diff --git a/mysql-test/r/order_by.result b/mysql-test/r/order_by.result
index e70ce75797d..dc29c5ec226 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/order_by.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/order_by.result
@@ -1428,6 +1428,22 @@ set session max_sort_length= 2180;
 select * from t1 order by b;
 ERROR HY001: Out of sort memory; increase server sort buffer size
 drop table t1;
+#
+# Bug #39844: Query Crash Mysql Server 5.0.67
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT PRIMARY KEY);
+CREATE TABLE t2 (a INT PRIMARY KEY, b INT);
+CREATE TABLE t3 (c INT);
+INSERT INTO t1 (a) VALUES (1), (2);
+INSERT INTO t2 (a,b) VALUES (1,2), (2,3);
+INSERT INTO t3 (c) VALUES (1), (2);
+SELECT
+(SELECT t1.a FROM t1, t2 WHERE t1.a = t2.b AND t2.a = t3.c ORDER BY t1.a)
+FROM t3;
+(SELECT t1.a FROM t1, t2 WHERE t1.a = t2.b AND t2.a = t3.c ORDER BY t1.a)
+2
+NULL
+DROP TABLE t1, t2, t3;
 CREATE TABLE t2 (a varchar(32), b int(11), c float, d double, 
 UNIQUE KEY a (a,b,c), KEY b (b), KEY c (c));
 CREATE TABLE t1 (a varchar(32), b char(3), UNIQUE KEY a (a,b), KEY b (b));
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/order_by.test b/mysql-test/t/order_by.test
index bf4cc37a80f..f09c1aa7bd4 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/order_by.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/order_by.test
@@ -847,6 +847,26 @@ set session max_sort_length= 2180;
 select * from t1 order by b;
 drop table t1;
 
+
+--echo #
+--echo # Bug #39844: Query Crash Mysql Server 5.0.67
+--echo #
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT PRIMARY KEY);
+CREATE TABLE t2 (a INT PRIMARY KEY, b INT);
+CREATE TABLE t3 (c INT);
+
+INSERT INTO t1 (a) VALUES (1), (2);
+INSERT INTO t2 (a,b) VALUES (1,2), (2,3);
+INSERT INTO t3 (c) VALUES (1), (2);
+
+SELECT
+  (SELECT t1.a FROM t1, t2 WHERE t1.a = t2.b AND t2.a = t3.c ORDER BY t1.a)
+  FROM t3;
+
+DROP TABLE t1, t2, t3;
+
+
 #
 # Bug #35206: select query result different if the key is indexed or not
 #
diff --git a/sql/sql_select.cc b/sql/sql_select.cc
index 941b9a4ebc8..9debe2bb038 100644
--- a/sql/sql_select.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_select.cc
@@ -6863,6 +6863,7 @@ only_eq_ref_tables(JOIN *join,ORDER *order,table_map tables)
 {
   if (specialflag &  SPECIAL_SAFE_MODE)
     return 0;			// skip this optimize /* purecov: inspected */
+  tables&= ~PSEUDO_TABLE_BITS;
   for (JOIN_TAB **tab=join->map2table ; tables ; tab++, tables>>=1)
   {
     if (tables & 1 && !eq_ref_table(join, order, *tab))