diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Collection/ManyToManyPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Collection/ManyToManyPersister.php
index 0e06e889df7..b008e63ebaa 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Collection/ManyToManyPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Collection/ManyToManyPersister.php
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ public function loadCriteria(PersistentCollection $collection, Criteria $criteri
             $field          = $this->quoteStrategy->getColumnName($name, $targetClass, $this->platform);
             $whereClauses[] = sprintf('te.%s %s ?', $field, $operator);
             $params[]       = $value;
-            $paramTypes[]   = PersisterHelper::getTypeOfColumn($field, $targetClass, $this->em);
+            $paramTypes[]   = PersisterHelper::getTypeOfField($name, $targetClass, $this->em)[0];
         }
 
         $tableName = $this->quoteStrategy->getTableName($targetClass, $this->platform);
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/GH9109Test.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/GH9109Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..97d5da842b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/GH9109Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\Ticket;
+
+use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
+use Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection;
+use Doctrine\Common\Collections\Criteria;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Column;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Entity;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\GeneratedValue;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Id;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ManyToMany;
+use Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * @group GH-9109
+ */
+class GH9109Test extends OrmFunctionalTestCase
+{
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        $this->_schemaTool->createSchema(
+            [
+                $this->_em->getClassMetadata(GH9109User::class),
+                $this->_em->getClassMetadata(GH9109Product::class),
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+
+    protected function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        $this->_schemaTool->dropSchema(
+            [
+                $this->_em->getClassMetadata(GH9109User::class),
+                $this->_em->getClassMetadata(GH9109Product::class),
+            ]
+        );
+
+        parent::tearDown();
+    }
+
+    public function testIssue(): void
+    {
+        $userFirstName = 'GH9109Test';
+        $userLastName  = 'UserGH9109';
+        $productTitle  = 'Test product';
+
+        $userRepository = $this->_em->getRepository(GH9109User::class);
+
+        $user = new GH9109User();
+        $user->setFirstName($userFirstName);
+        $user->setLastName($userLastName);
+
+        $product = new GH9109Product();
+        $product->setTitle($productTitle);
+
+        $this->_em->persist($user);
+        $this->_em->persist($product);
+        $this->_em->flush();
+
+        $product->addBuyer($user);
+
+        $this->_em->persist($product);
+        $this->_em->flush();
+
+        $this->_em->clear();
+
+        $persistedProduct = $this->_em->find(GH9109Product::class, $product->getId());
+
+        // assert Product was persisted
+        self::assertInstanceOf(GH9109Product::class, $persistedProduct);
+        self::assertEquals($productTitle, $persistedProduct->getTitle());
+
+        // assert Product has a Buyer
+        $count = $persistedProduct->getBuyers()->count();
+        self::assertEquals(1, $count);
+
+        // assert NOT QUOTED will WORK with findOneBy
+        $user = $userRepository->findOneBy(['lastName' => $userLastName]);
+        self::assertInstanceOf(GH9109User::class, $user);
+        self::assertEquals($userLastName, $user->getLastName());
+
+        // assert NOT QUOTED will WORK with Criteria
+        $criteria = Criteria::create();
+        $criteria->where($criteria->expr()->eq('lastName', $userLastName));
+        $user = $persistedProduct->getBuyers()->matching($criteria)->first();
+        self::assertInstanceOf(GH9109User::class, $user);
+        self::assertEquals($userLastName, $user->getLastName());
+
+        // assert QUOTED will WORK with findOneBy
+        $user = $userRepository->findOneBy(['firstName' => $userFirstName]);
+        self::assertInstanceOf(GH9109User::class, $user);
+        self::assertEquals($userFirstName, $user->getFirstName());
+
+        // assert QUOTED will WORK with Criteria
+        $criteria = Criteria::create();
+        $criteria->where($criteria->expr()->eq('firstName', $userFirstName));
+        $user = $persistedProduct->getBuyers()->matching($criteria)->first();
+        self::assertInstanceOf(GH9109User::class, $user);
+        self::assertEquals($userFirstName, $user->getFirstName());
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @Entity
+ */
+class GH9109Product
+{
+    /**
+     * @var int $id
+     * @Column(name="`id`", type="integer")
+     * @Id
+     * @GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
+     */
+    private $id;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string $title
+     * @Column(name="`title`", type="string", length=255)
+     */
+    private $title;
+
+    /**
+     * @var Collection|GH9109User[]
+     * @psalm-var Collection<int, GH9109User>
+     * @ManyToMany(targetEntity="GH9109User")
+     */
+    private $buyers;
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->buyers = new ArrayCollection();
+    }
+
+    public function getId(): int
+    {
+        return $this->id;
+    }
+
+    public function setTitle(string $title): void
+    {
+        $this->title = $title;
+    }
+
+    public function getTitle(): string
+    {
+        return $this->title;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @psalm-return Collection<int, GH9109User>
+     */
+    public function getBuyers(): Collection
+    {
+        return $this->buyers;
+    }
+
+    public function addBuyer(GH9109User $buyer): void
+    {
+        $this->buyers[] = $buyer;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @Entity
+ */
+class GH9109User
+{
+    /**
+     * @var int
+     * @Column(name="`id`", type="integer")
+     * @Id
+     * @GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
+     */
+    private $id;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     * @Column(name="`first_name`", type="string")
+     */
+    private $firstName;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     * @Column(name="last_name", type="string")
+     */
+    private $lastName;
+
+    public function getId(): int
+    {
+        return $this->id;
+    }
+
+    public function getFirstName(): string
+    {
+        return $this->firstName;
+    }
+
+    public function setFirstName(string $firstName): void
+    {
+        $this->firstName = $firstName;
+    }
+
+    public function getLastName(): string
+    {
+        return $this->lastName;
+    }
+
+    public function setLastName(string $lastName): void
+    {
+        $this->lastName = $lastName;
+    }
+}