diff --git a/go/sql/types.go b/go/sql/types.go
index 9a50bc620..1a8f8a2e2 100644
--- a/go/sql/types.go
+++ b/go/sql/types.go
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ func (this *Column) convertArg(arg interface{}) interface{} {
 	if arg2Bytes != nil {
 		if this.Charset != "" && this.charsetConversion == nil {
 			arg = arg2Bytes
+		} else if this.Charset == "" && (strings.Contains(this.MySQLType, "binary") || strings.HasSuffix(this.MySQLType, "blob")) {
+			// varbinary/binary/blob column: no charset means binary storage. Return []byte so
+			// the MySQL driver sends MYSQL_TYPE_BLOB (binary) rather than MYSQL_TYPE_VAR_STRING
+			// (text with the connection's charset/collation metadata, often utf8mb4), which would
+			// cause MySQL to validate the bytes and emit Warning 1300 for byte sequences that are
+			// invalid in that charset.
+			arg = arg2Bytes
 		} else {
 			if encoding, ok := charsetEncodingMap[this.Charset]; ok {
 				decodedBytes, _ := encoding.NewDecoder().Bytes(arg2Bytes)
diff --git a/go/sql/types_test.go b/go/sql/types_test.go
index 83c74073a..9275bbb85 100644
--- a/go/sql/types_test.go
+++ b/go/sql/types_test.go
@@ -95,6 +95,47 @@ func TestConvertArgBinaryColumnPadding(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, []byte{0x00, 0x00}, resultBytes[18:])
 }
 
+func TestConvertArgVarbinaryStringWithInvalidUTF8Bytes(t *testing.T) {
+	// go-mysql returns varbinary binlog row values as Go `string` (not `[]uint8`).
+	// When convertArg receives a string for a column with no Charset (varbinary),
+	// it must return []byte — not the original string. The Go MySQL driver sends
+	// string args as MYSQL_TYPE_VAR_STRING with utf8mb4 charset metadata, which
+	// causes MySQL to validate the bytes and emit Warning 1300 for invalid sequences.
+	// gh-ost's panic-on-warnings then turns that warning into a fatal migration error.
+	// See: uuid varbinary(16) rows whose binary UUID bytes happen to be invalid utf8mb4.
+	rawBytes := []byte{0x91, 0xC3, 0xCD, 0x00, 0x01, 0x02}
+
+	col := Column{
+		Name:      "uuid",
+		Charset:   "",              // varbinary has no character set
+		MySQLType: "varbinary(16)", // set by inspect.go from information_schema COLUMN_TYPE
+	}
+
+	result := col.convertArg(string(rawBytes))
+
+	require.IsType(t, []byte{}, result,
+		"varbinary value from binlog (Go string) must be returned as []byte, not string, "+
+			"to prevent MySQL driver from sending it with the connection's charset metadata")
+	require.Equal(t, rawBytes, result.([]byte))
+}
+
+func TestConvertArgVarbinaryBytesWithInvalidUTF8Bytes(t *testing.T) {
+	// When go-mysql returns varbinary values as []uint8 (rather than string),
+	// convertArg should also return []byte consistently.
+	rawBytes := []uint8{0x91, 0xC3, 0xCD, 0x00, 0x01, 0x02}
+
+	col := Column{
+		Name:      "uuid",
+		Charset:   "",
+		MySQLType: "varbinary(16)", // set by inspect.go from information_schema COLUMN_TYPE
+	}
+
+	result := col.convertArg(rawBytes)
+
+	require.IsType(t, []byte{}, result)
+	require.Equal(t, rawBytes, result.([]byte))
+}
+
 func TestConvertArgBinaryColumnNoPaddingWhenFull(t *testing.T) {
 	// When binary value is already at full length, no padding should occur
 	fullValue := []uint8{