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diff --git a/sql/field_conv.cc b/sql/field_conv.cc
index fc7347ef9af..40f3ff85c58 100644
--- a/sql/field_conv.cc
+++ b/sql/field_conv.cc
@@ -640,7 +640,10 @@ void field_conv(Field *to,Field *from)
(!(to->table->in_use->variables.sql_mode &
(MODE_NO_ZERO_IN_DATE | MODE_NO_ZERO_DATE | MODE_INVALID_DATES)) ||
to->type() != FIELD_TYPE_DATE &&
- to->type() != FIELD_TYPE_DATETIME))
+ to->type() != FIELD_TYPE_DATETIME) &&
+ (from->real_type() != MYSQL_TYPE_VARCHAR ||
+ ((Field_varstring*)from)->length_bytes ==
+ ((Field_varstring*)to)->length_bytes))
{ // Identical fields
#ifdef HAVE_purify
/* This may happen if one does 'UPDATE ... SET x=x' */