diff --git a/mysql-test/main/func_json.result b/mysql-test/main/func_json.result
index 5fa5d7c628c..84aee70663e 100644
--- a/mysql-test/main/func_json.result
+++ b/mysql-test/main/func_json.result
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ json_quote('foo')
 show create table t1;
 Table	Create Table
 t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
-  `json_quote('foo')` varchar(10) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin DEFAULT NULL
+  `json_quote('foo')` varchar(38) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin DEFAULT NULL
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
 drop table t1;
 select json_merge('string');
@@ -748,6 +748,19 @@ SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE c IN (JSON_EXTRACT('{"a":"b"}', '$.*'));
 c
 DROP TABLE t1;
 #
+# MDEV-16814 CREATE TABLE SELECT JSON_QUOTE(multibyte_charset_expr) makes a field of a wrong length
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1 AS SELECT
+JSON_QUOTE(_latin1'foo') AS c1,
+JSON_QUOTE(_utf8'foo') AS c2;
+SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
+Table	Create Table
+t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
+  `c1` varchar(38) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin DEFAULT NULL,
+  `c2` varchar(38) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin DEFAULT NULL
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+DROP TABLE t1;
+#
 # End of 10.2 tests
 #
 #
diff --git a/mysql-test/main/func_json.test b/mysql-test/main/func_json.test
index 4f05d4f23c4..eddf64a0052 100644
--- a/mysql-test/main/func_json.test
+++ b/mysql-test/main/func_json.test
@@ -412,6 +412,16 @@ INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('foo'),('bar');
 SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE c IN (JSON_EXTRACT('{"a":"b"}', '$.*'));
 DROP TABLE t1;
 
+--echo #
+--echo # MDEV-16814 CREATE TABLE SELECT JSON_QUOTE(multibyte_charset_expr) makes a field of a wrong length
+--echo #
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 AS SELECT
+  JSON_QUOTE(_latin1'foo') AS c1,
+  JSON_QUOTE(_utf8'foo') AS c2;
+SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
+DROP TABLE t1;
+
 --echo #
 --echo # End of 10.2 tests
 --echo #
diff --git a/sql/item_jsonfunc.cc b/sql/item_jsonfunc.cc
index afcba91d57f..d1c15a0126e 100644
--- a/sql/item_jsonfunc.cc
+++ b/sql/item_jsonfunc.cc
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ bool Item_func_json_quote::fix_length_and_dec()
     Odd but realistic worst case is when all characters
     of the argument turn into '\uXXXX\uXXXX', which is 12.
   */
-  max_length= args[0]->max_length * 12 + 2;
+  fix_char_length_ulonglong((ulonglong) args[0]->max_char_length() * 12 + 2);
   return FALSE;
 }