diff --git a/executor/join_test.go b/executor/join_test.go
index 1e9ced2446229..e88f3b21249c4 100644
--- a/executor/join_test.go
+++ b/executor/join_test.go
@@ -237,6 +237,38 @@ func (s *testSuite) TestJoin(c *C) {
 	tk.MustExec("insert into t values(1,2), (5,3), (6,4)")
 	tk.MustExec("insert into t1 values(1), (2), (3)")
 	tk.MustQuery("select /*+ TIDB_INLJ(t1) */ t1.a from t1, t where t.a = 5 and t.b = t1.a").Check(testkit.Rows("3"))
+
+	// test issue#4997
+	tk.MustExec("drop table if exists t1, t2")
+	tk.MustExec(`
+	CREATE TABLE t1 (
+  		pk int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT primary key,
+  		a int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
+  		b date DEFAULT NULL,
+  		c varchar(1) DEFAULT NULL,
+  		KEY a (a),
+  		KEY b (b),
+  		KEY c (c,a)
+	)`)
+	tk.MustExec(`
+	CREATE TABLE t2 (
+  		pk int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT primary key,
+  		a int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
+  		b date DEFAULT NULL,
+  		c varchar(1) DEFAULT NULL,
+  		KEY a (a),
+  		KEY b (b),
+  		KEY c (c,a)
+	)`)
+	tk.MustExec(`insert into t1 value(1,1,"2000-11-11", null);`)
+	result = tk.MustQuery(`
+	SELECT table2.b AS field2 FROM
+	(
+	  t1 AS table1  LEFT OUTER JOIN
+		(SELECT tmp_t2.* FROM ( t2 AS tmp_t1 RIGHT JOIN t1 AS tmp_t2 ON (tmp_t2.a = tmp_t1.a))) AS table2
+	  ON (table2.c = table1.c)
+	) `)
+	result.Check(testkit.Rows("<nil>"))
 }
 
 func (s *testSuite) TestJoinCast(c *C) {
diff --git a/plan/eliminate_projection.go b/plan/eliminate_projection.go
index ff1aa328b2143..ded5452534bb3 100644
--- a/plan/eliminate_projection.go
+++ b/plan/eliminate_projection.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/context"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/expression"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/terror"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/util/types"
 )
 
 // canProjectionBeEliminatedLoose checks whether a projection can be eliminated, returns true if
@@ -160,15 +161,53 @@ func (pe *projectionEliminater) eliminate(p LogicalPlan, replace map[string]*exp
 	if !(isProj && canEliminate && canProjectionBeEliminatedLoose(proj)) {
 		return p
 	}
-
-	child := p.Children()[0]
+	if join, ok := p.Parents()[0].(*LogicalJoin); ok {
+		pe.resetDefaultValues(join, p)
+	}
 	exprs := proj.Exprs
 	for i, col := range proj.Schema().Columns {
 		replace[string(col.HashCode())] = exprs[i].(*expression.Column)
 	}
 	err := RemovePlan(p)
 	terror.Log(errors.Trace(err))
-	return child.(LogicalPlan)
+	return p.Children()[0].(LogicalPlan)
+}
+
+// If the inner child of a Join is a Projection which been eliminated,
+// and the schema of child plan of Projection is not consistent with
+// the schema of Projection, the default values of Join should be reset.
+func (pe *projectionEliminater) resetDefaultValues(join *LogicalJoin, prj Plan) {
+	prjChild := prj.Children()[0]
+	var joinInnerChild Plan
+	switch join.JoinType {
+	case LeftOuterJoin:
+		joinInnerChild = join.Children()[1]
+	case RightOuterJoin:
+		joinInnerChild = join.Children()[0]
+	default:
+		return
+	}
+	if joinInnerChild != prj {
+		return
+	}
+	var schemaIdxMap map[int]int
+	prjSchema := prj.Schema().Columns
+	childOfPrjSchema := prjChild.Schema().Columns
+	for i := 0; i < len(prjSchema); i++ {
+		for j := 0; j < len(childOfPrjSchema); j++ {
+			if prjSchema[i].Equal(childOfPrjSchema[j], nil) {
+				schemaIdxMap[i] = j
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	newDefaultValues := make([]types.Datum, len(childOfPrjSchema))
+	for i := range prjSchema {
+		if j, ok := schemaIdxMap[i]; ok {
+			newDefaultValues[j] = join.DefaultValues[i]
+		}
+	}
+	join.DefaultValues = newDefaultValues
+	return
 }
 
 func (p *LogicalJoin) replaceExprColumns(replace map[string]*expression.Column) {