diff --git a/EFCore/src/Query/Internal/MySQLStringMethodTranslator.cs b/EFCore/src/Query/Internal/MySQLStringMethodTranslator.cs
index c3697e56c..8bf3c643e 100644
--- a/EFCore/src/Query/Internal/MySQLStringMethodTranslator.cs
+++ b/EFCore/src/Query/Internal/MySQLStringMethodTranslator.cs
@@ -179,14 +179,16 @@ public MySQLStringMethodTranslator(ISqlExpressionFactory sqlExpressionFactory)
 
       if (_startsWithMethodInfo.Equals(method))
       {
+        var stringTypeMapping = ExpressionExtensions.InferTypeMapping(instance!, arguments[0]);
         return new MySQLStringComparisonMethodTranslator(_sqlExpressionFactory)
-          .MakeStartsWithExpression(instance!, arguments[0], _sqlExpressionFactory.Constant(StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
+          .MakeStartsWithExpression(instance!, _sqlExpressionFactory.ApplyTypeMapping(arguments[0], stringTypeMapping), _sqlExpressionFactory.Constant(StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
       }
 
       if (_endsWithMethodInfo.Equals(method))
       {
+        var stringTypeMapping = ExpressionExtensions.InferTypeMapping(instance!, arguments[0]);
         return new MySQLStringComparisonMethodTranslator(_sqlExpressionFactory)
-          .MakeEndsWithExpression(instance!, arguments[0], _sqlExpressionFactory.Constant(StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
+          .MakeEndsWithExpression(instance!, _sqlExpressionFactory.ApplyTypeMapping(arguments[0], stringTypeMapping), _sqlExpressionFactory.Constant(StringComparison.CurrentCulture));
       }
 
       if (_padLeftWithOneArg.Equals(method))