diff --git a/src/main/java/com/firebolt/jdbc/type/BaseType.java b/src/main/java/com/firebolt/jdbc/type/BaseType.java
index b461e0ec1..742c4c910 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/firebolt/jdbc/type/BaseType.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/firebolt/jdbc/type/BaseType.java
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@ private static boolean isNegativeInf(String value) {
 		return StringUtils.equals(value, "-inf");
 	}
 
+	private static String checkInfinity(String s) {
+		if (isPositiveInf(s) || isNegativeInf(s)) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Integer does not support infinity");
+		}
+		return s;
+	}
+
 	public static boolean isNull(String value) {
 		return StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(value, NULL_VALUE);
 	}
@@ -147,13 +154,6 @@ private <T> T transform(StringToColumnTypeConversion conversion) throws SQLExcep
 		return (T) transformFunction.apply(conversion);
 	}
 
-	private static String checkInfinity(String s) {
-		if ("inf".equals(s) || "-inf".equals(s)) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Integer does not support infinity");
-		}
-		return s;
-	}
-
 	@Builder
 	@Value
 	private static class StringToColumnTypeConversion {