diff --git a/mysql-test/main/func_json.result b/mysql-test/main/func_json.result
index a000cfbeefe90..1c1889f847d31 100644
--- a/mysql-test/main/func_json.result
+++ b/mysql-test/main/func_json.result
@@ -1773,6 +1773,14 @@ null<=>json_extract('1',json_object(null,'{ }',null,null),'{}')
 1
 Warnings:
 Warning	4042	Syntax error in JSON path in argument 2 to function 'json_extract' at position 1
+SELECT JSON_EXTRACT('{a:true}','$.a')=TRUE;
+JSON_EXTRACT('{a:true}','$.a')=TRUE
+NULL
+Warnings:
+Warning	4038	Syntax error in JSON text in argument 1 to function 'json_extract' at position 2
+SELECT JSON_EXTRACT('0E+0','$');
+JSON_EXTRACT('0E+0','$')
+0E+0
 #
 # End of 10.6 tests
 #
diff --git a/mysql-test/main/func_json.test b/mysql-test/main/func_json.test
index da22d719a8d3a..c3f6d2e551d82 100644
--- a/mysql-test/main/func_json.test
+++ b/mysql-test/main/func_json.test
@@ -1239,6 +1239,10 @@ FROM JSON_TABLE (@data, '$[*]' COLUMNS (data text PATH '$.Data')) AS t;
 select null<=>json_extract('1',json_object(null,'{ }',null,null),'{}');
 
 
+
+SELECT JSON_EXTRACT('{a:true}','$.a')=TRUE;
+SELECT JSON_EXTRACT('0E+0','$');
+
 --echo #
 --echo # End of 10.6 tests
 --echo #
diff --git a/strings/json_lib.c b/strings/json_lib.c
index 5f55a83c9d4f9..28c341ecf171a 100644
--- a/strings/json_lib.c
+++ b/strings/json_lib.c
@@ -1701,14 +1701,14 @@ int json_get_path_start(json_engine_t *je, CHARSET_INFO *i_cs,
                         json_path_t *p)
 {
   json_scan_start(je, i_cs, str, end);
-  p->last_step= p->steps - 1; 
+  p->last_step= NULL;
   return 0;
 }
 
 
 int json_get_path_next(json_engine_t *je, json_path_t *p)
 {
-  if (p->last_step < p->steps)
+  if (p->last_step == NULL)
   {
     if (json_read_value(je))
       return 1;