diff --git a/mysql-test/r/func_time.result b/mysql-test/r/func_time.result
index 5b2deeada55..ef95e0bd558 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/func_time.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/func_time.result
@@ -815,4 +815,7 @@ union
 (select time_format(timediff(now(), DATE_SUB(now(),INTERVAL 5 HOUR)),'%k') As H);
 H
 5
+select last_day('0000-00-00');
+last_day('0000-00-00')
+NULL
 End of 4.1 tests
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/func_time.test b/mysql-test/t/func_time.test
index 066a059483c..a9b6be0cc72 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/func_time.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/func_time.test
@@ -446,4 +446,10 @@ union
 union
 (select time_format(timediff(now(), DATE_SUB(now(),INTERVAL 5 HOUR)),'%k') As H);
 
+#
+# Bug #23653: crash if last_day('0000-00-00')
+#
+
+select last_day('0000-00-00');
+
 --echo End of 4.1 tests
diff --git a/sql/item_timefunc.cc b/sql/item_timefunc.cc
index c1bca7afc60..ec424910f54 100644
--- a/sql/item_timefunc.cc
+++ b/sql/item_timefunc.cc
@@ -3058,7 +3058,8 @@ String *Item_func_str_to_date::val_str(String *str)
 
 bool Item_func_last_day::get_date(TIME *ltime, uint fuzzy_date)
 {
-  if (get_arg0_date(ltime, fuzzy_date & ~TIME_FUZZY_DATE))
+  if (get_arg0_date(ltime, fuzzy_date & ~TIME_FUZZY_DATE) ||
+      (ltime->month == 0))
     return 1;
   uint month_idx= ltime->month-1;
   ltime->day= days_in_month[month_idx];