diff --git a/mysql-test/r/subselect.result b/mysql-test/r/subselect.result
index 03bb588fec9..d8c4c03dcc0 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/subselect.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/subselect.result
@@ -1624,3 +1624,11 @@ select 2 in (select * from t1);
 1
 SET SQL_SELECT_LIMIT=default;
 drop table t1;
+create table t1 (a int);
+insert into t1 values (1);
+explain select benchmark(1000, (select a from t1 where a=sha(rand())));
+id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
+1	PRIMARY	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	No tables used
+2	UNCACHEABLE SUBQUERY	t1	system	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	1	
+drop table t1;
+
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/subselect.test b/mysql-test/t/subselect.test
index 1a33890360d..b20e85e4d89 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/subselect.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/subselect.test
@@ -1066,3 +1066,10 @@ select 2 in (select * from t1);
 SET SQL_SELECT_LIMIT=default;
 drop table t1;
 
+#
+# Static tables & rund() in subqueries
+#
+create table t1 (a int);
+insert into t1 values (1);
+explain select benchmark(1000, (select a from t1 where a=sha(rand())));
+drop table t1;
diff --git a/sql/item_func.cc b/sql/item_func.cc
index 0327204dbfd..15e965cc096 100644
--- a/sql/item_func.cc
+++ b/sql/item_func.cc
@@ -954,6 +954,7 @@ void Item_func_rand::fix_length_and_dec()
 {
   decimals=NOT_FIXED_DEC; 
   max_length=float_length(decimals);
+  used_tables_cache|= RAND_TABLE_BIT;
   if (arg_count)
   {					// Only use argument once in query
     uint32 tmp= (uint32) (args[0]->val_int());
diff --git a/sql/item_func.h b/sql/item_func.h
index 3890e7c6de5..55b6b0f54fd 100644
--- a/sql/item_func.h
+++ b/sql/item_func.h
@@ -512,7 +512,6 @@ public:
   double val();
   const char *func_name() const { return "rand"; }
   bool const_item() const { return 0; }
-  table_map used_tables() const { return RAND_TABLE_BIT; }
   void fix_length_and_dec();
 };
 
diff --git a/sql/sql_select.cc b/sql/sql_select.cc
index 7605016dbe1..abc8cd610e5 100644
--- a/sql/sql_select.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_select.cc
@@ -584,7 +584,9 @@ JOIN::optimize()
     DBUG_RETURN(1);				// error == -1
   }
   if (const_table_map != found_const_table_map &&
-      !(select_options & SELECT_DESCRIBE))
+      !(select_options & SELECT_DESCRIBE) &&
+      !((conds->used_tables() & RAND_TABLE_BIT) &&
+	select_lex->master_unit() != &thd->lex->unit))// not upper level SELECT
   {
     zero_result_cause= "no matching row in const table";
     DBUG_PRINT("error",("Error: %s", zero_result_cause));
@@ -3408,7 +3410,9 @@ make_join_select(JOIN *join,SQL_SELECT *select,COND *cond)
     table_map used_tables;
     if (join->tables > 1)
       cond->update_used_tables();		// Tablenr may have changed
-    if (join->const_tables == join->tables)
+    if (join->const_tables == join->tables &&
+	join->thd->lex->current_select->master_unit() ==
+	&join->thd->lex->unit)		// not upper level SELECT
       join->const_table_map|=RAND_TABLE_BIT;
     {						// Check const tables
       COND *const_cond=