diff --git a/mysql-test/r/join_nested.result b/mysql-test/r/join_nested.result
index 0747418111b..f5c98f383b7 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/join_nested.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/join_nested.result
@@ -1562,3 +1562,46 @@ id	ngroupbynsa
 2	1
 2	1
 DROP TABLE t1,t2,t3,t4,t5;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (
+id int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+ct int DEFAULT NULL,
+pc int DEFAULT NULL,
+INDEX idx_ct (ct),
+INDEX idx_pc (pc)
+);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES  
+(1,NULL,NULL),(2,NULL,NULL),(3,NULL,NULL),(4,NULL,NULL),(5,NULL,NULL);
+CREATE TABLE t2 (
+id int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+sr int NOT NULL,
+nm varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+INDEX idx_sr (sr)
+);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES
+(2441905,4308,'LesAbymes'),(2441906,4308,'Anse-Bertrand');
+CREATE TABLE t3 (
+id int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+ct int NOT NULL,
+ln int NOT NULL,
+INDEX idx_ct (ct),
+INDEX idx_ln (ln)
+);
+CREATE TABLE t4 (
+id int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+nm varchar(255) NOT NULL
+);
+INSERT INTO t4 VALUES (4308,'Guadeloupe'),(4309,'Martinique');
+SELECT t1.*
+FROM t1 LEFT JOIN
+(t2 LEFT JOIN t3 ON t3.ct=t2.id AND t3.ln='5') ON t1.ct=t2.id
+WHERE t1.id='5';
+id	ct	pc
+5	NULL	NULL
+SELECT t1.*, t4.nm
+FROM t1 LEFT JOIN
+(t2 LEFT JOIN t3 ON t3.ct=t2.id AND t3.ln='5') ON t1.ct=t2.id
+LEFT JOIN t4 ON t2.sr=t4.id
+WHERE t1.id='5';
+id	ct	pc	nm
+5	NULL	NULL	NULL
+DROP TABLE t1,t2,t3,t4;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/join_nested.test b/mysql-test/t/join_nested.test
index 69886d035bf..e7405418be7 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/join_nested.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/join_nested.test
@@ -994,3 +994,54 @@ SELECT t1.id1 AS id, t5.id1 AS ngroupbynsa
 
 DROP TABLE t1,t2,t3,t4,t5;
 
+#
+# Test for bug #24345: crash with nested left outer join when outer table is substituted
+#                      for a row that happens to have a null value for the join attribute.
+#
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 (
+  id int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+  ct int DEFAULT NULL,
+  pc int DEFAULT NULL,
+  INDEX idx_ct (ct),
+  INDEX idx_pc (pc)
+);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES  
+ (1,NULL,NULL),(2,NULL,NULL),(3,NULL,NULL),(4,NULL,NULL),(5,NULL,NULL);
+
+CREATE TABLE t2 (
+  id int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+  sr int NOT NULL,
+  nm varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+  INDEX idx_sr (sr)
+);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES
+  (2441905,4308,'LesAbymes'),(2441906,4308,'Anse-Bertrand');
+
+CREATE TABLE t3 (
+  id int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+  ct int NOT NULL,
+  ln int NOT NULL,
+  INDEX idx_ct (ct),
+  INDEX idx_ln (ln)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE t4 (
+  id int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+  nm varchar(255) NOT NULL
+);
+
+INSERT INTO t4 VALUES (4308,'Guadeloupe'),(4309,'Martinique');
+
+SELECT t1.*
+  FROM t1 LEFT JOIN
+       (t2 LEFT JOIN t3 ON t3.ct=t2.id AND t3.ln='5') ON t1.ct=t2.id
+    WHERE t1.id='5';
+
+SELECT t1.*, t4.nm
+  FROM t1 LEFT JOIN
+      (t2 LEFT JOIN t3 ON t3.ct=t2.id AND t3.ln='5') ON t1.ct=t2.id
+          LEFT JOIN t4 ON t2.sr=t4.id
+    WHERE t1.id='5';
+
+DROP TABLE t1,t2,t3,t4;
diff --git a/sql/sql_select.cc b/sql/sql_select.cc
index 0765b97c4d0..abb949ae473 100644
--- a/sql/sql_select.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_select.cc
@@ -2305,8 +2305,18 @@ make_join_statistics(JOIN *join, TABLE_LIST *tables, COND *conds,
         substitution of a const table the key value happens to be null
         then we can state that there are no matches for this equi-join.
       */  
-      if ((keyuse= s->keyuse) && *s->on_expr_ref)
+      if ((keyuse= s->keyuse) && *s->on_expr_ref && !s->embedding_map)
       {
+        /* 
+          When performing an outer join operation if there are no matching rows
+          for the single row of the outer table all the inner tables are to be
+          null complemented and thus considered as constant tables.
+          Here we apply this consideration to the case of outer join operations 
+          with a single inner table only because the case with nested tables
+          would require a more thorough analysis.
+          TODO. Apply single row substitution to null complemented inner tables
+          for nested outer join operations. 
+	*/              
         while (keyuse->table == table)
         {
           if (!(keyuse->val->used_tables() & ~join->const_table_map) &&