diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/no_pad.result b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/no_pad.result
index 0c039c30a5e..2af5eb0207f 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/no_pad.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/no_pad.result
@@ -5,3 +5,49 @@ ALTER TABLE t1 ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC;
 INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('',2);
 ALTER TABLE t1 ROW_FORMAT=REDUNDANT;
 DROP TABLE t1;
+#
+# MDEV-26743 InnoDB: CHAR+nopad does not work well
+#
+#
+# Basic Latin letter vs equal accented letter
+#
+SET NAMES utf8mb3;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a CHAR(2), PRIMARY KEY(a)) COLLATE utf8_unicode_nopad_ci ENGINE=InnoDB ROW_FORMAT=COMPACT;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('a'),('ä');
+ERROR 23000: Duplicate entry 'ä' for key 'PRIMARY'
+DROP TABLE t1;
+#
+# Two letters vs equal (but space padded) expansion
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a CHAR(2), PRIMARY KEY(a)) COLLATE utf8_unicode_nopad_ci ENGINE=InnoDB ROW_FORMAT=COMPACT;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('ss'),('ß');
+SET sql_mode=PAD_CHAR_TO_FULL_LENGTH;
+SELECT HEX(a) FROM t1;
+HEX(a)
+7373
+C39F20
+SET sql_mode=DEFAULT;
+DROP TABLE t1;
+#
+# Basic Latin letter (but followed by an ignorable character) vs equal accented letter
+#
+SET NAMES utf8mb3;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a CHAR(3), PRIMARY KEY(a)) CHARACTER SET utf8mb3 COLLATE utf8mb3_unicode_nopad_ci ENGINE=InnoDB ROW_FORMAT=COMPACT;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (CONCAT('a',_utf8mb3 0x01)),('ä');
+SET sql_mode=PAD_CHAR_TO_FULL_LENGTH;
+SELECT HEX(a) FROM t1 ORDER BY HEX(a);
+HEX(a)
+610120
+C3A42020
+SET sql_mode=DEFAULT;
+DROP TABLE t1;
+SET NAMES utf8mb3;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a CHAR(2), PRIMARY KEY(a)) COLLATE utf8_unicode_nopad_ci ENGINE=InnoDB ROW_FORMAT=COMPACT;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (CONCAT('a',_utf8mb3 0x01)),('ä');
+SET sql_mode=PAD_CHAR_TO_FULL_LENGTH;
+SELECT HEX(a) FROM t1 ORDER BY HEX(a);
+HEX(a)
+6101
+C3A420
+SET sql_mode=DEFAULT;
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/no_pad.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/no_pad.test
index 1be1972c9ca..15ab71b6c7f 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/no_pad.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/no_pad.test
@@ -8,3 +8,49 @@ ALTER TABLE t1 ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC;
 INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('',2);
 ALTER TABLE t1 ROW_FORMAT=REDUNDANT;
 DROP TABLE t1;
+
+
+--echo #
+--echo # MDEV-26743 InnoDB: CHAR+nopad does not work well
+--echo #
+
+--echo #
+--echo # Basic Latin letter vs equal accented letter
+--echo #
+
+SET NAMES utf8mb3;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a CHAR(2), PRIMARY KEY(a)) COLLATE utf8_unicode_nopad_ci ENGINE=InnoDB ROW_FORMAT=COMPACT;
+--error ER_DUP_ENTRY
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('a'),('ä');
+DROP TABLE t1;
+
+--echo #
+--echo # Two letters vs equal (but space padded) expansion
+--echo #
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a CHAR(2), PRIMARY KEY(a)) COLLATE utf8_unicode_nopad_ci ENGINE=InnoDB ROW_FORMAT=COMPACT;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('ss'),('ß');
+SET sql_mode=PAD_CHAR_TO_FULL_LENGTH;
+SELECT HEX(a) FROM t1;
+SET sql_mode=DEFAULT;
+DROP TABLE t1;
+
+--echo #
+--echo # Basic Latin letter (but followed by an ignorable character) vs equal accented letter
+--echo #
+
+SET NAMES utf8mb3;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a CHAR(3), PRIMARY KEY(a)) CHARACTER SET utf8mb3 COLLATE utf8mb3_unicode_nopad_ci ENGINE=InnoDB ROW_FORMAT=COMPACT;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (CONCAT('a',_utf8mb3 0x01)),('ä');
+SET sql_mode=PAD_CHAR_TO_FULL_LENGTH;
+SELECT HEX(a) FROM t1 ORDER BY HEX(a);
+SET sql_mode=DEFAULT;
+DROP TABLE t1;
+
+SET NAMES utf8mb3;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a CHAR(2), PRIMARY KEY(a)) COLLATE utf8_unicode_nopad_ci ENGINE=InnoDB ROW_FORMAT=COMPACT;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (CONCAT('a',_utf8mb3 0x01)),('ä');
+SET sql_mode=PAD_CHAR_TO_FULL_LENGTH;
+SELECT HEX(a) FROM t1 ORDER BY HEX(a);
+SET sql_mode=DEFAULT;
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/strings/ctype-uca.inl b/strings/ctype-uca.inl
index 55b2c1ef7ce..48573ae2eed 100644
--- a/strings/ctype-uca.inl
+++ b/strings/ctype-uca.inl
@@ -335,8 +335,20 @@ MY_FUNCTION_NAME(scanner_next_pad_trim)(my_uca_scanner *scanner,
         flags & MY_STRNNCOLLSP_NCHARS_EMULATE_TRIMMED_TRAILING_SPACES ?
         my_space_weight(scanner->level) : 0;
 
