diff --git a/mysql-test/r/myisam.result b/mysql-test/r/myisam.result
index 55504e8e75b..352cc2fabb9 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/myisam.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/myisam.result
@@ -498,6 +498,16 @@ id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
 1	SIMPLE	t1	system	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	1	Using temporary
 1	SIMPLE	t2	index	NULL	PRIMARY	4	NULL	2	Using index; Distinct
 drop table t1,t2;
+drop table t1;
+create table t1 (
+c1 varchar(32),
+key (c1)
+) engine=myisam;
+alter table t1 disable keys;
+insert into t1 values ('a'), ('b');
+select c1 from t1 order by c1 limit 1;
+c1
+a
 CREATE TABLE t1 (`a` int(11) NOT NULL default '0', `b` int(11) NOT NULL default '0', UNIQUE KEY `a` USING RTREE (`a`,`b`)) ENGINE=MyISAM;
 Got one of the listed errors
 create table t1 (a int, b varchar(200), c text not null) checksum=1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/myisam.test b/mysql-test/t/myisam.test
index 8e9862015bc..ce40cae3266 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/myisam.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/myisam.test
@@ -473,6 +473,18 @@ explain select sql_big_result distinct t1.a from t1,t2 order by t2.a;
 explain select distinct t1.a from t1,t2 order by t2.a;
 drop table t1,t2;
 
+#
+# Bug#14616 - Freshly imported table returns error 124 when using LIMIT
+#
+create table t1 (
+  c1 varchar(32),
+  key (c1)
+) engine=myisam;
+alter table t1 disable keys;
+insert into t1 values ('a'), ('b');
+select c1 from t1 order by c1 limit 1;
+drop table t1;
+
 #
 # Test RTREE index
 #
diff --git a/sql/sql_select.cc b/sql/sql_select.cc
index 5ef3f4d9fda..5e29c98e2c8 100644
--- a/sql/sql_select.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_select.cc
@@ -7354,8 +7354,12 @@ test_if_skip_sort_order(JOIN_TAB *tab,ORDER *order,ha_rows select_limit,
   DBUG_ENTER("test_if_skip_sort_order");
   LINT_INIT(ref_key_parts);
 
-  /* Check which keys can be used to resolve ORDER BY */
-  usable_keys.set_all();
+  /*
+    Check which keys can be used to resolve ORDER BY.
+    We must not try to use disabled keys.
+  */
+  usable_keys= table->keys_in_use;
+
   for (ORDER *tmp_order=order; tmp_order ; tmp_order=tmp_order->next)
   {
     if ((*tmp_order->item)->type() != Item::FIELD_ITEM)