diff --git a/spring-data-relational/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/conversion/MappingRelationalConverter.java b/spring-data-relational/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/conversion/MappingRelationalConverter.java
index 82e7e133c..be7b08781 100644
--- a/spring-data-relational/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/conversion/MappingRelationalConverter.java
+++ b/spring-data-relational/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/conversion/MappingRelationalConverter.java
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ public class MappingRelationalConverter extends AbstractRelationalConverter
 				return getConversionService().convert(value, customWriteTarget.get());
 			}
 
-			if (TypeInformation.OBJECT != type) {
+			if (!TypeInformation.OBJECT.equals(type)) {
 
 				if (type.getType().isAssignableFrom(value.getClass())) {