diff --git a/mysql-test/main/delete.result b/mysql-test/main/delete.result
index c4bf335091a..21a3bedcaed 100644
--- a/mysql-test/main/delete.result
+++ b/mysql-test/main/delete.result
@@ -610,4 +610,49 @@ c1	c2	c3
 2	1	4
 2	2	5
 drop table t1;
+#
+# MDEV-32212 DELETE with ORDER BY and semijoin optimization causing crash
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1 (c1 INT) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+CREATE TABLE t2 (c2 INT) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+INSERT INTO t1 values (1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(6);
+INSERT INTO t2 values (2);
+DELETE FROM t1 WHERE c1 IN (select c2 from t2);
+select * from t1;
+c1
+1
+3
+4
+5
+6
+truncate t1;
+truncate t2;
+INSERT INTO t1 values (1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(6);
+INSERT INTO t2 values (2);
+check sj optimization with order-by
+analyze DELETE FROM t1 WHERE c1 IN (select c2 from t2) ORDER BY c1;
+id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	r_rows	filtered	r_filtered	Extra
+1	PRIMARY	t1	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	6	6.00	100.00	100.00	Using filesort
+1	PRIMARY	t2	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	1	1.00	100.00	16.67	Using where; FirstMatch(t1)
+select * from t1;
+c1
+1
+3
+4
+5
+6
+truncate t2;
+INSERT INTO t2 values (3);
+disallows sj optimization
+analyze DELETE FROM t1 WHERE c1 IN (select c2 from t2) ORDER BY c1 limit 1;
+id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	r_rows	filtered	r_filtered	Extra
+1	PRIMARY	t1	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	5	1.00	100.00	100.00	Using where; Using filesort
+2	DEPENDENT SUBQUERY	t2	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	1	1.00	100.00	20.00	Using where
+select * from t1;
+c1
+1
+4
+5
+6
+DROP TABLE t1, t2;
 End of 11.1 tests
diff --git a/mysql-test/main/delete.test b/mysql-test/main/delete.test
index 583d8223168..54d0ed7f014 100644
--- a/mysql-test/main/delete.test
+++ b/mysql-test/main/delete.test
@@ -667,4 +667,31 @@ select *from t1;
 
 drop table t1;
 
+--echo #
+--echo # MDEV-32212 DELETE with ORDER BY and semijoin optimization causing crash
+--echo #
+--source include/have_innodb.inc
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 (c1 INT) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+CREATE TABLE t2 (c2 INT) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+INSERT INTO t1 values (1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(6);
+INSERT INTO t2 values (2);
+
+DELETE FROM t1 WHERE c1 IN (select c2 from t2);
+select * from t1;
+truncate t1;
+truncate t2;
+INSERT INTO t1 values (1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(6);
+INSERT INTO t2 values (2);
+--echo check sj optimization with order-by
+analyze DELETE FROM t1 WHERE c1 IN (select c2 from t2) ORDER BY c1;
+select * from t1;
+truncate t2;
+INSERT INTO t2 values (3);
+--echo disallows sj optimization
+analyze DELETE FROM t1 WHERE c1 IN (select c2 from t2) ORDER BY c1 limit 1;
+select * from t1;
+
+DROP TABLE t1, t2;
+
 --echo End of 11.1 tests
diff --git a/sql/filesort.h b/sql/filesort.h
index ebb521e2adc..8c7931e75e9 100644
--- a/sql/filesort.h
+++ b/sql/filesort.h
@@ -56,8 +56,11 @@ public:
   bool using_pq;
   /* 
     TRUE means sort operation must produce table rowids. 
-    FALSE means that it halso has an option of producing {sort_key,
-    addon_fields} pairs.
+    FALSE means that it also has an option of producing {sort_key, addon_fields}
+          pairs.
+
+    Usually initialized with value of join_tab->keep_current_rowid to allow for
+    a call to table->file->position() using these table rowids.
   */
   bool sort_positions;
   /*
diff --git a/sql/sql_delete.cc b/sql/sql_delete.cc
index d0d0d47641e..781980bb8de 100644
--- a/sql/sql_delete.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_delete.cc
@@ -1054,6 +1054,13 @@ multi_delete::initialize_tables(JOIN *join)
   {
     TABLE_LIST *tbl= walk->correspondent_table->find_table_for_update();
     tables_to_delete_from|= tbl->table->map;
+
+    /*
+      Ensure that filesort re-reads the row from the engine before
+      delete is called.
+    */
+    join->map2table[tbl->table->tablenr]->keep_current_rowid= true;
+
     if (delete_while_scanning &&
         unique_table(thd, tbl, join->tables_list, 0))
     {