diff --git a/mysql-test/r/stat_tables.result b/mysql-test/r/stat_tables.result
index bb3a0a80f7e..a52db46d119 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/stat_tables.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/stat_tables.result
@@ -825,5 +825,19 @@ length(a)
 set names latin1;
 set @@use_stat_tables=@save_use_stat_tables;
 drop table t1;
+#
+# MDEV-23753: SIGSEGV in Column_stat::store_stat_fields
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT, b INT) PARTITION BY HASH (b) PARTITIONS 2;
+LOCK TABLES t1 WRITE;
+ANALYZE TABLE t1 PERSISTENT FOR COLUMNS (a) INDEXES ();
+Table	Op	Msg_type	Msg_text
+test.t1	analyze	status	Engine-independent statistics collected
+test.t1	analyze	status	OK
+ANALYZE TABLE t1 PERSISTENT FOR COLUMNS (nonexisting) INDEXES (nonexisting);
+Table	Op	Msg_type	Msg_text
+test.t1	analyze	status	Engine-independent statistics collected
+test.t1	analyze	error	Invalid argument
+DROP TABLE t1;
 # please keep this at the last
 set @@global.histogram_size=@save_histogram_size;
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/stat_tables_innodb.result b/mysql-test/r/stat_tables_innodb.result
index 23b952cc891..3be6b0bd4b3 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/stat_tables_innodb.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/stat_tables_innodb.result
@@ -852,6 +852,20 @@ length(a)
 set names latin1;
 set @@use_stat_tables=@save_use_stat_tables;
 drop table t1;
+#
+# MDEV-23753: SIGSEGV in Column_stat::store_stat_fields
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT, b INT) PARTITION BY HASH (b) PARTITIONS 2;
+LOCK TABLES t1 WRITE;
+ANALYZE TABLE t1 PERSISTENT FOR COLUMNS (a) INDEXES ();
+Table	Op	Msg_type	Msg_text
+test.t1	analyze	status	Engine-independent statistics collected
+test.t1	analyze	status	OK
+ANALYZE TABLE t1 PERSISTENT FOR COLUMNS (nonexisting) INDEXES (nonexisting);
+Table	Op	Msg_type	Msg_text
+test.t1	analyze	status	Engine-independent statistics collected
+test.t1	analyze	error	Invalid argument
+DROP TABLE t1;
 # please keep this at the last
 set @@global.histogram_size=@save_histogram_size;
 set optimizer_switch=@save_optimizer_switch_for_stat_tables_test;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/stat_tables.test b/mysql-test/t/stat_tables.test
index 4c21e21ea70..f7c18637cdd 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/stat_tables.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/stat_tables.test
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 --source include/have_stat_tables.inc
+--source include/have_partition.inc
 
 select @@global.use_stat_tables;
 select @@session.use_stat_tables;
@@ -568,5 +569,16 @@ set names latin1;
 set @@use_stat_tables=@save_use_stat_tables;
 drop table t1;
 
+--echo #
+--echo # MDEV-23753: SIGSEGV in Column_stat::store_stat_fields
+--echo #
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT, b INT) PARTITION BY HASH (b) PARTITIONS 2;
+LOCK TABLES t1 WRITE;
+ANALYZE TABLE t1 PERSISTENT FOR COLUMNS (a) INDEXES ();
+ANALYZE TABLE t1 PERSISTENT FOR COLUMNS (nonexisting) INDEXES (nonexisting);
+DROP TABLE t1;
+
+
 --echo # please keep this at the last
 set @@global.histogram_size=@save_histogram_size;
diff --git a/sql/sql_statistics.cc b/sql/sql_statistics.cc
index ab8edbf584b..b63172045e6 100644
--- a/sql/sql_statistics.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_statistics.cc
@@ -2110,6 +2110,10 @@ int alloc_statistics_for_table(THD* thd, TABLE *table)
   ulonglong *idx_avg_frequency= (ulonglong*) alloc_root(&table->mem_root,
                                                sizeof(ulonglong) * key_parts);
 
+  if (table->file->ha_rnd_init(TRUE))
+    DBUG_RETURN(1);
+  table->file->ha_rnd_end();
+
   uint columns= 0;
   for (field_ptr= table->field; *field_ptr; field_ptr++)
   {