diff --git a/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Query/Internal/Translators/SqlServerTimeOnlyMethodTranslator.cs b/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Query/Internal/Translators/SqlServerTimeOnlyMethodTranslator.cs
index 53e602d74a5..6a9f952c816 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Query/Internal/Translators/SqlServerTimeOnlyMethodTranslator.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Query/Internal/Translators/SqlServerTimeOnlyMethodTranslator.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ public SqlServerTimeOnlyMethodTranslator(ISqlExpressionFactory sqlExpressionFact
             && instance is null
             && arguments.Count == 1)
         {
-            return _sqlExpressionFactory.Convert(arguments[0], typeof(TimeOnly));
+            return arguments[0].Type is typeof(TimeSpan)
+                ? arguments[0]
+                : _sqlExpressionFactory.Convert(arguments[0], typeof(TimeOnly));
         }
 
         if (instance is null)
diff --git a/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Query/GearsOfWarQuerySqlServerTest.cs b/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Query/GearsOfWarQuerySqlServerTest.cs
index 2d227cda094..3adb2e9aabf 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Query/GearsOfWarQuerySqlServerTest.cs
+++ b/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Query/GearsOfWarQuerySqlServerTest.cs
@@ -9352,7 +9352,7 @@ public override async Task Where_TimeOnly_FromTimeSpan_compared_to_property(bool
 """
 SELECT [m].[Id], [m].[BriefingDocument], [m].[BriefingDocumentFileExtension], [m].[CodeName], [m].[Date], [m].[Difficulty], [m].[Duration], [m].[Rating], [m].[Time], [m].[Timeline]
 FROM [Missions] AS [m]
-WHERE CAST([m].[Duration] AS time) < [m].[Time]
+WHERE [m].[Duration] < [m].[Time]
 """);
     }
 
@@ -9366,7 +9366,7 @@ public override async Task Where_TimeOnly_FromTimeSpan_compared_to_parameter(boo
 
 SELECT [m].[Id], [m].[BriefingDocument], [m].[BriefingDocumentFileExtension], [m].[CodeName], [m].[Date], [m].[Difficulty], [m].[Duration], [m].[Rating], [m].[Time], [m].[Timeline]
 FROM [Missions] AS [m]
-WHERE CAST([m].[Duration] AS time) = @__time_0
+WHERE [m].[Duration] = @__time_0
 """);
     }
 
@@ -9378,7 +9378,7 @@ public override async Task Order_by_TimeOnly_FromTimeSpan(bool async)
 """
 SELECT [m].[Id], [m].[BriefingDocument], [m].[BriefingDocumentFileExtension], [m].[CodeName], [m].[Date], [m].[Difficulty], [m].[Duration], [m].[Rating], [m].[Time], [m].[Timeline]
 FROM [Missions] AS [m]
-ORDER BY CAST([m].[Duration] AS time)
+ORDER BY [m].[Duration]
 """);
     }