diff --git a/mysql-test/r/subselect.result b/mysql-test/r/subselect.result
index 863a250c670..f0b4a8cc06b 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/subselect.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/subselect.result
@@ -2757,3 +2757,9 @@ one	two	test
 5	6	1
 7	8	1
 DROP TABLE t1,t2;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a char(5), b char(5));
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL,'aaa'), ('aaa','aaa');
+SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE (a,b) IN (('aaa','aaa'), ('aaa','bbb'));
+a	b
+aaa	aaa
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/subselect.test b/mysql-test/t/subselect.test
index ecd553ee8f8..1b7e01627cd 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/subselect.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/subselect.test
@@ -1774,4 +1774,15 @@ SELECT one,two,ROW(one,two) IN (SELECT one,two FROM t2 WHERE flag = 'N' group by
 
 DROP TABLE t1,t2;
 
+#
+# Bug #12392: where cond with IN predicate for rows and NULL values in table 
+#
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a char(5), b char(5));
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL,'aaa'), ('aaa','aaa');
+
+SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE (a,b) IN (('aaa','aaa'), ('aaa','bbb'));
+
+DROP TABLE t1;
+
 # End of 4.1 tests
diff --git a/sql/item_cmpfunc.cc b/sql/item_cmpfunc.cc
index f24638d1a93..9146b3c3b9e 100644
--- a/sql/item_cmpfunc.cc
+++ b/sql/item_cmpfunc.cc
@@ -1551,6 +1551,8 @@ in_row::~in_row()
 byte *in_row::get_value(Item *item)
 {
   tmp.store_value(item);
+  if (item->is_null())
+    return 0;
   return (byte *)&tmp;
 }