diff --git a/mysql-test/r/archive.result b/mysql-test/r/archive.result
index 3271e2f46d4..e865d775c6a 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/archive.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/archive.result
@@ -12706,3 +12706,14 @@ INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME='t1' AND TABLE_SCHEMA='test';
 DATA_LENGTH	AVG_ROW_LENGTH
 8700	4350
 DROP TABLE t1;
+SET @save_join_buffer_size= @@join_buffer_size;
+SET @@join_buffer_size= 8228;
+CREATE TABLE t1(a CHAR(255)) ENGINE=archive;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES('aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'),
+('aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'),
+('aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa');
+SELECT COUNT(t1.a) FROM t1, t1 a, t1 b, t1 c, t1 d, t1 e;
+COUNT(t1.a)
+729
+DROP TABLE t1;
+SET @@join_buffer_size= @save_join_buffer_size;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/archive.test b/mysql-test/t/archive.test
index afb8e413b2c..aad3d19455d 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/archive.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/archive.test
@@ -1610,3 +1610,16 @@ INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1, 'sampleblob1'),(2, 'sampleblob2');
 SELECT DATA_LENGTH, AVG_ROW_LENGTH FROM
   INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME='t1' AND TABLE_SCHEMA='test';
 DROP TABLE t1;
+
+#
+# BUG#46961 - archive engine loses rows during self joining select!
+#
+SET @save_join_buffer_size= @@join_buffer_size;
+SET @@join_buffer_size= 8228;
+CREATE TABLE t1(a CHAR(255)) ENGINE=archive;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES('aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'),
+                     ('aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'),
+                     ('aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa');
+SELECT COUNT(t1.a) FROM t1, t1 a, t1 b, t1 c, t1 d, t1 e;
+DROP TABLE t1;
+SET @@join_buffer_size= @save_join_buffer_size;
diff --git a/storage/archive/ha_archive.cc b/storage/archive/ha_archive.cc
index 49bf036c5a6..981814628f9 100644
--- a/storage/archive/ha_archive.cc
+++ b/storage/archive/ha_archive.cc
@@ -993,6 +993,7 @@ int ha_archive::rnd_init(bool scan)
   /* We rewind the file so that we can read from the beginning if scan */
   if (scan)
   {
+    scan_rows= stats.records;
     DBUG_PRINT("info", ("archive will retrieve %llu rows", 
                         (unsigned long long) scan_rows));
 
@@ -1461,7 +1462,6 @@ int ha_archive::info(uint flag)
   stats.records= share->rows_recorded;
   pthread_mutex_unlock(&share->mutex);
 
-  scan_rows= stats.records;
   stats.deleted= 0;
 
   DBUG_PRINT("ha_archive", ("Stats rows is %d\n", (int)stats.records));