diff --git a/exposed-core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/statements/api/ExposedBlob.kt b/exposed-core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/statements/api/ExposedBlob.kt
index f218581d1c..1b05939d60 100644
--- a/exposed-core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/statements/api/ExposedBlob.kt
+++ b/exposed-core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/statements/api/ExposedBlob.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.statements.api
 
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.vendors.OracleDialect
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.vendors.currentDialectIfAvailable
+import java.io.IOException
 import java.io.InputStream
 
 class ExposedBlob(inputStream: InputStream) {
@@ -8,13 +11,20 @@ class ExposedBlob(inputStream: InputStream) {
     var inputStream = inputStream
         private set
 
-    val bytes get() = inputStream.readBytes().also {
-        if (inputStream.markSupported()) {
-            inputStream.reset()
-        } else {
-            inputStream = it.inputStream()
+    val bytes: ByteArray
+        get() = inputStream.readBytes().also {
+            if (inputStream.markSupported()) {
+                try {
+                    inputStream.reset()
+                } catch (_: IOException) {
+                    if (currentDialectIfAvailable is OracleDialect) {
+                        inputStream = it.inputStream()
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                inputStream = it.inputStream()
+            }
         }
-    }
 
     override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean {
         if (this === other) return true
diff --git a/exposed-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/tests/shared/DDLTests.kt b/exposed-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/tests/shared/DDLTests.kt
index b61cda8fbd..5aa1ed30f2 100644
--- a/exposed-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/tests/shared/DDLTests.kt
+++ b/exposed-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/tests/shared/DDLTests.kt
@@ -442,7 +442,8 @@ class DDLTests : DatabaseTestsBase() {
         }
     }
 
-    @Test fun testBlob() {
+    @Test
+    fun testBlob() {
         val t = object : Table("t1") {
             val id = integer("id").autoIncrement()
             val b = blob("blob")
@@ -455,11 +456,6 @@ class DDLTests : DatabaseTestsBase() {
             val longBytes = Random.nextBytes(1024)
             val shortBlob = ExposedBlob(shortBytes)
             val longBlob = ExposedBlob(longBytes)
-//            if (currentDialectTest.dataTypeProvider.blobAsStream) {
-//                    SerialBlob(bytes)
-//                } else connection.createBlob().apply {
-//                    setBytes(1, bytes)
-//                }
 
             val id1 = t.insert {
                 it[t.b] = shortBlob
@@ -497,7 +493,7 @@ class DDLTests : DatabaseTestsBase() {
         val defaultBlobStr = "test"
         val defaultBlob = ExposedBlob(defaultBlobStr.encodeToByteArray())
 
-        val TestTable = object : Table("TestTable") {
+        val testTable = object : Table("TestTable") {
             val number = integer("number")
             val blobWithDefault = blob("blobWithDefault").default(defaultBlob)
         }
@@ -506,18 +502,18 @@ class DDLTests : DatabaseTestsBase() {
             when (testDb) {
                 TestDB.MYSQL -> {
                     expectException<ExposedSQLException> {
-                        SchemaUtils.create(TestTable)
+                        SchemaUtils.create(testTable)
                     }
                 }
                 else -> {
-                    SchemaUtils.create(TestTable)
+                    SchemaUtils.create(testTable)
 
-                    TestTable.insert {
+                    testTable.insert {
                         it[number] = 1
                     }
-                    assertEquals(defaultBlobStr, String(TestTable.selectAll().first()[TestTable.blobWithDefault].bytes))
+                    assertEquals(defaultBlobStr, String(testTable.selectAll().first()[testTable.blobWithDefault].bytes))
 
-                    SchemaUtils.drop(TestTable)
+                    SchemaUtils.drop(testTable)
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/exposed-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/tests/shared/entities/EntityTests.kt b/exposed-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/tests/shared/entities/EntityTests.kt
index d5676439e3..bc9c567f0b 100644
--- a/exposed-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/tests/shared/entities/EntityTests.kt
+++ b/exposed-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/tests/shared/entities/EntityTests.kt
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ class EntityTests : DatabaseTestsBase() {
         }
     }
 
-    @Test fun testBlobField() {
+    @Test
+    fun testBlobField() {
         withTables(EntityTestsData.YTable) {
             val y1 = EntityTestsData.YEntity.new {
                 x = false