diff --git a/mysql-test/r/innodb_mysql.result b/mysql-test/r/innodb_mysql.result
index b073e4bd6ce..7450d8c349b 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/innodb_mysql.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/innodb_mysql.result
@@ -1213,4 +1213,16 @@ a	b
 3	2
 1	1
 DROP TABLE t1;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (id int, type char(6), d int, INDEX idx(id,d)) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES 
+(191, 'member', 1), (NULL, 'member', 3), (NULL, 'member', 4), (201, 'member', 2);
+EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE id=191 OR id IS NULL ORDER BY d;
+id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
+1	SIMPLE	t1	ALL	idx	NULL	NULL	NULL	3	Using where; Using filesort
+SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE id=191 OR id IS NULL ORDER BY d;
+id	type	d
+191	member	1
+NULL	member	3
+NULL	member	4
+DROP TABLE t1;
 End of 5.0 tests
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/innodb_mysql.test b/mysql-test/t/innodb_mysql.test
index f64efd600c5..f1b15d05a60 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/innodb_mysql.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/innodb_mysql.test
@@ -960,4 +960,19 @@ SELECT * FROM t1 ORDER BY b DESC, a ASC;
 
 DROP TABLE t1;
 
+#
+# Bug #32815: query with ORDER BY and a possible ref_or_null access
+#
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 (id int, type char(6), d int, INDEX idx(id,d)) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES 
+  (191, 'member', 1), (NULL, 'member', 3), (NULL, 'member', 4), (201, 'member', 2); 
+
+EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE id=191 OR id IS NULL ORDER BY d;
+SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE id=191 OR id IS NULL ORDER BY d;
+
+DROP TABLE t1;
+
+
+
 --echo End of 5.0 tests
diff --git a/sql/sql_select.cc b/sql/sql_select.cc
index bcf538cdde2..d1bd018878a 100644
--- a/sql/sql_select.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_select.cc
@@ -3691,7 +3691,7 @@ update_ref_and_keys(THD *thd, DYNAMIC_ARRAY *keyuse,JOIN_TAB *join_tab,
     found_eq_constant=0;
     for (i=0 ; i < keyuse->elements-1 ; i++,use++)
     {
-      if (!use->used_tables)
+      if (!use->used_tables && use->optimize != KEY_OPTIMIZE_REF_OR_NULL)
 	use->table->const_key_parts[use->key]|= use->keypart_map;
       if (use->keypart != FT_KEYPART)
       {