diff --git a/mysql-test/r/fulltext.result b/mysql-test/r/fulltext.result
index 50f0a1dc120..ce1703fca0e 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/fulltext.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/fulltext.result
@@ -315,3 +315,9 @@ select count(*) from t1;
 count(*)
 1
 drop table t1;
+CREATE TABLE t1 ( a TEXT, FULLTEXT (a) );
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('testing ft_nlq_find_relevance');
+SELECT MATCH(a) AGAINST ('nosuchword') FROM t1;
+MATCH(a) AGAINST ('nosuchword')
+0
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/fulltext.test b/mysql-test/t/fulltext.test
index b44854860f9..90020e9468e 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/fulltext.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/fulltext.test
@@ -252,3 +252,11 @@ REPAIR TABLE t1;
 select count(*) from t1;
 drop table t1;
 
+#
+# testing out of bounds memory access in ft_nlq_find_relevance()
+# (bug#8522); visible in valgrind.
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1 ( a TEXT, FULLTEXT (a) );
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('testing ft_nlq_find_relevance');
+SELECT MATCH(a) AGAINST ('nosuchword') FROM t1;
+DROP TABLE t1;