diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/env/internal/JdbcEnvironmentImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/env/internal/JdbcEnvironmentImpl.java
index bc8314bbea37..4d64be518361 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/env/internal/JdbcEnvironmentImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/env/internal/JdbcEnvironmentImpl.java
@@ -135,8 +135,9 @@ private static IdentifierHelper identifierHelper(
 	}
 
 	private static SqlAstTranslatorFactory resolveSqlAstTranslatorFactory(Dialect dialect) {
-		return dialect.getSqlAstTranslatorFactory() != null
-				? dialect.getSqlAstTranslatorFactory()
+		final SqlAstTranslatorFactory sqlAstTranslatorFactory = dialect.getSqlAstTranslatorFactory();
+		return sqlAstTranslatorFactory != null
+				? sqlAstTranslatorFactory
 				: new StandardSqlAstTranslatorFactory();
 	}