diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/innodb_mysql.result b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/innodb_mysql.result
index 9a677f83080..248aeed24ee 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/innodb_mysql.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/innodb_mysql.result
@@ -2546,6 +2546,18 @@ LOCK TABLES t1 READ;
 ALTER TABLE t1 COMMENT 'test';
 UNLOCK TABLES;
 DROP TABLE t1;
+#
+# Bug#55826: create table .. select crashes with when KILL_BAD_DATA 
+#  is returned
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1(a INT) ENGINE=innodb;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (0);
+SET SQL_MODE='STRICT_ALL_TABLES';
+CREATE TABLE t2 
+SELECT LEAST((SELECT '' FROM t1),NOW()) FROM `t1`;
+ERROR 22007: Incorrect datetime value: '' for column 'NOW()' at row 2
+DROP TABLE t1;
+SET SQL_MODE=DEFAULT;
 End of 5.1 tests
 #
 # Test for bug #39932 "create table fails if column for FK is in different
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb_mysql.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb_mysql.test
index 495d5c014ce..bc1482db64a 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb_mysql.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb_mysql.test
@@ -751,6 +751,21 @@ UNLOCK TABLES;
 DROP TABLE t1;
 
 
+--echo #
+--echo # Bug#55826: create table .. select crashes with when KILL_BAD_DATA 
+--echo #  is returned
+--echo #
+
+CREATE TABLE t1(a INT) ENGINE=innodb;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (0);
+SET SQL_MODE='STRICT_ALL_TABLES';
+--error ER_TRUNCATED_WRONG_VALUE
+CREATE TABLE t2 
+  SELECT LEAST((SELECT '' FROM t1),NOW()) FROM `t1`;
+DROP TABLE t1;  
+SET SQL_MODE=DEFAULT;
+
+
 --echo End of 5.1 tests
 
 
diff --git a/sql/item_func.cc b/sql/item_func.cc
index 22dc0b173c4..c6a5a67cd2d 100644
--- a/sql/item_func.cc
+++ b/sql/item_func.cc
@@ -2551,7 +2551,7 @@ void Item_func_min_max::fix_length_and_dec()
     stored to the value pointer, if latter is provided.
 
   RETURN
-   0	If one of arguments is NULL
+   0	If one of arguments is NULL or there was a execution error
    #	index of the least/greatest argument
 */
 
@@ -2565,6 +2565,14 @@ uint Item_func_min_max::cmp_datetimes(ulonglong *value)
     Item **arg= args + i;
     bool is_null;
     longlong res= get_datetime_value(thd, &arg, 0, datetime_item, &is_null);
+
+    /* Check if we need to stop (because of error or KILL)  and stop the loop */
+    if (thd->is_error())
+    {
+      null_value= 1;
+      return 0;
+    }
+
     if ((null_value= args[i]->null_value))
       return 0;
     if (i == 0 || (res < min_max ? cmp_sign : -cmp_sign) > 0)
@@ -2593,6 +2601,12 @@ String *Item_func_min_max::val_str(String *str)
     if (null_value)
       return 0;
     str_res= args[min_max_idx]->val_str(str);
+    if (args[min_max_idx]->null_value)
+    {
+      // check if the call to val_str() above returns a NULL value
+      null_value= 1;
+      return NULL;
+    }
     str_res->set_charset(collation.collation);
     return str_res;
   }