diff --git a/mysql-test/r/log_tables.result b/mysql-test/r/log_tables.result
index 9e67d328849..be0555024fa 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/log_tables.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/log_tables.result
@@ -270,6 +270,10 @@ use mysql;
 lock tables general_log read local, help_category read local;
 ERROR HY000: You can't use locks with log tables.
 unlock tables;
+drop table if exists mysql.renamed_general_log;
+drop table if exists mysql.renamed_slow_log;
+drop table if exists mysql.general_log_new;
+drop table if exists mysql.slow_log_new;
 use mysql;
 RENAME TABLE general_log TO renamed_general_log;
 ERROR HY000: Cannot rename 'general_log'. When logging enabled, rename to/from log table must rename two tables: the log table to an archive table and another table back to 'general_log'
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/log_tables.test b/mysql-test/t/log_tables.test
index 89c7c255554..1d65c86295f 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/log_tables.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/log_tables.test
@@ -295,6 +295,13 @@ unlock tables;
 # Bug #21785 Server crashes after rename of the log table
 #
 
+--disable_warnings
+drop table if exists mysql.renamed_general_log;
+drop table if exists mysql.renamed_slow_log;
+drop table if exists mysql.general_log_new;
+drop table if exists mysql.slow_log_new;
+--enable_warnings
+
 use mysql;
 # Should result in error
 --error ER_CANT_RENAME_LOG_TABLE
@@ -358,6 +365,55 @@ flush logs;
 drop table renamed_general_log, renamed_slow_log;
 use test;
 
+#
+# Bug#27858 (Failing to log to a log table doesn't log anything to error log)
+#
+# This test works as expected, it's a negative test.
+# The message "[ERROR] Failed to write to mysql.general_log"
+# is printed to master.err when writing to the table mysql.general_log
+# failed.
+# However, this message is picked up by mysql-test-run.pl,
+# and reported as a test failure, which is a false negative.
+# There is no current way to *selectively* filter out these expected error conditions
+# (see mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pl, mtr_report_stats()).
+# Instead of filtering all occurences of "Failed to write to
+# mysql.general_log", which could hide bugs when the error is not expected,
+# this test case is commented instead.
+# TODO: improve filtering of expected errors in master.err in
+# mysql-test-run.pl (based on the test name ?), and uncomment this test.
+
+# --disable_warnings
+# drop table if exists mysql.bad_general_log;
+# drop table if exists mysql.bad_slow_log;
+# drop table if exists mysql.general_log_hide;
+# drop table if exists mysql.slow_log_hide;
+# --enable_warnings
+# 
+# create table mysql.bad_general_log (a int) engine= CSV;
+# create table mysql.bad_slow_log (a int) engine= CSV;
+# 
+# # Rename does not perform checks on the table structure,
+# # exploiting this to force a failure to log
+# rename table mysql.general_log to mysql.general_log_hide, mysql.bad_general_log TO mysql.general_log;
+# rename table mysql.slow_log to mysql.slow_log_hide, mysql.bad_slow_log TO mysql.slow_log;
+# 
+# # The following message should be printed in master.log:
+# # [ERROR] Failed to write to mysql.general_log
+# # TODO: See how verifying this could be automated
+# 
+# flush tables;
+# select "logging this should fail";
+# 
+# # Restore the log tables
+# 
+# rename table mysql.general_log to mysql.bad_general_log, mysql.general_log_hide TO mysql.general_log;
+# rename table mysql.slow_log to mysql.bad_slow_log, mysql.slow_log_hide TO mysql.slow_log;
+# 
+# flush tables;
+# 
+# drop table mysql.bad_general_log;
+# drop table mysql.bad_slow_log;
+
 #
 # Bug #21966 Strange warnings on repair of the log tables
 #
diff --git a/sql/log.cc b/sql/log.cc
index 95204e89d0e..9d6f6fa4c9b 100644
--- a/sql/log.cc
+++ b/sql/log.cc
@@ -387,10 +387,15 @@ bool Log_to_csv_event_handler::
   if (table->field[1]->store(user_host, user_host_len, client_cs) ||
       table->field[2]->store((longlong) thread_id, TRUE) ||
       table->field[3]->store((longlong) server_id, TRUE) ||
-      table->field[4]->store(command_type, command_type_len, client_cs) ||
-      table->field[5]->store(sql_text, sql_text_len, client_cs))
+      table->field[4]->store(command_type, command_type_len, client_cs))
     goto err;
 
+  /*
+    A positive return value in store() means truncation.
+    Still logging a message in the log in this case.
+  */
+  if (table->field[5]->store(sql_text, sql_text_len, client_cs) < 0)
+    goto err;
 
   /* mark all fields as not null */
   table->field[1]->set_notnull();
@@ -407,19 +412,14 @@ bool Log_to_csv_event_handler::
 
   /* log table entries are not replicated */
   if (table->file->ha_write_row(table->record[0]))
-  {
-    struct tm start;
-    localtime_r(&event_time, &start);
-
-    sql_print_error("%02d%02d%02d %2d:%02d:%02d - Failed to write to mysql.general_log",
-                    start.tm_year % 100, start.tm_mon + 1,
-                    start.tm_mday, start.tm_hour,
-                    start.tm_min, start.tm_sec);
-  }
+    goto err;
 
   result= FALSE;
 
 err:
+  if (result)
+    sql_print_error("Failed to write to mysql.general_log");
+
   if (need_rnd_end)
   {
     table->file->ha_rnd_end();
@@ -595,25 +595,24 @@ bool Log_to_csv_event_handler::
     goto err;
   table->field[9]->set_notnull();
 
-  /* sql_text */
-  if (table->field[10]->store(sql_text,sql_text_len, client_cs))
+  /*
+    Column sql_text.
+    A positive return value in store() means truncation.
+    Still logging a message in the log in this case.
+  */
+  if (table->field[10]->store(sql_text, sql_text_len, client_cs) < 0)
     goto err;
 
   /* log table entries are not replicated */
   if (table->file->ha_write_row(table->record[0]))
-  {
-    struct tm start;
-    localtime_r(&current_time, &start);
-
-    sql_print_error("%02d%02d%02d %2d:%02d:%02d - Failed to write to mysql.slow_log",
-                    start.tm_year % 100, start.tm_mon + 1,
-                    start.tm_mday, start.tm_hour,
-                    start.tm_min, start.tm_sec);
-  }
+    goto err;
 
   result= FALSE;
 
 err:
+  if (result)
+    sql_print_error("Failed to write to mysql.slow_log");
+
   if (need_rnd_end)
   {
     table->file->ha_rnd_end();