diff --git a/mysql-test/r/select_safe.result b/mysql-test/r/select_safe.result
index 766ee8c0e14..7a29db42dd9 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/select_safe.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/select_safe.result
@@ -78,4 +78,19 @@ id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
 1	SIMPLE	t2	ref	b	b	21	test.t1.b	6	Using where
 SET MAX_SEEKS_FOR_KEY=DEFAULT;
 drop table t1;
+create table t1 (a int);
+insert into t1 values (1),(2),(3),(4),(5);
+insert into t1 select * from t1;
+insert into t1 select * from t1;
+insert into t1 select * from t1;
+set local  max_join_size=8;
+select * from (select * from t1) x;
+ERROR 42000: The SELECT would examine more than MAX_JOIN_SIZE rows; check your WHERE and use SET SQL_BIG_SELECTS=1 or SET SQL_MAX_JOIN_SIZE=# if the SELECT is okay
+set local  max_join_size=1;
+select * from (select * from t1 a, t1 b) x;
+ERROR 42000: The SELECT would examine more than MAX_JOIN_SIZE rows; check your WHERE and use SET SQL_BIG_SELECTS=1 or SET SQL_MAX_JOIN_SIZE=# if the SELECT is okay
+set local  max_join_size=1;
+select * from (select 1 union select 2 union select 3) x;
+ERROR 42000: The SELECT would examine more than MAX_JOIN_SIZE rows; check your WHERE and use SET SQL_BIG_SELECTS=1 or SET SQL_MAX_JOIN_SIZE=# if the SELECT is okay
+drop table t1;
 SET SQL_SAFE_UPDATES=0,SQL_SELECT_LIMIT=DEFAULT, SQL_MAX_JOIN_SIZE=DEFAULT;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/select_safe.test b/mysql-test/t/select_safe.test
index 3cafd31a879..5b2dfb00bb7 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/select_safe.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/select_safe.test
@@ -66,4 +66,24 @@ SET MAX_SEEKS_FOR_KEY=DEFAULT;
 
 drop table t1;
 
+# BUG#8726
+create table t1 (a int);
+insert into t1 values (1),(2),(3),(4),(5);
+insert into t1 select * from t1;
+insert into t1 select * from t1;
+insert into t1 select * from t1;
+
+set local  max_join_size=8;
+--error 1104
+select * from (select * from t1) x;
+
+set local  max_join_size=1;
+--error 1104
+select * from (select * from t1 a, t1 b) x;
+
+set local  max_join_size=1;
+--error 1104
+select * from (select 1 union select 2 union select 3) x;
+drop table t1;
+
 SET SQL_SAFE_UPDATES=0,SQL_SELECT_LIMIT=DEFAULT, SQL_MAX_JOIN_SIZE=DEFAULT;
diff --git a/sql/sql_select.cc b/sql/sql_select.cc
index a210fbbbe02..d207d50e306 100644
--- a/sql/sql_select.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_select.cc
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ JOIN::optimize()
       !(select_options & SELECT_DESCRIBE))
   {						/* purecov: inspected */
     my_message(ER_TOO_BIG_SELECT, ER(ER_TOO_BIG_SELECT), MYF(0));
-    error= 1;					/* purecov: inspected */
+    error= -1;
     DBUG_RETURN(1);
   }
   if (const_tables && !thd->locked_tables &&