diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_32357.pl b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_32357.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e4b8b57e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_32357.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use Modern::Perl;
+
+return {
+    bug_number => "32357",
+    description => "Set borrower_message_preferences.days_in_advance default to NULL",
+    up => sub {
+        my ($args) = @_;
+        my ($dbh, $out) = @$args{qw(dbh out)};
+        $dbh->do(q{
+            ALTER TABLE borrower_message_preferences ALTER days_in_advance SET DEFAULT NULL;
+        });
+        say $out "Updated column 'borrower_message_preferences.days_in_advance default' to NULL";
+    },
+};
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql b/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
index d827ae697a..f07319c42a 100644
--- a/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/kohastructure.sql
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `borrower_message_preferences` (
   `borrowernumber` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `categorycode` varchar(10) DEFAULT NULL,
   `message_attribute_id` int(11) DEFAULT 0,
-  `days_in_advance` int(11) DEFAULT 0,
+  `days_in_advance` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `wants_digest` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
   PRIMARY KEY (`borrower_message_preference_id`),
   KEY `borrowernumber` (`borrowernumber`),