diff --git a/mysql-test/r/union.result b/mysql-test/r/union.result
index efdd8195fb5..c7a6035aab2 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/union.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/union.result
@@ -1389,4 +1389,55 @@ select @var;
 1
 (select 2) union (select 1 into @var);
 ERROR 42000: Result consisted of more than one row
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (10), (20);
+CREATE TABLE t2 (b int);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (10), (50), (50);
+SELECT a,1 FROM t1 
+UNION
+SELECT b, COUNT(*) FROM t2 GROUP BY b WITH ROLLUP
+ORDER BY a;
+a	1
+NULL	3
+10	1
+20	1
+50	2
+SELECT a,1 FROM t1 
+UNION
+SELECT b, COUNT(*) FROM t2 GROUP BY b WITH ROLLUP
+ORDER BY a DESC;
+a	1
+50	2
+20	1
+10	1
+NULL	3
+SELECT a,1 FROM t1 
+UNION
+SELECT b, COUNT(*) FROM t2 GROUP BY b WITH ROLLUP
+ORDER BY a ASC LIMIT 3;
+a	1
+NULL	3
+10	1
+20	1
+SELECT a,1 FROM t1 
+UNION ALL 
+SELECT b, COUNT(*) FROM t2 GROUP BY b WITH ROLLUP
+ORDER BY a DESC;
+a	1
+50	2
+20	1
+10	1
+10	1
+NULL	3
+SELECT a,1 FROM t1
+UNION 
+(SELECT b, COUNT(*) FROM t2 GROUP BY b WITH ROLLUP ORDER BY a);
+ERROR HY000: Incorrect usage of CUBE/ROLLUP and ORDER BY
+SELECT a,1 FROM t1
+UNION ALL
+SELECT b, COUNT(*) FROM t2 GROUP BY b WITH ROLLUP ORDER BY a
+UNION
+SELECT 1,1;
+ERROR HY000: Incorrect usage of UNION and ORDER BY
+DROP TABLE t1,t2;
 End of 5.0 tests
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/union.test b/mysql-test/t/union.test
index 22f09466b1c..0277b01e21a 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/union.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/union.test
@@ -877,4 +877,48 @@ DROP TABLE t1;
 select @var;
 --error 1172
 (select 2) union (select 1 into @var);
+
+#
+# Bug#27848: order-by of union clashes with rollup of select part
+#
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (10), (20);
+CREATE TABLE t2 (b int);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (10), (50), (50);
+
+SELECT a,1 FROM t1 
+UNION
+SELECT b, COUNT(*) FROM t2 GROUP BY b WITH ROLLUP
+ORDER BY a;
+
+SELECT a,1 FROM t1 
+UNION
+SELECT b, COUNT(*) FROM t2 GROUP BY b WITH ROLLUP
+ORDER BY a DESC;
+
+SELECT a,1 FROM t1 
+UNION
+SELECT b, COUNT(*) FROM t2 GROUP BY b WITH ROLLUP
+ORDER BY a ASC LIMIT 3;
+
+SELECT a,1 FROM t1 
+UNION ALL 
+SELECT b, COUNT(*) FROM t2 GROUP BY b WITH ROLLUP
+ORDER BY a DESC;
+
+--error ER_WRONG_USAGE
+SELECT a,1 FROM t1
+UNION 
+(SELECT b, COUNT(*) FROM t2 GROUP BY b WITH ROLLUP ORDER BY a);
+
+--error ER_WRONG_USAGE
+SELECT a,1 FROM t1
+UNION ALL
+SELECT b, COUNT(*) FROM t2 GROUP BY b WITH ROLLUP ORDER BY a
+UNION
+SELECT 1,1;
+
+DROP TABLE t1,t2;
+
 --echo End of 5.0 tests
diff --git a/sql/sql_yacc.yy b/sql/sql_yacc.yy
index bd85ce55edb..170ae1b889b 100644
--- a/sql/sql_yacc.yy
+++ b/sql/sql_yacc.yy
@@ -4211,6 +4211,14 @@ select_paren:
               my_parse_error(ER(ER_SYNTAX_ERROR));
               MYSQL_YYABORT;
             }
+            if (sel->linkage == UNION_TYPE &&
+                sel->olap != UNSPECIFIED_OLAP_TYPE &&
+                sel->master_unit()->fake_select_lex)
+            {
+ 	       my_error(ER_WRONG_USAGE, MYF(0),
+                        "CUBE/ROLLUP", "ORDER BY");
+               MYSQL_YYABORT;
+            }
             /* select in braces, can't contain global parameters */
 	    if (sel->master_unit()->fake_select_lex)
               sel->master_unit()->global_parameters=
@@ -6165,7 +6173,8 @@ order_clause:
           SELECT_LEX *sel= lex->current_select;
           SELECT_LEX_UNIT *unit= sel-> master_unit();
 	  if (sel->linkage != GLOBAL_OPTIONS_TYPE &&
-	      sel->olap != UNSPECIFIED_OLAP_TYPE)
+              sel->olap != UNSPECIFIED_OLAP_TYPE &&
+              (sel->linkage != UNION_TYPE || sel->braces))
 	  {
 	    my_error(ER_WRONG_USAGE, MYF(0),
                      "CUBE/ROLLUP", "ORDER BY");