diff --git a/mysql-test/r/func_gconcat.result b/mysql-test/r/func_gconcat.result
index 0c8054c1f03..1ddbc18d965 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/func_gconcat.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/func_gconcat.result
@@ -321,3 +321,33 @@ HAVING LEFT(names, 1) ='J';
 names
 John###Anna###Bill
 DROP TABLE t1;
+CREATE TABLE t1 ( a int, b TEXT );
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,'First Row'), (2,'Second Row');
+SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(b ORDER BY b) FROM t1 GROUP BY a;
+GROUP_CONCAT(b ORDER BY b)
+First Row
+Second Row
+DROP TABLE t1;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a_id tinyint(4) NOT NULL default '0', PRIMARY KEY  (a_id)) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1),(2),(3);
+CREATE TABLE t2 (b_id tinyint(4) NOT NULL default '0',b_a tinyint(4) NOT NULL default '0', PRIMARY KEY  (b_id), KEY  (b_a), 
+CONSTRAINT fk_b_a FOREIGN KEY (b_a) REFERENCES t1 (a_id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE NO ACTION) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (1,1),(2,1),(3,1),(4,2),(5,2);
+SELECT * FROM (SELECT t1.*,GROUP_CONCAT(t2.b_id SEPARATOR ',') as b_list FROM (t1 LEFT JOIN (t2) on t1.a_id = t2.b_a) GROUP BY t1.a_id ) AS xyz;
+a_id	b_list
+1	1,2,3
+2	4,5
+3	NULL
+DROP TABLE t2;
+DROP TABLE t1;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (A_ID INT NOT NULL,A_DESC CHAR(3) NOT NULL,PRIMARY KEY (A_ID));
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,'ABC'), (2,'EFG'), (3,'HIJ');
+CREATE TABLE t2 (A_ID INT NOT NULL,B_DESC CHAR(3) NOT NULL,PRIMARY KEY (A_ID,B_DESC));
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (1,'A'),(1,'B'),(3,'F');
+SELECT t1.A_ID, GROUP_CONCAT(t2.B_DESC) AS B_DESC FROM t1 LEFT JOIN t2 ON t1.A_ID=t2.A_ID GROUP BY t1.A_ID ORDER BY t1.A_DESC;
+A_ID	B_DESC
+1	A,B
+2	NULL
+3	F
+DROP TABLE t1;
+DROP TABLE t2;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/func_gconcat.test b/mysql-test/t/func_gconcat.test
index 62343fa2af8..d27e5d7d77f 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/func_gconcat.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/func_gconcat.test
@@ -201,3 +201,38 @@ SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(a SEPARATOR '||') AS names FROM t1
 SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(a SEPARATOR '###') AS names FROM t1 
   HAVING LEFT(names, 1) ='J';
 DROP TABLE t1;
+
+#
+# check blobs
+#
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 ( a int, b TEXT );
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,'First Row'), (2,'Second Row');
+SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(b ORDER BY b) FROM t1 GROUP BY a;
+DROP TABLE t1;
+
+#
+# check null values #1
+#
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a_id tinyint(4) NOT NULL default '0', PRIMARY KEY  (a_id)) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1),(2),(3);
+CREATE TABLE t2 (b_id tinyint(4) NOT NULL default '0',b_a tinyint(4) NOT NULL default '0', PRIMARY KEY  (b_id), KEY  (b_a), 
+                CONSTRAINT fk_b_a FOREIGN KEY (b_a) REFERENCES t1 (a_id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE NO ACTION) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (1,1),(2,1),(3,1),(4,2),(5,2);
+SELECT * FROM (SELECT t1.*,GROUP_CONCAT(t2.b_id SEPARATOR ',') as b_list FROM (t1 LEFT JOIN (t2) on t1.a_id = t2.b_a) GROUP BY t1.a_id ) AS xyz;
+DROP TABLE t2;
+DROP TABLE t1;
+
+#
+# check null values #2
+#
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 (A_ID INT NOT NULL,A_DESC CHAR(3) NOT NULL,PRIMARY KEY (A_ID));
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,'ABC'), (2,'EFG'), (3,'HIJ');
+CREATE TABLE t2 (A_ID INT NOT NULL,B_DESC CHAR(3) NOT NULL,PRIMARY KEY (A_ID,B_DESC));
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (1,'A'),(1,'B'),(3,'F');
+SELECT t1.A_ID, GROUP_CONCAT(t2.B_DESC) AS B_DESC FROM t1 LEFT JOIN t2 ON t1.A_ID=t2.A_ID GROUP BY t1.A_ID ORDER BY t1.A_DESC;
+DROP TABLE t1;
+DROP TABLE t2;
+
diff --git a/sql/item_sum.cc b/sql/item_sum.cc
index 7a8e15e0a9d..c256055d5bb 100644
--- a/sql/item_sum.cc
+++ b/sql/item_sum.cc
@@ -1966,12 +1966,12 @@ Item_func_group_concat::fix_fields(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *tables, Item **ref)
     Fix fields for select list and ORDER clause
   */
 
-  for (i= 0 ; i < arg_count ; i++)
+  for (i=0 ; i < arg_count ; i++)  
   {
     if (args[i]->fix_fields(thd, tables, args + i) || args[i]->check_cols(1))
       return 1;
-    if (i < arg_count_field && args[i]->maybe_null)
-      maybe_null= 0;
+    if (i < arg_count_field)
+      maybe_null |= args[i]->maybe_null;
   }
 
   result_field= 0;
@@ -2043,10 +2043,13 @@ bool Item_func_group_concat::setup(THD *thd)
 
     Note that in the table, we first have the ORDER BY fields, then the
     field list.
+
+    We need to set set_sum_field in true for storing value of blob in buffer 
+    of a record instead of a pointer of one. 
   */
-  if (!(table=create_tmp_table(thd, tmp_table_param, all_fields, 0,
-			       0, 0, 0,select_lex->options | thd->options,
-			       (char *) "")))
+  if (!(table=create_tmp_table(thd, tmp_table_param, all_fields, 
+			       (ORDER*) 0, 0, TRUE,select_lex->options | thd->options,
+			       HA_POS_ERROR,(char *) "")))
     DBUG_RETURN(1);
   table->file->extra(HA_EXTRA_NO_ROWS);
   table->no_rows= 1;