diff --git a/mysql-test/r/loaddata.result b/mysql-test/r/loaddata.result
index bb222db74da..aaf6dcb6711 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/loaddata.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/loaddata.result
@@ -174,6 +174,25 @@ f2
 2
 SET @@SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE;
 drop table t1,t2;
+create table t1(f1 int, f2 timestamp not null default current_timestamp);
+create table t2(f1 int);
+insert into t2 values(1),(2);
+Warnings:
+Warning	1261	Row 1 doesn't contain data for all columns
+Warning	1261	Row 2 doesn't contain data for all columns
+select f1 from t1 where f2 <> '0000-00-00 00:00:00';
+f1
+1
+2
+delete from t1;
+Warnings:
+Warning	1261	Row 1 doesn't contain data for all columns
+Warning	1261	Row 2 doesn't contain data for all columns
+select f1 from t1 where f2 <> '0000-00-00 00:00:00';
+f1
+1
+2
+drop table t1,t2;
 CREATE TABLE t1 (a int);
 INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1);
 SET NAMES latin1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/loaddata.test b/mysql-test/t/loaddata.test
index 6a6e59f6173..ba0edc341b0 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/loaddata.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/loaddata.test
@@ -156,6 +156,32 @@ select * from t2;
 --exec rm $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1
 SET @@SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE;
 drop table t1,t2;
+
+#
+# Bug#27670: LOAD DATA does not set CURRENT_TIMESTAMP default value for a
+#            TIMESTAMP field when no value has been provided.
+#
+create table t1(f1 int, f2 timestamp not null default current_timestamp);
+create table t2(f1 int);
+insert into t2 values(1),(2);
+disable_query_log;
+eval select * into outfile '$MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t2' from t2;
+eval load data infile '$MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t2' into table t1;
+enable_query_log;
+select f1 from t1 where f2 <> '0000-00-00 00:00:00';
+--exec rm $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t2
+delete from t1;
+disable_query_log;
+eval SELECT * INTO OUTFILE '$MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t2'
+FIELDS TERMINATED BY '' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '' LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n'
+FROM t2;
+eval load data infile '$MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t2' into table t1
+FIELDS TERMINATED BY '' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '' LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n';
+enable_query_log;
+select f1 from t1 where f2 <> '0000-00-00 00:00:00';
+--exec rm $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t2
+drop table t1,t2;
+
 # End of 5.0 tests
 
 
diff --git a/sql/sql_load.cc b/sql/sql_load.cc
index 71cc4c0507c..a98797d7596 100644
--- a/sql/sql_load.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_load.cc
@@ -605,6 +605,8 @@ read_fixed_length(THD *thd, COPY_INFO &info, TABLE_LIST *table_list,
         push_warning_printf(thd, MYSQL_ERROR::WARN_LEVEL_WARN, 
                             ER_WARN_TOO_FEW_RECORDS, 
                             ER(ER_WARN_TOO_FEW_RECORDS), thd->row_count);
+        if (!field->maybe_null() && field->type() == FIELD_TYPE_TIMESTAMP)
+            ((Field_timestamp*) field)->set_time();
       }
       else
       {
@@ -782,6 +784,8 @@ read_sep_field(THD *thd, COPY_INFO &info, TABLE_LIST *table_list,
                      thd->row_count);
             DBUG_RETURN(1);
           }
+          if (!field->maybe_null() && field->type() == FIELD_TYPE_TIMESTAMP)
+              ((Field_timestamp*) field)->set_time();
           /*
             QQ: We probably should not throw warning for each field.
             But how about intention to always have the same number