diff --git a/nifi-commons/nifi-record/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/serialization/record/util/DataTypeUtils.java b/nifi-commons/nifi-record/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/serialization/record/util/DataTypeUtils.java
index ede34753100e..8e0c2e2e897d 100644
--- a/nifi-commons/nifi-record/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/serialization/record/util/DataTypeUtils.java
+++ b/nifi-commons/nifi-record/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/serialization/record/util/DataTypeUtils.java
@@ -1957,8 +1957,6 @@ public static DataType getDataTypeFromSQLTypeValue(final int sqlType) {
                 return RecordFieldType.BOOLEAN.getDataType();
             case Types.TINYINT:
                 return RecordFieldType.BYTE.getDataType();
-            case Types.CHAR:
-                return RecordFieldType.CHAR.getDataType();
             case Types.DATE:
                 return RecordFieldType.DATE.getDataType();
             case Types.DOUBLE:
@@ -1971,6 +1969,7 @@ public static DataType getDataTypeFromSQLTypeValue(final int sqlType) {
                 return RecordFieldType.INT.getDataType();
             case Types.SMALLINT:
                 return RecordFieldType.SHORT.getDataType();
+            case Types.CHAR:
             case Types.VARCHAR:
             case Types.LONGNVARCHAR:
             case Types.LONGVARCHAR: