diff --git a/lib/private/db/mdb2schemareader.php b/lib/private/db/mdb2schemareader.php
index b7128a2f176bedce181c0a88b0ea6cd7329f8210..ad4c39a9935350c9fad23227a5defc7702fc87fe 100644
--- a/lib/private/db/mdb2schemareader.php
+++ b/lib/private/db/mdb2schemareader.php
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class MDB2SchemaReader {
 			}
 		}
 		if (isset($name) && isset($type)) {
-			if (empty($options['default'])) {
+			if (isset($options['default']) && empty($options['default'])) {
 				if (empty($options['notnull']) || !$options['notnull']) {
 					unset($options['default']);
 					$options['notnull'] = false;
diff --git a/tests/lib/db/mdb2schemareader.php b/tests/lib/db/mdb2schemareader.php
index b9b241194fda920ba423e16d7a892fd3e0b2e90e..57cafa7c76bb6517617f20a850922092ffde0c1e 100644
--- a/tests/lib/db/mdb2schemareader.php
+++ b/tests/lib/db/mdb2schemareader.php
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ class MDB2SchemaReader extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 
 		$this->assertNull($table->getColumn('clobfield')->getLength());
 		$this->assertFalse($table->getColumn('clobfield')->getAutoincrement());
-		$this->assertSame('', $table->getColumn('clobfield')->getDefault());
+		$this->assertNull($table->getColumn('clobfield')->getDefault());
 		$this->assertTrue($table->getColumn('clobfield')->getNotnull());
 		$this->assertInstanceOf('Doctrine\DBAL\Types\TextType', $table->getColumn('clobfield')->getType());
 
 		$this->assertNull($table->getColumn('booleanfield')->getLength());
 		$this->assertFalse($table->getColumn('booleanfield')->getAutoincrement());
-		$this->assertFalse($table->getColumn('booleanfield')->getDefault());
+		$this->assertNull($table->getColumn('booleanfield')->getDefault());
 		$this->assertInstanceOf('Doctrine\DBAL\Types\BooleanType', $table->getColumn('booleanfield')->getType());
 
 		$this->assertTrue($table->getColumn('booleanfield_true')->getDefault());