diff --git a/mysql-test/r/alter_table.result b/mysql-test/r/alter_table.result
index f1ad8d31334..1ad9cd6d1e9 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/alter_table.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/alter_table.result
@@ -636,7 +636,13 @@ INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('test');
 SELECT LENGTH(s) FROM t1;
 LENGTH(s)
 8
+SELECT HEX(s) FROM t1;
+HEX(s)
+7465737400000000
 ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY s BINARY(10);
+SELECT HEX(s) FROM t1;
+HEX(s)
+74657374000000000000
 SELECT LENGTH(s) FROM t1;
 LENGTH(s)
 10
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/alter_table.test b/mysql-test/t/alter_table.test
index 57fa7acbc86..7cddb8bafa9 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/alter_table.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/alter_table.test
@@ -464,6 +464,8 @@ DROP TABLE t1;
 CREATE TABLE t1 (s BINARY(8));
 INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('test');
 SELECT LENGTH(s) FROM t1;
+SELECT HEX(s) FROM t1;
 ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY s BINARY(10);
+SELECT HEX(s) FROM t1;
 SELECT LENGTH(s) FROM t1;
 DROP TABLE t1;