diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/utils/mysql.go b/go/test/endtoend/utils/mysql.go
index a522af2472e..e6eb693acab 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/utils/mysql.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/utils/mysql.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -240,12 +242,44 @@ func compareVitessAndMySQLResults(t TestingT, query string, vtConn *mysql.Conn,
 	return errors.New(errStr)
 }
 
+// Parse the string representation of a type (i.e. "INT64") into a three elements slice.
+// First element of the slice will contain the full expression, second element contains the
+// type "INT" and the third element contains the size if there is any "64" or empty if we use
+// "TIMESTAMP" for instance.
+var checkFieldsRegExpr = regexp.MustCompile(`([a-zA-Z]*)(\d*)`)
+
 func checkFields(t TestingT, columnName string, vtField, myField *querypb.Field) {
 	t.Helper()
-	if vtField.Type != myField.Type {
+
+	fail := func() {
 		t.Errorf("for column %s field types do not match\nNot equal: \nMySQL: %v\nVitess: %v\n", columnName, myField.Type.String(), vtField.Type.String())
 	}
 
+	if vtField.Type != myField.Type {
+		vtMatches := checkFieldsRegExpr.FindStringSubmatch(vtField.Type.String())
+		myMatches := checkFieldsRegExpr.FindStringSubmatch(myField.Type.String())
+
+		// Here we want to fail if we have totally different types for instance: "INT64" vs "TIMESTAMP"
+		// We do this by checking the length of the regexp slices and checking the second item of the slices (the real type i.e. "INT")
+		if len(vtMatches) != 3 || len(vtMatches) != len(myMatches) || vtMatches[1] != myMatches[1] {
+			fail()
+			return
+		}
+		vtVal, vtErr := strconv.Atoi(vtMatches[2])
+		myVal, myErr := strconv.Atoi(myMatches[2])
+		if vtErr != nil || myErr != nil {
+			fail()
+			return
+		}
+
+		// Types the same now, however, if the size of the type is smaller on Vitess compared to MySQL
+		// we need to fail. We can allow superset but not the opposite.
+		if vtVal < myVal {
+			fail()
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	// starting in Vitess 20, decimal types are properly sized in their field information
 	if BinaryIsAtLeastAtVersion(20, "vtgate") && vtField.Type == sqltypes.Decimal {
 		if vtField.Decimals != myField.Decimals {
diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/utils/mysql_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/utils/mysql_test.go
index 59a5ea255ef..c29f4cef5b7 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/utils/mysql_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/utils/mysql_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/mysql/replication"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/test/endtoend/cluster"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/mysqlctl"
+	querypb "vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/proto/query"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -67,6 +68,47 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	os.Exit(exitCode)
 }
 
+func TestCheckFields(t *testing.T) {
+	createField := func(typ querypb.Type) *querypb.Field {
+		return &querypb.Field{
+			Type: typ,
+		}
+	}
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		fail    bool
+		vtField querypb.Type
+		myField querypb.Type
+	}{
+		{
+			vtField: querypb.Type_INT32,
+			myField: querypb.Type_INT32,
+		},
+		{
+			vtField: querypb.Type_INT64,
+			myField: querypb.Type_INT32,
+		},
+		{
+			fail:    true,
+			vtField: querypb.Type_FLOAT32,
+			myField: querypb.Type_INT32,
+		},
+		{
+			fail:    true,
+			vtField: querypb.Type_TIMESTAMP,
+			myField: querypb.Type_TUPLE,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", c.vtField.String(), c.myField.String()), func(t *testing.T) {
+			tt := &testing.T{}
+			checkFields(tt, "col", createField(c.vtField), createField(c.myField))
+			require.Equal(t, c.fail, tt.Failed())
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCreateMySQL(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	conn, err := mysql.Connect(ctx, &mysqlParams)