diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
index 33e819bcf..5fd094915 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
@@ -1514,6 +1514,7 @@ class SqlWalker implements TreeWalker
                     break;
             }
 
+            $fieldType = 'string';
             switch (true) {
                 case ($e instanceof AST\PathExpression):
                     $fieldName = $e->field;
@@ -1534,10 +1535,6 @@ class SqlWalker implements TreeWalker
                             break;
                     }
                     break;
-
-                default:
-                    $fieldType = 'string';
-                    break;
             }
 
             $this->scalarResultAliasMap[$resultAlias] = $columnAlias;
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/LanguageRecognitionTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/LanguageRecognitionTest.php
index 97ad6ac8e..2d3d5fa93 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/LanguageRecognitionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/LanguageRecognitionTest.php
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ class LanguageRecognitionTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTestCase
     }
 
     /**
-     * @gorup DDC-1858
+     * @group DDC-1858
      */
     public function testHavingSupportIsNullExpression()
     {
@@ -600,12 +600,20 @@ class LanguageRecognitionTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTestCase
     }
 
     /**
-     * @gorup DDC-1858
+     * @group DDC-1858
      */
     public function testHavingSupportLikeExpression()
     {
         $this->assertValidDQL("SELECT _u.id, count(_articles) as uuuu FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUser _u LEFT JOIN _u.articles _articles GROUP BY _u HAVING uuuu LIKE '3'");
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @group DDC-3018
+     */
+    public function testNewLiteralExpression()
+    {
+        $this->assertValidDQL("SELECT new " . __NAMESPACE__ . "\\DummyStruct(u.id, 'foo', 1, true) FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUser u");
+    }
 }
 
 /** @Entity */
@@ -625,3 +633,10 @@ class DQLKeywordsModelGroup
     /** @Column */
     private $from;
 }
+
+class DummyStruct
+{
+    public function __construct($id, $arg1, $arg2, $arg3)
+    {
+    }
+}