diff --git a/components/zeosdbo/src/dbc/ZDbcMySqlStatement.pas b/components/zeosdbo/src/dbc/ZDbcMySqlStatement.pas
index 2e8d027c..7b6f5792 100644
--- a/components/zeosdbo/src/dbc/ZDbcMySqlStatement.pas
+++ b/components/zeosdbo/src/dbc/ZDbcMySqlStatement.pas
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ begin
         begin
           TempBlob := DefVarManager.GetAsInterface(Value) as IZBlob;
           if not TempBlob.IsEmpty then
-            Result := GetEscapeString(TempBlob.GetString)
+            Result := GetEscapeString(TempBlob.GetUnicodeString)
           else Result := 'NULL';
         end;
     end;