diff --git a/src/EFCore.MySql/Query/Internal/MySqlObjectToStringTranslator.cs b/src/EFCore.MySql/Query/Internal/MySqlObjectToStringTranslator.cs
index 417200c7d..9c002a2d3 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.MySql/Query/Internal/MySqlObjectToStringTranslator.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.MySql/Query/Internal/MySqlObjectToStringTranslator.cs
@@ -91,9 +91,7 @@ public virtual SqlExpression Translate(
 
             // Enums are handled by EnumMethodTranslator.
             return _supportedTypes.Contains(instance.Type)
-                ? _sqlExpressionFactory.Coalesce(
-                    _sqlExpressionFactory.Convert(instance, typeof(string)),
-                    _sqlExpressionFactory.Constant(string.Empty))
+                ? _sqlExpressionFactory.Convert(instance, typeof(string))
                 : null;
         }
     }