diff --git a/scripts/mysql_create_system_tables.sh b/scripts/mysql_create_system_tables.sh
index 383f8b80dc8..babf3a1c83f 100644
--- a/scripts/mysql_create_system_tables.sh
+++ b/scripts/mysql_create_system_tables.sh
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ then
   c_u="$c_u CREATE TABLE user ("
   c_u="$c_u   Host char(60) binary DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,"
   c_u="$c_u   User char(16) binary DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,"
-  c_u="$c_u   Password char(41) binary DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,"
+  c_u="$c_u   Password binary(41) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,"
   c_u="$c_u   Select_priv enum('N','Y') COLLATE utf8_general_ci DEFAULT 'N' NOT NULL,"
   c_u="$c_u   Insert_priv enum('N','Y') COLLATE utf8_general_ci DEFAULT 'N' NOT NULL,"
   c_u="$c_u   Update_priv enum('N','Y') COLLATE utf8_general_ci DEFAULT 'N' NOT NULL,"
diff --git a/scripts/mysql_fix_privilege_tables.sql b/scripts/mysql_fix_privilege_tables.sql
index 45f3b8533b5..7dba854e313 100644
--- a/scripts/mysql_fix_privilege_tables.sql
+++ b/scripts/mysql_fix_privilege_tables.sql
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ alter table columns_priv comment='Column privileges';
 ALTER TABLE user
   MODIFY Host char(60) NOT NULL default '',
   MODIFY User char(16) NOT NULL default '',
-  MODIFY Password char(41) NOT NULL default '',
   ENGINE=MyISAM, CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
 ALTER TABLE user
+  MODIFY Password binary(41) NOT NULL default '',
   MODIFY Select_priv enum('N','Y') COLLATE utf8_general_ci DEFAULT 'N' NOT NULL,
   MODIFY Insert_priv enum('N','Y') COLLATE utf8_general_ci DEFAULT 'N' NOT NULL,
   MODIFY Update_priv enum('N','Y') COLLATE utf8_general_ci DEFAULT 'N' NOT NULL,