diff --git a/mysql-test/r/heap_hash.result b/mysql-test/r/heap_hash.result
index 7cc76611fb8..e3a3e0e9740 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/heap_hash.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/heap_hash.result
@@ -382,3 +382,14 @@ INSERT INTO t1 VALUES('A ', 'A ');
 ERROR 23000: Duplicate entry 'A -A ' for key 'key1'
 DROP TABLE t1;
 End of 5.0 tests
+#
+# Bug #55472: Assertion failed in heap_rfirst function of hp_rfirst.c
+#             on DELETE statement
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1 (col_int_nokey INT,
+col_int_key INT,
+INDEX(col_int_key) USING HASH) ENGINE = HEAP;
+INSERT INTO t1 (col_int_nokey, col_int_key) VALUES (3, 0), (4, 0), (3, 1);
+DELETE FROM t1 WHERE col_int_nokey = 5 ORDER BY col_int_key LIMIT 2;
+DROP TABLE t1;
+End of 5.5 tests
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/heap_hash.test b/mysql-test/t/heap_hash.test
index 1e3491f89a9..748347021fc 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/heap_hash.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/heap_hash.test
@@ -284,3 +284,20 @@ INSERT INTO t1 VALUES('A ', 'A ');
 DROP TABLE t1;
 
 --echo End of 5.0 tests
+
+--echo #
+--echo # Bug #55472: Assertion failed in heap_rfirst function of hp_rfirst.c
+--echo #             on DELETE statement
+--echo #
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 (col_int_nokey INT,
+                 col_int_key INT,
+		 INDEX(col_int_key) USING HASH) ENGINE = HEAP;
+INSERT INTO t1 (col_int_nokey, col_int_key) VALUES (3, 0), (4, 0), (3, 1);
+
+DELETE FROM t1 WHERE col_int_nokey = 5 ORDER BY col_int_key LIMIT 2;
+
+DROP TABLE t1;
+
+--echo End of 5.5 tests
+
diff --git a/sql/sql_select.cc b/sql/sql_select.cc
index e18486d718a..9c9a436cc24 100644
--- a/sql/sql_select.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_select.cc
@@ -13244,7 +13244,7 @@ static int test_if_order_by_key(ORDER *order, TABLE *table, uint idx,
         DBUG_RETURN(0);
     }
 
-    if (key_part->field != field)
+    if (key_part->field != field || !field->part_of_sortkey.is_set(idx))
       DBUG_RETURN(0);
 
     /* set flag to 1 if we can use read-next on key, else to -1 */