diff --git a/ddl/db_integration_test.go b/ddl/db_integration_test.go
index 85136e5e09218..35297e8327731 100644
--- a/ddl/db_integration_test.go
+++ b/ddl/db_integration_test.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/util/mock"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/util/testkit"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/util/testleak"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/util/testutil"
 )
 
 var _ = Suite(&testIntegrationSuite{})
@@ -390,6 +391,16 @@ func (s *testIntegrationSuite) TestChangingTableCharset(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(tbl.Meta().Columns[0].Collate, Equals, "")
 	tk.MustExec("alter table t convert to charset utf8mb4;")
 	checkCharset()
+
+	tk.MustExec("drop table t")
+	tk.MustExec("create table t (a blob) character set utf8;")
+	tk.MustExec("alter table t charset=utf8mb4 collate=utf8mb4_bin;")
+	tk.MustQuery("show create table t").Check(testutil.RowsWithSep("|",
+		"t CREATE TABLE `t` (\n"+
+			"  `a` blob DEFAULT NULL\n"+
+			") ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_bin",
+	))
+
 }
 
 func (s *testIntegrationSuite) TestCaseInsensitiveCharsetAndCollate(c *C) {
diff --git a/ddl/table.go b/ddl/table.go
index 3a82395316f63..98adb17893217 100644
--- a/ddl/table.go
+++ b/ddl/table.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
 	"github.com/pingcap/failpoint"
 	"github.com/pingcap/parser/model"
+	field_types "github.com/pingcap/parser/types"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/ddl/util"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/infoschema"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/kv"
@@ -511,7 +512,7 @@ func onModifyTableCharsetAndCollate(t *meta.Meta, job *model.Job) (ver int64, _
 	}
 	// update column charset.
 	for _, col := range tblInfo.Columns {
-		if typesNeedCharset(col.Tp) {
+		if field_types.HasCharset(&col.FieldType) {
 			col.Charset = toCharset
 			col.Collate = toCollate
 		} else {