diff --git a/mysql-test/r/ctype_collate.result b/mysql-test/r/ctype_collate.result
index 52ee76d1948..5c9bb93103e 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/ctype_collate.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/ctype_collate.result
@@ -603,3 +603,11 @@ check table t1 extended;
 Table	Op	Msg_type	Msg_text
 test.t1	check	status	OK
 drop table t1;
+create table t1 (a varchar(2) character set latin7 collate latin7_general_ci,key(a));
+insert into t1 set a=0x4c20;
+insert into t1 set a=0x6c;
+insert into t1 set a=0x4c98;
+check table t1 extended;
+Table	Op	Msg_type	Msg_text
+test.t1	check	status	OK
+drop table t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/ctype_collate.test b/mysql-test/t/ctype_collate.test
index 4bbae42559a..cfef8dfe81a 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/ctype_collate.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/ctype_collate.test
@@ -218,3 +218,14 @@ insert into t1 set f1=0x3F3F1E563F;
 insert into t1 set f1=0x3F3F;
 check table t1 extended;
 drop table t1;
+
+#
+# Bug#29461: Sort order of the collation wasn't used when comparing characters
+#            with the space character.
+#
+create table t1 (a varchar(2) character set latin7 collate latin7_general_ci,key(a));
+insert into t1 set a=0x4c20;
+insert into t1 set a=0x6c;
+insert into t1 set a=0x4c98;
+check table t1 extended;
+drop table t1;
diff --git a/strings/ctype-simple.c b/strings/ctype-simple.c
index fca5607e152..8b1b0d6790d 100644
--- a/strings/ctype-simple.c
+++ b/strings/ctype-simple.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ int my_strnncollsp_simple(CHARSET_INFO * cs, const uchar *a, uint a_length,
     }
     for (end= a + a_length-length; a < end ; a++)
     {
-      if (*a != ' ')
+      if (map[*a] != ' ')
 	return (map[*a] < ' ') ? -swap : swap;
     }
   }