-      res.nchars= 1;
       (*generated)++;
+      res.nchars++; /* Count all ignorable characters and the padded space */
+      if (res.nchars > nchars)
+      {
+        /*
+          We scanned a number of ignorable characters at the end of the
+          string and reached the "nchars" limit, so the virtual padded space
+          does not fit. This is possible with CONCAT('a', x'00') with
+          nchars=2 on the second iteration when we scan the x'00'.
+        */
+        if (scanner->cs->state & MY_CS_NOPAD)
+          res.weight= 0;
+        res.nchars= (uint) nchars;
+      }
     }
     else if (res.nchars > nchars)
     {
diff --git a/unittest/strings/strings-t.c b/unittest/strings/strings-t.c
index f5563247f17..e2d2fb465db 100644
--- a/unittest/strings/strings-t.c
+++ b/unittest/strings/strings-t.c
@@ -911,6 +911,19 @@ static STRNNCOLLSP_CHAR_PARAM strnncollsp_char_utf8mb3_unicode_ci[]=
   {{CSTR("ss")},             {CSTR(UTF8_sz)},                   4,  TCHAR,  0},
   {{CSTR("ss")},             {CSTR(UTF8_sz)},                 100,  TCHAR,  0},
 
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01")},       {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},                 0,  TCHAR,  0},
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01")},       {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},                 1,  TCHAR,  0},
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01")},       {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},                 2,  TCHAR,  0},
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01")},       {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},                 3,  TCHAR,  0},
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01")},       {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},               100,  TCHAR,  0},
+
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01\x01")},   {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},                 0,  TCHAR,  0},
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01\x01")},   {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},                 1,  TCHAR,  0},
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01\x01")},   {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},                 2,  TCHAR,  0},
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01\x01")},   {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},                 3,  TCHAR,  0},
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01\x01")},   {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},                 4,  TCHAR,  0},
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01\x01")},   {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},               100,  TCHAR,  0},
+
   {{NULL, 0},                {NULL, 0},                         0,    0,  0}
 };
 
@@ -938,6 +951,19 @@ static STRNNCOLLSP_CHAR_PARAM strnncollsp_char_utf8mb3_unicode_nopad_ci[]=
   {{CSTR("ss")},             {CSTR(UTF8_sz)},                   4,  TVCHAR,  0},
   {{CSTR("ss")},             {CSTR(UTF8_sz)},                 100,  TVCHAR,  0},
 
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01")},       {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},                 0,  TCHAR,  0},
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01")},       {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},                 1,  TCHAR,  0},
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01")},       {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},                 2,  TCHAR,  -1},
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01")},       {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},                 3,  TCHAR,  0},
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01")},       {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},               100,  TCHAR,  0},
+
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01\x01")},   {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},                 0,  TCHAR,  0},
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01\x01")},   {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},                 1,  TCHAR,  0},
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01\x01")},   {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},                 2,  TCHAR,  -1},
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01\x01")},   {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},                 3,  TCHAR,  -1},
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01\x01")},   {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},                 4,  TCHAR,   0},
+  {{CSTR("a" "\x01\x01")},   {CSTR(UTF8_auml)},               100,  TCHAR,   0},
+
   {{NULL, 0},                {NULL, 0},                         0,    0,  0}
 };