diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/oracle_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/oracle_adapter.rb
index 4165809648..a8c7656e78 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/oracle_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/oracle_adapter.rb
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ begin
         end
 
         def quote(value, column = nil) #:nodoc:
-          if column && column.sql_type =~ /LOB$/i
+          if column && [:text, :binary].include?(column.type)
             %Q{empty_#{ column.sql_type rescue 'blob' }()}
           else
             case value