diff --git a/src/Database/Dialect/SqliteDialectTrait.php b/src/Database/Dialect/SqliteDialectTrait.php
index b4a6f0d8005..24550909ce2 100644
--- a/src/Database/Dialect/SqliteDialectTrait.php
+++ b/src/Database/Dialect/SqliteDialectTrait.php
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ protected function _transformFunctionExpression(FunctionExpression $expression)
                     ->setConjunction(' ,')
                     ->iterateParts(function ($p, $key) {
                         if ($key === 0) {
-                            $value = strtolower(rtrim($p, 's'));
+                            $value = rtrim(strtolower($p), 's');
                             if (isset($this->_dateParts[$value])) {
                                 $p = ['value' => '%' . $this->_dateParts[$value], 'type' => null];
                             }