diff --git a/lib/ddl/oracle_sql_generator.php b/lib/ddl/oracle_sql_generator.php
index ba6324109c2..8f4723875cd 100644
--- a/lib/ddl/oracle_sql_generator.php
+++ b/lib/ddl/oracle_sql_generator.php
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class oracle_sql_generator extends sql_generator {
         $fieldname = $xmldb_field->getName();
 
     /// Take a look to field metadata
-        $meta = $this->mdb->get_columns($tablename, false);
+        $meta = $this->mdb->get_columns($xmldb_table->getName(), false);
         $metac = $meta[$fieldname];
         $oldmetatype = $metac->meta_type;