diff --git a/mysql-test/r/user_var.result b/mysql-test/r/user_var.result
index 6fd7b39f226..2988a13de41 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/user_var.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/user_var.result
@@ -353,3 +353,10 @@ select @a:=f4, count(f4) from t1 group by 1 desc;
 2.6	1
 1.6	4
 drop table t1;
+create table t1 (f1 int);
+insert into t1 values (2), (1);
+select @i := f1 as j from t1 order by 1;
+j
+1
+2
+drop table t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/user_var.test b/mysql-test/t/user_var.test
index 3a3e8f88f83..ca02e0b5f2d 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/user_var.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/user_var.test
@@ -237,3 +237,11 @@ select @a:=f2, count(f2) from t1 group by 1 desc;
 select @a:=f3, count(f3) from t1 group by 1 desc;
 select @a:=f4, count(f4) from t1 group by 1 desc;
 drop table t1;
+
+#
+# Bug#32482: Crash for a query with ORDER BY a user variable.
+#
+create table t1 (f1 int);
+insert into t1 values (2), (1);
+select @i := f1 as j from t1 order by 1;
+drop table t1;
diff --git a/sql/item_func.cc b/sql/item_func.cc
index e2551979202..41de960a37e 100644
--- a/sql/item_func.cc
+++ b/sql/item_func.cc
@@ -3848,9 +3848,12 @@ Item_func_set_user_var::fix_length_and_dec()
 
 bool Item_func_set_user_var::register_field_in_read_map(uchar *arg)
 {
-  TABLE *table= (TABLE *) arg;
-  if (result_field->table == table || !table)
-    bitmap_set_bit(result_field->table->read_set, result_field->field_index);
+  if (result_field)
+  {
+    TABLE *table= (TABLE *) arg;
+    if (result_field->table == table || !table)
+      bitmap_set_bit(result_field->table->read_set, result_field->field_index);
+  }
   return 0;
 }