diff --git a/executor/insert_test.go b/executor/insert_test.go
index 93ad86e648e33..bc3e2d612d940 100644
--- a/executor/insert_test.go
+++ b/executor/insert_test.go
@@ -1309,3 +1309,20 @@ func (s *testSuite9) TestBinaryLiteralInsertToSet(c *C) {
 	tk.MustExec("insert into bintest(h) values(0x61)")
 	tk.MustQuery("select * from bintest").Check(testkit.Rows("a"))
 }
+
+func (s *testSuite9) TestIssue26762(c *C) {
+	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(c, s.store)
+	tk.MustExec(`use test`)
+	tk.MustExec("drop table if exists t1;")
+	tk.MustExec("create table t1(c1 date);")
+	_, err := tk.Exec("insert into t1 values('2020-02-31');")
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, `[table:1366]Incorrect date value: '2020-02-31' for column 'c1' at row 1`)
+
+	tk.MustExec("set @@sql_mode='ALLOW_INVALID_DATES';")
+	tk.MustExec("insert into t1 values('2020-02-31');")
+	tk.MustQuery("select * from t1").Check(testkit.Rows("2020-02-31"))
+
+	tk.MustExec("set @@sql_mode='STRICT_TRANS_TABLES';")
+	_, err = tk.Exec("insert into t1 values('2020-02-31');")
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, `[table:1366]Incorrect date value: '2020-02-31' for column 'c1' at row 1`)
+}
diff --git a/table/column.go b/table/column.go
index 72fedda4fd796..2e78678056000 100644
--- a/table/column.go
+++ b/table/column.go
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ func handleZeroDatetime(ctx sessionctx.Context, col *model.ColumnInfo, casted ty
 		return types.NewDatum(zeroV), true, nil
 	} else if tm.IsZero() || tm.InvalidZero() {
 		if tm.IsZero() {
-			if !mode.HasNoZeroDateMode() {
+			// Don't care NoZeroDate mode if time val is invalid.
+			if !tmIsInvalid && !mode.HasNoZeroDateMode() {
 				return types.NewDatum(zeroV), true, nil
 			}
 		} else if tm.InvalidZero() {