptor descriptor = ( (SqlSelectionImpl) first ).getWrappedSqlExpression().getExpressionType()
-				.getJdbcMappings( typeConfiguration ).get(0).getJavaTypeDescriptor();
+		JavaTypeDescriptor descriptor = first.getExpressionType().getJdbcMappings( typeConfiguration ).get(0).getJavaTypeDescriptor();
 
 		final SqlExpressionResolver sqlExpressionResolver = creationState.getSqlAstCreationState().getSqlExpressionResolver();
 		final SqlSelection sqlSelection = sqlExpressionResolver.resolveSqlSelection(
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/results/internal/SqlSelectionImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/results/internal/SqlSelectionImpl.java
index 844d43935a..ffc4c84126 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/results/internal/SqlSelectionImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/results/internal/SqlSelectionImpl.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 package org.hibernate.sql.results.internal;
 
+import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.MappingModelExpressable;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.SqlExpressable;
 import org.hibernate.sql.ast.SqlAstWalker;
 import org.hibernate.sql.ast.spi.SqlSelection;
@@ -65,6 +66,11 @@ public class SqlSelectionImpl implements SqlSelection {
 		return valuesArrayPosition;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public MappingModelExpressable getExpressionType() {
+		return getWrappedSqlExpression().getExpressionType();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void accept(SqlAstWalker interpreter) {
 		sqlExpression.accept( interpreter );