diff --git a/modules/db_postgres/res.c b/modules/db_postgres/res.c
index fd954b78371..39df5816bda 100644
--- a/modules/db_postgres/res.c
+++ b/modules/db_postgres/res.c
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ int db_postgres_get_columns(const db_con_t* _h, db_res_t* _r)
 			case VARCHAROID:
 			case BPCHAROID:
 			case TEXTOID:
-				LM_DBG("use DB_STRING result type\n");
-				RES_TYPES(_r)[col] = DB_STRING;
+				LM_DBG("use DB_STR result type\n");
+				RES_TYPES(_r)[col] = DB_STR;
 			break;
 
 			case BYTEAOID:
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int db_postgres_get_columns(const db_con_t* _h, db_res_t* _r)
 				LM_WARN("unhandled data type column (%.*s) type id (%d), "
 						"use DB_STRING as default\n", RES_NAMES(_r)[col]->len,
 						RES_NAMES(_r)[col]->s, datatype);
-				RES_TYPES(_r)[col] = DB_STRING;
+				RES_TYPES(_r)[col] = DB_STR;
 			break;
 		}
 	}