diff --git a/ddl/index.go b/ddl/index.go
index ec644a3bfcd52..4081642471930 100644
--- a/ddl/index.go
+++ b/ddl/index.go
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ func buildIndexColumns(columns []*model.ColumnInfo, idxColNames []*ast.IndexColN
 }
 
 func buildIndexInfo(tblInfo *model.TableInfo, indexName model.CIStr, idxColNames []*ast.IndexColName, state model.SchemaState) (*model.IndexInfo, error) {
+	if err := checkTooLongIndex(indexName); err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
+	}
+
 	idxColumns, err := buildIndexColumns(tblInfo.Columns, idxColNames)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
diff --git a/executor/ddl_test.go b/executor/ddl_test.go
index 526a9f5f113c5..65e3b91d40ce7 100644
--- a/executor/ddl_test.go
+++ b/executor/ddl_test.go
@@ -449,6 +449,11 @@ func (s *testSuite) TestTooLargeIdentifierLength(c *C) {
 	tk.MustExec(fmt.Sprintf("drop index %s on t", indexName1))
 	_, err = tk.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("create index %s on t(c)", indexName2))
 	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, fmt.Sprintf("[ddl:1059]Identifier name '%s' is too long", indexName2))
+
+	// for create table with index.
+	tk.MustExec("drop table t;")
+	_, err = tk.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("create table t(c int, index %s(c));", indexName2))
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, fmt.Sprintf("[ddl:1059]Identifier name '%s' is too long", indexName2))
 }
 
 func (s *testSuite) TestShardRowIDBits(c *C) {