diff --git a/go/binlog/gomysql_reader.go b/go/binlog/gomysql_reader.go
index 79f258e3a..d42ba1f30 100644
--- a/go/binlog/gomysql_reader.go
+++ b/go/binlog/gomysql_reader.go
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ func (this *GoMySQLReader) GetCurrentBinlogCoordinates() *mysql.BinlogCoordinate
 
 // StreamEvents
 func (this *GoMySQLReader) handleRowsEvent(ev *replication.BinlogEvent, rowsEvent *replication.RowsEvent, entriesChannel chan<- *BinlogEntry) error {
+	if this.currentCoordinates.IsLogPosOverflowBeyond4Bytes(&this.LastAppliedRowsEventHint) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unexpected rows event at %+v, the binlog end_log_pos is overflow 4 bytes", this.currentCoordinates)
+	}
+
 	if this.currentCoordinates.SmallerThanOrEquals(&this.LastAppliedRowsEventHint) {
 		this.migrationContext.Log.Debugf("Skipping handled query at %+v", this.currentCoordinates)
 		return nil
@@ -141,6 +145,7 @@ func (this *GoMySQLReader) StreamEvents(canStopStreaming func() bool, entriesCha
 			this.currentCoordinatesMutex.Lock()
 			defer this.currentCoordinatesMutex.Unlock()
 			this.currentCoordinates.LogPos = int64(ev.Header.LogPos)
+			this.currentCoordinates.EventSize = int64(ev.Header.EventSize)
 		}()
 
 		switch binlogEvent := ev.Event.(type) {
diff --git a/go/mysql/binlog.go b/go/mysql/binlog.go
index ad5e56f12..92d832f00 100644
--- a/go/mysql/binlog.go
+++ b/go/mysql/binlog.go
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ import (
 
 // BinlogCoordinates described binary log coordinates in the form of log file & log position.
 type BinlogCoordinates struct {
-	LogFile string
-	LogPos  int64
+	LogFile   string
+	LogPos    int64
+	EventSize int64
 }
 
 // ParseInstanceKey will parse an InstanceKey from a string representation such as 127.0.0.1:3306
@@ -74,3 +75,27 @@ func (this *BinlogCoordinates) SmallerThanOrEquals(other *BinlogCoordinates) boo
 	}
 	return this.LogFile == other.LogFile && this.LogPos == other.LogPos
 }
+
+// IsLogPosOverflowBeyond4Bytes returns true if the coordinate endpos is overflow beyond 4 bytes.
+// The binlog event end_log_pos field type is defined as uint32, 4 bytes.
+// https://github.com/go-mysql-org/go-mysql/blob/master/replication/event.go
+// https://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/mysql-server/latest/page_protocol_replication_binlog_event.html#sect_protocol_replication_binlog_event_header
+// Issue: https://github.com/github/gh-ost/issues/1366
+func (this *BinlogCoordinates) IsLogPosOverflowBeyond4Bytes(preCoordinate *BinlogCoordinates) bool {
+	if preCoordinate == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	if preCoordinate.IsEmpty() {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if this.LogFile != preCoordinate.LogFile {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if preCoordinate.LogPos+this.EventSize >= 1<<32 {
+		// Unexpected rows event, the previous binlog log_pos + current binlog event_size is overflow 4 bytes
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/go/mysql/binlog_test.go b/go/mysql/binlog_test.go
index 1bb7c0598..6d7a567af 100644
--- a/go/mysql/binlog_test.go
+++ b/go/mysql/binlog_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 package mysql
 
 import (
+	"math"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/openark/golib/log"
@@ -52,3 +53,46 @@ func TestBinlogCoordinatesAsKey(t *testing.T) {
 
 	test.S(t).ExpectEquals(len(m), 3)
 }
+
+func TestIsLogPosOverflowBeyond4Bytes(t *testing.T) {
+	{
+		var preCoordinates *BinlogCoordinates
+		curCoordinates := &BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: 10321, EventSize: 1100}
+		test.S(t).ExpectFalse(curCoordinates.IsLogPosOverflowBeyond4Bytes(preCoordinates))
+	}
+	{
+		preCoordinates := &BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: 1100, EventSize: 1100}
+		curCoordinates := &BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: int64(uint32(preCoordinates.LogPos + 1100)), EventSize: 1100}
+		test.S(t).ExpectFalse(curCoordinates.IsLogPosOverflowBeyond4Bytes(preCoordinates))
+	}
+	{
+		preCoordinates := &BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00016", LogPos: 1100, EventSize: 1100}
+		curCoordinates := &BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: int64(uint32(preCoordinates.LogPos + 1100)), EventSize: 1100}
+		test.S(t).ExpectFalse(curCoordinates.IsLogPosOverflowBeyond4Bytes(preCoordinates))
+	}
+	{
+		preCoordinates := &BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: math.MaxUint32 - 1001, EventSize: 1000}
+		curCoordinates := &BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: int64(uint32(preCoordinates.LogPos + 1000)), EventSize: 1000}
+		test.S(t).ExpectFalse(curCoordinates.IsLogPosOverflowBeyond4Bytes(preCoordinates))
+	}
+	{
+		preCoordinates := &BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: math.MaxUint32 - 1000, EventSize: 1000}
+		curCoordinates := &BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: int64(uint32(preCoordinates.LogPos + 1000)), EventSize: 1000}
+		test.S(t).ExpectFalse(curCoordinates.IsLogPosOverflowBeyond4Bytes(preCoordinates))
+	}
+	{
+		preCoordinates := &BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: math.MaxUint32 - 999, EventSize: 1000}
+		curCoordinates := &BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: int64(uint32(preCoordinates.LogPos + 1000)), EventSize: 1000}
+		test.S(t).ExpectTrue(curCoordinates.IsLogPosOverflowBeyond4Bytes(preCoordinates))
+	}
+	{
+		preCoordinates := &BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: int64(uint32(math.MaxUint32 - 500)), EventSize: 1000}
+		curCoordinates := &BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: int64(uint32(preCoordinates.LogPos + 1000)), EventSize: 1000}
+		test.S(t).ExpectTrue(curCoordinates.IsLogPosOverflowBeyond4Bytes(preCoordinates))
+	}
+	{
+		preCoordinates := &BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: math.MaxUint32, EventSize: 1000}
+		curCoordinates := &BinlogCoordinates{LogFile: "mysql-bin.00017", LogPos: int64(uint32(preCoordinates.LogPos + 1000)), EventSize: 1000}
+		test.S(t).ExpectTrue(curCoordinates.IsLogPosOverflowBeyond4Bytes(preCoordinates))
+	}
+}