diff --git a/mysql-test/r/join_outer.result b/mysql-test/r/join_outer.result
index 9d6c6140dd5..8a30f3c18ec 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/join_outer.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/join_outer.result
@@ -1135,3 +1135,22 @@ id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
 1	SIMPLE	t2	ALL	PRIMARY	NULL	NULL	NULL	4	Using where
 1	SIMPLE	t1	eq_ref	PRIMARY	PRIMARY	4	test.t2.a	1	
 DROP TABLE t1,t2;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (id int(11) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, name varchar(20),
+INDEX (name)) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+CREATE TABLE t2 (id int(11) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, fkey int(11),
+FOREIGN KEY (fkey) REFERENCES t2(id)) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,'A1'),(2,'A2'),(3,'B');
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (1,1),(2,2),(3,2),(4,3),(5,3);
+EXPLAIN
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM t2 LEFT JOIN t1 ON t2.fkey = t1.id 
+WHERE t1.name LIKE 'A%';
+id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
+1	SIMPLE	t1	index	PRIMARY,name	name	23	NULL	3	Using where; Using index
+1	SIMPLE	t2	ref	fkey	fkey	5	test.t1.id	1	Using where; Using index
+EXPLAIN
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM t2 LEFT JOIN t1 ON t2.fkey = t1.id 
+WHERE t1.name LIKE 'A%' OR FALSE;
+id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
+1	SIMPLE	t1	index	PRIMARY,name	name	23	NULL	3	Using where; Using index
+1	SIMPLE	t2	ref	fkey	fkey	5	test.t1.id	1	Using where; Using index
+DROP TABLE t1,t2;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/join_outer.test b/mysql-test/t/join_outer.test
index 03ad56ed2b6..c194213e0c9 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/join_outer.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/join_outer.test
@@ -759,3 +759,23 @@ EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM t1 LEFT JOIN t2 ON t1.a = t2.a WHERE t1.a > IF(t1.a = t2.b
 
 DROP TABLE t1,t2;
 
+#
+# Test for bug #17164: ORed FALSE blocked conversion of outer join into join
+# 
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 (id int(11) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, name varchar(20),
+                 INDEX (name)) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+CREATE TABLE t2 (id int(11) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, fkey int(11),
+                 FOREIGN KEY (fkey) REFERENCES t2(id)) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,'A1'),(2,'A2'),(3,'B');
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (1,1),(2,2),(3,2),(4,3),(5,3);
+
+EXPLAIN
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM t2 LEFT JOIN t1 ON t2.fkey = t1.id 
+  WHERE t1.name LIKE 'A%';
+
+EXPLAIN
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM t2 LEFT JOIN t1 ON t2.fkey = t1.id 
+  WHERE t1.name LIKE 'A%' OR FALSE;
+
+DROP TABLE t1,t2;
diff --git a/sql/item_cmpfunc.cc b/sql/item_cmpfunc.cc
index 6c19c96f77c..e2ea592403e 100644
--- a/sql/item_cmpfunc.cc
+++ b/sql/item_cmpfunc.cc
@@ -2563,10 +2563,13 @@ Item_cond::fix_fields(THD *thd, Item **ref)
 	(item= *li.ref())->check_cols(1))
       return TRUE; /* purecov: inspected */
     used_tables_cache|=     item->used_tables();
-    tmp_table_map=	    item->not_null_tables();
-    not_null_tables_cache|= tmp_table_map;
-    and_tables_cache&=      tmp_table_map;
-    const_item_cache&=      item->const_item();
+    if (!item->const_item())
+    {
+      tmp_table_map= item->not_null_tables();
+      not_null_tables_cache|= tmp_table_map;
+      and_tables_cache&= tmp_table_map;
+      const_item_cache= FALSE;
+    }  
     with_sum_func=	    with_sum_func || item->with_sum_func;
     if (item->maybe_null)
       maybe_null=1;