diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DerbySqlAstTranslator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DerbySqlAstTranslator.java
index 9dec7ba11d..cca3841c41 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DerbySqlAstTranslator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DerbySqlAstTranslator.java
@@ -232,7 +232,12 @@ public class DerbySqlAstTranslator<T extends JdbcOperation> extends AbstractSqlA
 
 	@Override
 	protected void renderSelectExpression(Expression expression) {
-		renderSelectExpressionWithCastedOrInlinedPlainParameters( expression );
+		if ( isInSubquery() && expression instanceof Literal ) {
+			renderCasted( expression );
+		}
+		else {
+			renderSelectExpressionWithCastedOrInlinedPlainParameters( expression );
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/HSQLSqlAstTranslator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/HSQLSqlAstTranslator.java
index 235a88e7e1..691ffd7bdf 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/HSQLSqlAstTranslator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/HSQLSqlAstTranslator.java
@@ -258,7 +258,12 @@ public class HSQLSqlAstTranslator<T extends JdbcOperation> extends AbstractSqlAs
 
 	@Override
 	protected void renderSelectExpression(Expression expression) {
-		renderSelectExpressionWithCastedOrInlinedPlainParameters( expression );
+		if ( isInSubquery() && expression instanceof Literal ) {
+			renderCasted( expression );
+		}
+		else {
+			renderSelectExpressionWithCastedOrInlinedPlainParameters( expression );
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/spi/AbstractSqlAstTranslator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/spi/AbstractSqlAstTranslator.java
index b870e64313..b32daaca84 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/spi/AbstractSqlAstTranslator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/spi/AbstractSqlAstTranslator.java
@@ -2442,7 +2442,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSqlAstTranslator<T extends JdbcOperation> implemen
 				.get( 1 ) == getCurrentQueryPart();
 	}
 
-	private boolean isInSubquery() {
+	protected boolean isInSubquery() {
 		return statementStack.depth() > 1 && statementStack.getCurrent() instanceof SelectStatement
 				&& !( (SelectStatement) statementStack.getCurrent() ).getQueryPart().isRoot();
 	}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/jpa/criteria/subquery/SubqueryTests.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/jpa/criteria/subquery/SubqueryTests.java
index 334ee9aa61..0204e2fa14 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/jpa/criteria/subquery/SubqueryTests.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/jpa/criteria/subquery/SubqueryTests.java
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ public class SubqueryTests {
 		JpaDerivedRoot<Tuple> mainQueryRoot = mainQuery.from( unionAllSubQuery );
 
 		mainQuery.multiselect(
-				builder.trim(mainQueryRoot.get("name")).alias("name"),
-				builder.trim(mainQueryRoot.get("surName")).alias("surName")
+				mainQueryRoot.get("name").alias("name"),
+				mainQueryRoot.get("surName").alias("surName")
 		);
 		mainQuery.orderBy( builder.asc(mainQueryRoot.get("name")) );