diff --git a/mysql-test/r/create.result b/mysql-test/r/create.result
index 239a9dce05a..b4636dca7e2 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/create.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/create.result
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ drop table t2;
 create table t2 select now() as a , curtime() as b, curdate() as c , 1+1 as d , 1.0 + 1 as e , 33333333333333333 + 3 as f;
 describe t2;
 Field	Type	Null	Key	Default	Extra
-a	datetime	YES		NULL	
+a	datetime	NO		NULL	
 b	time	NO		NULL	
 c	date	NO		NULL	
 d	int(3)	NO		NULL	
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/func_group.result b/mysql-test/r/func_group.result
index d8b6581b022..3340328cad6 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/func_group.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/func_group.result
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ drop table t2;
 create table t2 select f2 from (select now() f2 from t1) a;
 show columns from t2;
 Field	Type	Null	Key	Default	Extra
-f2	datetime	YES		NULL	
+f2	datetime	NO		NULL	
 drop table t2, t1;
 CREATE TABLE t1(
 id int PRIMARY KEY,
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/func_time_hires.result b/mysql-test/r/func_time_hires.result
index 17c55d554bc..0f822456724 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/func_time_hires.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/func_time_hires.result
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
   `sec_to_time(12345)` time DEFAULT NULL,
   `sec_to_time(12345.6789)` time(4) DEFAULT NULL,
   `sec_to_time(1234567e-2)` time(6) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `now()` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
+  `now()` datetime NOT NULL,
   `curtime(0)` time NOT NULL,
-  `utc_timestamp(1)` datetime(1) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `utc_timestamp(1)` datetime(1) NOT NULL,
   `utc_time(2)` time(2) NOT NULL,
   `current_time(3)` time(3) NOT NULL,
-  `current_timestamp(4)` datetime(4) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `localtime(5)` datetime(5) DEFAULT NULL,
-  `localtimestamp(6)` datetime(6) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `current_timestamp(4)` datetime(4) NOT NULL,
+  `localtime(5)` datetime(5) NOT NULL,
+  `localtimestamp(6)` datetime(6) NOT NULL,
   `time_to_sec(123456)` bigint(17) DEFAULT NULL,
   `time_to_sec('12:34:56.789')` decimal(19,3) DEFAULT NULL
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
diff --git a/sql/item_timefunc.cc b/sql/item_timefunc.cc
index 6e4426ab1b9..db787511d38 100644
--- a/sql/item_timefunc.cc
+++ b/sql/item_timefunc.cc
@@ -1693,7 +1693,6 @@ Item_func_now::Item_func_now(THD *thd, uint dec) :
   last_query_id(0)
 {
     decimals= dec;
-    maybe_null= true;
 }