1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/mysql_database_tasks.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/mysql_database_tasks.rb
index 7abbf08571..3d27c97254 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/mysql_database_tasks.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/mysql_database_tasks.rb
@@ -73,13 +73,16 @@ module ActiveRecord
         configuration.merge('database' => nil)
       end
 
-      # If neither encoding nor collation is specified, use the utf-8 defaults.
       def creation_options
-        options = configuration.slice('encoding', 'collation').symbolize_keys
-        if options.empty?
-          { charset: DEFAULT_CHARSET, collation: DEFAULT_COLLATION }
-        else
-          options
+        Hash.new.tap do |options|
+          options[:charset]     = configuration['encoding']   if configuration.include? 'encoding'
+          options[:collation]   = configuration['collation']  if configuration.include? 'collation'
+
+          # Set default charset only when collation isn't set.
+          options[:charset]   ||= DEFAULT_CHARSET unless options[:collation]
+
+          # Set default collation only when charset is also default.
+          options[:collation] ||= DEFAULT_COLLATION if options[:charset] == DEFAULT_CHARSET
         end
       end