diff --git a/infoschema/tables.go b/infoschema/tables.go
index 8513c48bcb..385c13575c 100644
--- a/infoschema/tables.go
+++ b/infoschema/tables.go
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ var tablesCols = []columnInfo{
 	{name: "CREATE_TIME", tp: mysql.TypeDatetime, size: 19},
 	{name: "UPDATE_TIME", tp: mysql.TypeDatetime, size: 19},
 	{name: "CHECK_TIME", tp: mysql.TypeDatetime, size: 19},
-	{name: "TABLE_COLLATION", tp: mysql.TypeVarchar, size: 32, deflt: "utf8_bin"},
+	{name: "TABLE_COLLATION", tp: mysql.TypeVarchar, size: 32, deflt: mysql.DefaultCollationName},
 	{name: "CHECKSUM", tp: mysql.TypeLonglong, size: 21},
 	{name: "CREATE_OPTIONS", tp: mysql.TypeVarchar, size: 255},
 	{name: "TABLE_COMMENT", tp: mysql.TypeVarchar, size: 2048},