diff --git a/go/mysql/collations/local.go b/go/mysql/collations/local.go
index b785bf577af..3cf81b270c7 100644
--- a/go/mysql/collations/local.go
+++ b/go/mysql/collations/local.go
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ func DefaultCollationForType(t sqltypes.Type) ID {
 	return CollationForType(t, Default())
 }
 
-func CollationForType(t sqltypes.Type, default_ ID) ID {
+func CollationForType(t sqltypes.Type, fallback ID) ID {
 	switch {
 	case sqltypes.IsText(t):
-		return default_
+		return fallback
 	case t == sqltypes.TypeJSON:
 		return CollationUtf8mb4ID
 	default:
diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/vtgate/queries/misc/misc_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/vtgate/queries/misc/misc_test.go
index 677d3c7257a..0fdee1b88a1 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/vtgate/queries/misc/misc_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/vtgate/queries/misc/misc_test.go
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ func TestBitVals(t *testing.T) {
 
 	mcmp.AssertMatches(`select b'1001', 0x9, B'010011011010'`, `[[VARBINARY("\t") VARBINARY("\t") VARBINARY("\x04\xda")]]`)
 	mcmp.AssertMatches(`select b'1001', 0x9, B'010011011010' from t1`, `[[VARBINARY("\t") VARBINARY("\t") VARBINARY("\x04\xda")]]`)
-	mcmp.AssertMatchesNoCompare(`select 1 + b'1001', 2 + 0x9, 3 + B'010011011010'`, `[[INT64(10) UINT64(11) INT64(1245)]]`, `[[UINT64(10) UINT64(11) UINT64(1245)]]`)
-	mcmp.AssertMatchesNoCompare(`select 1 + b'1001', 2 + 0x9, 3 + B'010011011010' from t1`, `[[INT64(10) UINT64(11) INT64(1245)]]`, `[[UINT64(10) UINT64(11) UINT64(1245)]]`)
+	mcmp.AssertMatchesNoCompare(`select 1 + b'1001', 2 + 0x9, 3 + B'010011011010'`, `[[INT64(10) UINT64(11) INT64(1245)]]`, `[[INT64(10) UINT64(11) INT64(1245)]]`)
+	mcmp.AssertMatchesNoCompare(`select 1 + b'1001', 2 + 0x9, 3 + B'010011011010' from t1`, `[[INT64(10) UINT64(11) INT64(1245)]]`, `[[INT64(10) UINT64(11) INT64(1245)]]`)
 }
 
 func TestHexVals(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/vtgate/queries/normalize/normalize_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/vtgate/queries/normalize/normalize_test.go
index 52e30accf03..b6495443a8e 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/vtgate/queries/normalize/normalize_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/vtgate/queries/normalize/normalize_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestNormalizeAllFields(t *testing.T) {
 	defer conn.Close()
 
 	insertQuery := `insert into t1 values (1, "chars", "variable chars", x'73757265', 0x676F, 0.33, 9.99, 1, "1976-06-08", "small", "b", "{\"key\":\"value\"}", point(1,5), b'011', 0b0101)`
-	normalizedInsertQuery := `insert into t1 values (:vtg1 /* INT64 */, :vtg2 /* VARCHAR */, :vtg3 /* VARCHAR */, :vtg4 /* HEXVAL */, :vtg5 /* HEXNUM */, :vtg6 /* DECIMAL */, :vtg7 /* DECIMAL */, :vtg8 /* INT64 */, :vtg9 /* VARCHAR */, :vtg10 /* VARCHAR */, :vtg11 /* VARCHAR */, :vtg12 /* VARCHAR */, point(:vtg13 /* INT64 */, :vtg14 /* INT64 */), :vtg15 /* HEXNUM */, :vtg16 /* HEXNUM */)`
+	normalizedInsertQuery := `insert into t1 values (:vtg1 /* INT64 */, :vtg2 /* VARCHAR */, :vtg3 /* VARCHAR */, :vtg4 /* HEXVAL */, :vtg5 /* HEXNUM */, :vtg6 /* DECIMAL */, :vtg7 /* DECIMAL */, :vtg8 /* INT64 */, :vtg9 /* VARCHAR */, :vtg10 /* VARCHAR */, :vtg11 /* VARCHAR */, :vtg12 /* VARCHAR */, point(:vtg13 /* INT64 */, :vtg14 /* INT64 */), :vtg15 /* BITNUM */, :vtg16 /* BITNUM */)`
 	selectQuery := "select * from t1"
 	utils.Exec(t, conn, insertQuery)
 	qr := utils.Exec(t, conn, selectQuery)
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/expr_arithmetic.go b/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/expr_arithmetic.go
index 01fdb673f8d..6c39ba43926 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/expr_arithmetic.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/expr_arithmetic.go
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ func makeNumericalType(t sqltypes.Type, f typeFlag) (sqltypes.Type, typeFlag) {
 	if t == sqltypes.VarBinary && (f&flagHex) != 0 {
 		return sqltypes.Uint64, f
 	}
+	if t == sqltypes.VarBinary && (f&flagBit) != 0 {
+		return sqltypes.Int64, f
+	}
 	if sqltypes.IsDateOrTime(t) {
 		return sqltypes.Int64, f | flagAmbiguousType
 	}