diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/SqmUtil.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/SqmUtil.java
index a17dbd78d7c3..47b185c9f5b6 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/SqmUtil.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/internal/SqmUtil.java
@@ -690,9 +690,8 @@ private static <T> JdbcMapping jdbcMapping(QueryParameterBinding<T> domainParamB
 		if ( domainParamBinding.getType() instanceof JdbcMapping mapping ) {
 			return mapping;
 		}
-		// TODO: why do the test and the cast disagree here? getBindType() vs getType()
 		else if ( domainParamBinding.getBindType() instanceof BasicValuedMapping ) {
-			return ( (BasicValuedMapping) domainParamBinding.getType() ).getJdbcMapping();
+			return ( (BasicValuedMapping) domainParamBinding.getBindType() ).getJdbcMapping();
 		}
 		else {
 			return null;