diff --git a/sql/ha_innodb.cc b/sql/ha_innodb.cc
index 0004503e1e5..381c9c28a79 100644
--- a/sql/ha_innodb.cc
+++ b/sql/ha_innodb.cc
@@ -2606,7 +2606,7 @@ get_innobase_type_from_mysql_type(
 						return(DATA_MYSQL);
 					}
                 case FIELD_TYPE_NEWDECIMAL:
-                                        return(DATA_BINARY);
+                                        return(DATA_FIXBINARY);
 		case FIELD_TYPE_LONG:
 		case FIELD_TYPE_LONGLONG:
 		case FIELD_TYPE_TINY: