diff --git a/src/yb/docdb/docdb_compaction_context.cc b/src/yb/docdb/docdb_compaction_context.cc
index c747b11677e1..1a30c3c2ca9b 100644
--- a/src/yb/docdb/docdb_compaction_context.cc
+++ b/src/yb/docdb/docdb_compaction_context.cc
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ class PackedRowData {
             dockv::PackerBase(&*packer_).schema().GetMissingValueByColumnId(column_id));
         return CheckPackOldValueResult(
             column_id, std::visit([column_id, missing_value](auto& packer) {
-          return packer.AddValue(column_id, missing_value);
+          return packer.AddValue(column_id, missing_value, kUnlimitedTail);
         }, *packer_));
       }
       return DoPackOldValue(column_id, decoder.FetchValue(decoder.GetPackedIndex(column_id)));
diff --git a/src/yb/dockv/packed_row.cc b/src/yb/dockv/packed_row.cc
index 89aa7931463c..b4a5f1c0db70 100644
--- a/src/yb/dockv/packed_row.cc
+++ b/src/yb/dockv/packed_row.cc
@@ -406,8 +406,8 @@ void RowPackerV1::Init(SchemaVersion version) {
   result_.Truncate(prefix_end_);
 }
 
-Result<bool> RowPackerV1::AddValue(ColumnId column_id, const QLValuePB& value) {
-  return DoAddValue(column_id, value, /* tail_size= */ 0);
+Result<bool> RowPackerV1::AddValue(ColumnId column_id, const QLValuePB& value, ssize_t tail_size) {
+  return DoAddValue(column_id, value, tail_size);
 }
 
 Result<bool> RowPackerV1::AddValue(ColumnId column_id, const LWQLValuePB& value) {
@@ -489,8 +489,9 @@ Result<bool> RowPackerV2::AddValue(
   return DoAddValue(column_id, std::pair(value_prefix, value_suffix), tail_size);
 }
 
-Result<bool> RowPackerV2::AddValue(ColumnId column_id, const QLValuePB& value) {
-  return DoAddValue(column_id, value, /* tail_size= */ 0);
+Result<bool> RowPackerV2::AddValue(
+    ColumnId column_id, const QLValuePB& value, ssize_t tail_size) {
+  return DoAddValue(column_id, value, tail_size);
 }
 
 Result<bool> RowPackerV2::AddValue(ColumnId column_id, const LWQLValuePB& value) {
diff --git a/src/yb/dockv/packed_row.h b/src/yb/dockv/packed_row.h
index d01eecc93002..80652734537a 100644
--- a/src/yb/dockv/packed_row.h
+++ b/src/yb/dockv/packed_row.h
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class RowPackerV1 : public RowPackerBase {
   // Add value consisting of 2 parts - value_prefix+value_suffix.
   Result<bool> AddValue(
       ColumnId column_id, Slice value_prefix, PackedValueV1 value_suffix, ssize_t tail_size);
-  Result<bool> AddValue(ColumnId column_id, const QLValuePB& value);
+  Result<bool> AddValue(ColumnId column_id, const QLValuePB& value, ssize_t tail_size = 0);
   Result<bool> AddValue(ColumnId column_id, const LWQLValuePB& value);
   Result<bool> AddValue(ColumnId column_id, Slice control_fields, const QLValuePB& value);
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class RowPackerV2 : public RowPackerBase {
   // Add value consisting of 2 parts - value_prefix+value_suffix.
   Result<bool> AddValue(
       ColumnId column_id, Slice value_prefix, PackedValueV1 value_suffix, ssize_t tail_size);
-  Result<bool> AddValue(ColumnId column_id, const QLValuePB& value);
+  Result<bool> AddValue(ColumnId column_id, const QLValuePB& value, ssize_t tail_size = 0);
   Result<bool> AddValue(ColumnId column_id, const LWQLValuePB& value);
   Result<bool> AddValue(ColumnId column_id, const PackableValue& value);
 
diff --git a/src/yb/yql/pgwrapper/pg_packed_row-test.cc b/src/yb/yql/pgwrapper/pg_packed_row-test.cc
index ce8dbd987c1b..52b0ccace667 100644
--- a/src/yb/yql/pgwrapper/pg_packed_row-test.cc
+++ b/src/yb/yql/pgwrapper/pg_packed_row-test.cc
@@ -685,6 +685,10 @@ TEST_P(PgPackedRowTest, PackOverflow) {
   ASSERT_OK(conn.Execute("ALTER TABLE t ADD COLUMN v2 TEXT"));
 
   ASSERT_OK(cluster_->CompactTablets());
+
+  ASSERT_OK(conn.Execute("ALTER TABLE t ADD COLUMN v3 TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP NULL"));
+
+  ASSERT_OK(cluster_->CompactTablets());
 }
 
 TEST_P(PgPackedRowTest, AddDropColumn) {