Incorrect arguments to mysql_stmt_execute

One customer reported this error appearing in their logs when they tried to go through the setup wizard (installing against MySQL database). The stack trace was:

org.springframework.jdbc.UncategorizedSQLException: (HibernateTemplate): encountered SQLException [Incorrect arguments to mysql_stmt_execute]; nested exception is java.sql.BatchUpdateException: Incorrect arguments to mysql_stmt_execute
java.sql.BatchUpdateException: Incorrect arguments to mysql_stmt_execute
at com.mysql.jdbc.ServerPreparedStatement.executeBatch(ServerPreparedStatement.java:648)
at com.mchange.v2.c3p0.impl.NewProxyPreparedStatement.executeBatch(NewProxyPreparedStatement.java:1722)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.BatchingBatcher.doExecuteBatch(BatchingBatcher.java:54)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.BatcherImpl.executeBatch(BatcherImpl.java:128)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.BatcherImpl.prepareStatement(BatcherImpl.java:61)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.BatcherImpl.prepareStatement(BatcherImpl.java:58)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.BatcherImpl.prepareBatchStatement(BatcherImpl.java:111)
at net.sf.hibernate.persister.EntityPersister.insert(EntityPersister.java:454)
at net.sf.hibernate.persister.EntityPersister.insert(EntityPersister.java:436)