diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql/schema_statements.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql/schema_statements.rb
index da544761145b6..f2318304e64c1 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql/schema_statements.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql/schema_statements.rb
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def create_table_definition(name, **options)
           end
 
           def default_type(table_name, field_name)
-            match = create_table_info(table_name).match(/`#{field_name}` (.+) DEFAULT ('|\d+|[A-z]+)/)
+            match = create_table_info(table_name)&.match(/`#{field_name}` (.+) DEFAULT ('|\d+|[A-z]+)/)
             default_pre = match[2] if match
 
             if default_pre == "'"
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/view_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/view_test.rb
index 36b9df7ba5139..e46cab0b39be7 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/view_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/view_test.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def setup
     super
     @connection = ActiveRecord::Base.connection
     create_view "ebooks'", <<~SQL
-      SELECT id, name, status FROM books WHERE format = 'ebook'
+      SELECT id, name, cover, status FROM books WHERE format = 'ebook'
     SQL
   end
 
@@ -58,11 +58,12 @@ def test_views_ara_valid_data_sources
   def test_column_definitions
     assert_equal([["id", :integer],
                   ["name", :string],
+                  ["cover", :string],
                   ["status", :integer]], Ebook.columns.map { |c| [c.name, c.type] })
   end
 
   def test_attributes
-    assert_equal({ "id" => 2, "name" => "Ruby for Rails", "status" => 0 },
+    assert_equal({ "id" => 2, "name" => "Ruby for Rails", "cover" => "hard", "status" => 0 },
                  Ebook.first.attributes)
   end