diff --git a/mysql-test/r/func_misc.result b/mysql-test/r/func_misc.result
index aa75cde0525..b97bb5ea65a 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/func_misc.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/func_misc.result
@@ -212,6 +212,13 @@ test
 SELECT NAME_CONST('test', 'test');
 test
 test
+CREATE TABLE t1(a INT);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (), (), ();
+SELECT NAME_CONST(a, '1') FROM t1;
+ERROR HY000: Incorrect arguments to NAME_CONST
+SET INSERT_ID= NAME_CONST(a, a);
+ERROR HY000: Incorrect arguments to NAME_CONST
+DROP TABLE t1;
 End of 5.0 tests
 select connection_id() > 0;
 connection_id() > 0
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/func_misc.test b/mysql-test/t/func_misc.test
index 4b7685c3633..4bcbff6fa15 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/func_misc.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/func_misc.test
@@ -213,6 +213,17 @@ SELECT NAME_CONST('test', 1.0);
 SELECT NAME_CONST('test', -1.0);
 SELECT NAME_CONST('test', 'test');
 
+#
+# Bug #32559: connection hangs on query with name_const
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1(a INT);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (), (), ();
+--error ER_WRONG_ARGUMENTS
+SELECT NAME_CONST(a, '1') FROM t1;
+--error ER_WRONG_ARGUMENTS
+SET INSERT_ID= NAME_CONST(a, a);
+DROP TABLE t1;
+
 --echo End of 5.0 tests
 
 #
diff --git a/sql/item.cc b/sql/item.cc
index c8ec2206f02..364b27d9972 100644
--- a/sql/item.cc
+++ b/sql/item.cc
@@ -1240,7 +1240,17 @@ bool Item_name_const::is_null()
 
 Item::Type Item_name_const::type() const
 {
-  return value_item->type();
+  /*
+    As 
+    1. one can try to create the Item_name_const passing non-constant 
+    arguments, although it's incorrect and 
+    2. the type() method can be called before the fix_fields() to get
+    type information for a further type cast, e.g. 
+    if (item->type() == FIELD_ITEM) 
+      ((Item_field *) item)->... 
+    we return NULL_ITEM in the case to avoid wrong casting.
+  */
+  return valid_args ? value_item->type() : NULL_ITEM;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/sql/item.h b/sql/item.h
index 379eb8a24be..2219153616b 100644
--- a/sql/item.h
+++ b/sql/item.h
@@ -1242,11 +1242,13 @@ class Item_name_const : public Item
 {
   Item *value_item;
   Item *name_item;
+  bool valid_args;
 public:
   Item_name_const(Item *name_arg, Item *val):
     value_item(val), name_item(name_arg)
   {
-    if(!value_item->basic_const_item())
+    if (!(valid_args= name_item->basic_const_item() & 
+                      value_item->basic_const_item()))
       my_error(ER_WRONG_ARGUMENTS, MYF(0), "NAME_CONST");
     Item::maybe_null= TRUE;
   }