diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/RedshiftJDBCWrapper.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/RedshiftJDBCWrapper.scala
index dc72dccf..7510158f 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/RedshiftJDBCWrapper.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/redshift/RedshiftJDBCWrapper.scala
@@ -247,8 +247,7 @@ private[redshift] class JDBCWrapper {
           case LongType => "BIGINT"
           case DoubleType => "DOUBLE PRECISION"
           case FloatType => "REAL"
-          case ShortType => "INTEGER"
-          case ByteType => "SMALLINT" // Redshift does not support the BYTE type.
+          case ShortType | ByteType => "SMALLINT" // Redshift does not support the BYTE type.
           case BooleanType => "BOOLEAN"
           case StringType =>
             if (field.metadata.contains("maxlength")) {