diff --git a/mysql-test/r/ndb_charset.result b/mysql-test/r/ndb_charset.result
index 752a4fba630..500b0497890 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/ndb_charset.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/ndb_charset.result
@@ -305,31 +305,6 @@ count(*)
 48
 drop table t1;
 create table t1 (
-a char(5) character set ucs2,
-b varchar(7) character set utf8,
-primary key(a, b)
-) engine=ndb;
-insert into t1 values
-('a','A '),('B   ','b'),('c','C    '),('D','d'),('e  ','E'),('F','f  '),
-('A','b '),('b   ','C'),('C','d  '),('d','E'),('E  ','f'),
-('a','C '),('B   ','d'),('c','E  '),('D','f');
-insert into t1 values('d','f');
-ERROR 23000: Duplicate entry '' for key 1
-select a,b,length(a),length(b) from t1 order by a,b limit 3;
-a	b	length(a)	length(b)
-a	A 	2	2
-A	b 	2	2
-a	C 	2	2
-select a,b,length(a),length(b) from t1 order by a desc, b desc limit 3;
-a	b	length(a)	length(b)
-F	f  	2	3
-E	f	2	1
-e	E	2	1
-select a,b,length(a),length(b) from t1 where a='c' and b='c';
-a	b	length(a)	length(b)
-c	C    	2	5
-drop table t1;
-create table t1 (
 a char(10) primary key
 ) engine=ndb;
 insert into t1 values ('jonas % ');
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/ndb_charset.test b/mysql-test/t/ndb_charset.test
index ab2bbcc3ad8..6a191636f1e 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/ndb_charset.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/ndb_charset.test
@@ -217,24 +217,24 @@ select count(*) from t1 x, t1 y, t1 z where x.a = y.a and y.a = z.a;
 drop table t1;
 
 # minimal multi-byte test
-
-create table t1 (
-  a char(5) character set ucs2,
-  b varchar(7) character set utf8,
-  primary key(a, b)
-) engine=ndb;
+# removed by jonas as this requires a configure --with-extra-charsets
+#create table t1 (
+#  a char(5) character set ucs2,
+#  b varchar(7) character set utf8,
+#  primary key(a, b)
+#) engine=ndb;
 #
-insert into t1 values
-  ('a','A '),('B   ','b'),('c','C    '),('D','d'),('e  ','E'),('F','f  '),
-  ('A','b '),('b   ','C'),('C','d  '),('d','E'),('E  ','f'),
-  ('a','C '),('B   ','d'),('c','E  '),('D','f');
--- error 1062
-insert into t1 values('d','f');
+#insert into t1 values
+#  ('a','A '),('B   ','b'),('c','C    '),('D','d'),('e  ','E'),('F','f  '),
+#  ('A','b '),('b   ','C'),('C','d  '),('d','E'),('E  ','f'),
+#  ('a','C '),('B   ','d'),('c','E  '),('D','f');
+#-- error 1062
+#insert into t1 values('d','f');
 #
-select a,b,length(a),length(b) from t1 order by a,b limit 3;
-select a,b,length(a),length(b) from t1 order by a desc, b desc limit 3;
-select a,b,length(a),length(b) from t1 where a='c' and b='c';
-drop table t1;
+#select a,b,length(a),length(b) from t1 order by a,b limit 3;
+#select a,b,length(a),length(b) from t1 order by a desc, b desc limit 3;
+#select a,b,length(a),length(b) from t1 where a='c' and b='c';
+#drop table t1;
 
 # bug 
 create table t1 (
diff --git a/ndb/src/common/util/NdbSqlUtil.cpp b/ndb/src/common/util/NdbSqlUtil.cpp
index 1e280ae0fac..82f99d0e7fd 100644
--- a/ndb/src/common/util/NdbSqlUtil.cpp
+++ b/ndb/src/common/util/NdbSqlUtil.cpp
@@ -545,6 +545,15 @@ NdbSqlUtil::cmpDate(const void* info, const void* p1, unsigned n1, const void* p
   assert(! full);
   return CmpUnknown;
 #else
+  char t1[4], t2[4];
+  if (n1 == 3 && n2 == 3)
+  {
+    memcpy(t1, p1, 3);
+    memcpy(t2, p2, 3);
+    p1 = t1;
+    p2 = t2;
+    n1 = n2 = 4;
+  }
   if (n2 >= 4) {        // may access 4-th byte
     const uchar* v1 = (const uchar*)p1;
     const uchar* v2 = (const uchar*)p2;