diff --git a/client/mysql.cc b/client/mysql.cc
index 715d74f18b2..9c54f564192 100644
--- a/client/mysql.cc
+++ b/client/mysql.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-   Copyright (c) 2000, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -2671,7 +2671,7 @@ You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A\n\n");
         mysql_free_result(fields);
         break;
       }
-      field_names[i][num_fields*2]= '\0';
+      field_names[i][num_fields*2]= NULL;
       j=0;
       while ((sql_field=mysql_fetch_field(fields)))
       {