diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/transforms/Identity.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/transforms/Identity.java
index 71b4fa165a45..f52e63633578 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/transforms/Identity.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/transforms/Identity.java
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ public UnboundPredicate<T> projectStrict(String name, BoundPredicate<T> predicat
     if (predicate.isUnaryPredicate()) {
       return Expressions.predicate(predicate.op(), name);
     } else if (predicate.isLiteralPredicate()) {
-      return Expressions.predicate(
-          predicate.op(), name, predicate.asLiteralPredicate().literal().value());
+      return Expressions.predicate(predicate.op(), name, predicate.asLiteralPredicate().literal());
     } else if (predicate.isSetPredicate()) {
       return Expressions.predicate(predicate.op(), name, predicate.asSetPredicate().literalSet());
     }
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/transforms/TestProjection.java b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/transforms/TestProjection.java
index 6389e26c325e..f6c699f7b616 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/transforms/TestProjection.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/transforms/TestProjection.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.PartitionSpec;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
 import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.ValidationException;
+import org.apache.iceberg.expressions.Binder;
 import org.apache.iceberg.expressions.BoundPredicate;
 import org.apache.iceberg.expressions.Expression;
 import org.apache.iceberg.expressions.Expressions;
@@ -90,6 +91,28 @@ public void testIdentityProjection() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testTimestampNanosIdentityProjection() {
+    org.apache.iceberg.Schema schema =
+        new org.apache.iceberg.Schema(
+            Types.NestedField.required(1, "id", Types.LongType.get()),
+            Types.NestedField.optional(2, "ts", Types.TimestampNanoType.withoutZone()));
+
+    PartitionSpec spec = PartitionSpec.builderFor(schema).identity("ts").build();
+
+    Expression expr = Expressions.equal("ts", "2022-07-26T12:13:14.123456789");
+    Expression projected = Projections.inclusive(spec).project(expr);
+
+    Expression bound = Binder.bind(schema.asStruct(), projected, false);
+
+    assertThat(bound).isInstanceOf(BoundPredicate.class);
+    BoundPredicate<?> boundPredicate = (BoundPredicate<?>) bound;
+    assertThat(boundPredicate.isLiteralPredicate()).isTrue();
+    assertThat(boundPredicate.asLiteralPredicate().literal().value())
+        .as("Should bind to the correct value")
+        .isEqualTo(1658837594123456789L);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testCaseInsensitiveIdentityProjection() {
     List<UnboundPredicate<?>> predicates =