diff --git a/sql/field.cc b/sql/field.cc
index 2fb1d0cbd6a..ea551f410b7 100644
--- a/sql/field.cc
+++ b/sql/field.cc
@@ -7879,7 +7879,7 @@ int Field_bit::key_cmp(const byte *str, uint length)
     str++;
     length--;
   }
-  return bcmp(ptr, str, length);
+  return memcmp(ptr, str, length);
 }
 
 
@@ -7893,7 +7893,7 @@ int Field_bit::cmp_offset(uint row_offset)
     if ((flag= (int) (bits_a - bits_b)))
       return flag;
   }
-  return bcmp(ptr, ptr + row_offset, field_length);
+  return memcmp(ptr, ptr + row_offset, field_length);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/sql/sql_table.cc b/sql/sql_table.cc
index 56de2f94b1f..66c6f97e0de 100644
--- a/sql/sql_table.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_table.cc
@@ -563,7 +563,9 @@ int prepare_create_field(create_field *sql_field,
     sql_field->pack_flag=f_settype((uint) sql_field->sql_type);
     break;
   case FIELD_TYPE_BIT:
-    sql_field->pack_flag|= FIELDFLAG_NUMBER;
+    sql_field->pack_flag= f_bit_as_char(sql_field->pack_flag) ? 
+                          FIELDFLAG_NUMBER | FIELDFLAG_TREAT_BIT_AS_CHAR :
+                          FIELDFLAG_NUMBER;
     break;
   case FIELD_TYPE_NEWDECIMAL:
     sql_field->pack_flag=(FIELDFLAG_NUMBER |