diff --git a/sql/sql_partition.cc b/sql/sql_partition.cc
index 01dcc7cc2ac..8e58c34162f 100644
--- a/sql/sql_partition.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_partition.cc
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ bool partition_default_handling(TABLE *table, partition_info *part_info,
     }
   }
   part_info->set_up_defaults_for_partitioning(table->file,
-                                              (ulonglong)0, (uint)0);
+                                              NULL, (uint)0);
   DBUG_RETURN(FALSE);
 }