diff --git a/libmysql/libmysql.c b/libmysql/libmysql.c
index d9dde0689d0..c3432e66055 100644
--- a/libmysql/libmysql.c
+++ b/libmysql/libmysql.c
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ unpack_fields(MYSQL_DATA *data,MEM_ROOT *alloc,uint fields,
       if (INTERNAL_NUM_FIELD(field))
         field->flags|= NUM_FLAG;
       if (default_value && row->data[6])
-        field->def=strdup_root(alloc,(char*) row->data[8]);
+        field->def=strdup_root(alloc,(char*) row->data[6]);
       else
         field->def=0;
       field->max_length= 0;