diff --git a/src/sqlparser/src/parser_v2/data_type.rs b/src/sqlparser/src/parser_v2/data_type.rs
index 2544e54d1d542..dff2d857c4953 100644
--- a/src/sqlparser/src/parser_v2/data_type.rs
+++ b/src/sqlparser/src/parser_v2/data_type.rs
@@ -208,10 +208,10 @@ fn keyword_datatype<S: TokenStream>(input: &mut StatefulStream<S>) -> PResult<Da
         Keyword::INT | Keyword::INTEGER => empty.value(DataType::Int),
         Keyword::BIGINT => empty.value(DataType::BigInt),
         Keyword::STRING | Keyword::VARCHAR => empty.value(DataType::Varchar),
-        Keyword::CHAR | Keyword::CHARACTER => dispatch! {keyword;
-            Keyword::VARYING => empty.value(DataType::Varchar),
-            _ => opt(precision_in_range(..)).map(DataType::Char),
-        },
+        Keyword::CHAR | Keyword::CHARACTER => alt((
+            Keyword::VARYING.value(DataType::Varchar),
+            opt(precision_in_range(..)).map(DataType::Char),
+        )),
         Keyword::UUID => empty.value(DataType::Uuid),
         Keyword::DATE => empty.value(DataType::Date),
         Keyword::TIMESTAMP => with_time_zone().map(DataType::Timestamp),
diff --git a/src/sqlparser/tests/testdata/create.yaml b/src/sqlparser/tests/testdata/create.yaml
index 9cfeefde1abc0..9d0378f89c661 100644
--- a/src/sqlparser/tests/testdata/create.yaml
+++ b/src/sqlparser/tests/testdata/create.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
   formatted_ast: 'CreateSchema { schema_name: ObjectName([Ident { value: "t", quote_style: None }]), if_not_exists: true, user_specified: None }'
 - input: CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE t (a INT)
   formatted_sql: CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE t (a INT)
+- input: CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE t (a CHAR AS)
+  error_msg: |-
+    sql parser error: expected an expression, found: )
+    LINE 1: CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE t (a CHAR AS)
+                                                ^
 - input: CREATE TABLE t (a INT, b INT) AS SELECT 1 AS b, 2 AS a
   formatted_sql: CREATE TABLE t (a INT, b INT) AS SELECT 1 AS b, 2 AS a
 - input: CREATE SOURCE src