diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/data.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/data.c
index d3db5094cfa..6bc91ef7eb6 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/data.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/data.c
@@ -523,8 +523,8 @@ ecpg_get_data(const PGresult *results, int act_tuple, int act_field, int lineno,
 
 				case ECPGt_bytea:
 					{
-						struct ECPGgeneric_varchar *variable =
-						(struct ECPGgeneric_varchar *) (var + offset * act_tuple);
+						struct ECPGgeneric_bytea *variable =
+						(struct ECPGgeneric_bytea *) (var + offset * act_tuple);
 						long		dst_size,
 									src_size,
 									dec_size;
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/descriptor.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/descriptor.c
index f71f539bef9..369c2f0867a 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/descriptor.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/descriptor.c
@@ -591,8 +591,8 @@ set_desc_attr(struct descriptor_item *desc_item, struct variable *var,
 
 	else
 	{
-		struct ECPGgeneric_varchar *variable =
-		(struct ECPGgeneric_varchar *) (var->value);
+		struct ECPGgeneric_bytea *variable =
+		(struct ECPGgeneric_bytea *) (var->value);
 
 		desc_item->is_binary = true;
 		desc_item->data_len = variable->len;
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/execute.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/execute.c
index 6961d7c75b4..9d61ae72506 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/execute.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/execute.c
@@ -822,8 +822,8 @@ ecpg_store_input(const int lineno, const bool force_indicator, const struct vari
 
 			case ECPGt_bytea:
 				{
-					struct ECPGgeneric_varchar *variable =
-					(struct ECPGgeneric_varchar *) (var->value);
+					struct ECPGgeneric_bytea *variable =
+					(struct ECPGgeneric_bytea *) (var->value);
 
 					if (!(mallocedval = (char *) ecpg_alloc(variable->len, lineno)))
 						return false;
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ ecpg_build_params(struct statement *stmt)
 
 			if (var->type == ECPGt_bytea)
 			{
-				binary_length = ((struct ECPGgeneric_varchar *) (var->value))->len;
+				binary_length = ((struct ECPGgeneric_bytea *) (var->value))->len;
 				binary_format = true;
 			}
 		}