diff --git a/django/db/backends/mysql/operations.py b/django/db/backends/mysql/operations.py
index 4faa7db617..89730cee29 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/mysql/operations.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/mysql/operations.py
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ class DatabaseOperations(BaseDatabaseOperations):
         """
         return [(None, ("NULL", [], False))]
 
+    def adapt_decimalfield_value(self, value, max_digits=None, decimal_places=None):
+        return value
+
     def last_executed_query(self, cursor, sql, params):
         # With MySQLdb, cursor objects have an (undocumented) "_executed"
         # attribute where the exact query sent to the database is saved.
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.2.4.txt b/docs/releases/3.2.4.txt
index 9941bd7513..b6f7593f2d 100644
--- a/docs/releases/3.2.4.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/3.2.4.txt
@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@ Bugfixes
 
 * Fixed a regression in Django 3.2 that caused a crash of auto-reloader with
   ``AttributeError``, e.g. inside a ``Conda`` environment (:ticket:`32783`).
+
+* Fixed a regression in Django 3.2 that caused a loss of precision for
+  operations with ``DecimalField`` on MySQL (:ticket:`32793`).
diff --git a/tests/expressions/models.py b/tests/expressions/models.py
index 938e623d60..82b9629f81 100644
--- a/tests/expressions/models.py
+++ b/tests/expressions/models.py
@@ -48,9 +48,10 @@ class Company(models.Model):
 class Number(models.Model):
     integer = models.BigIntegerField(db_column='the_integer')
     float = models.FloatField(null=True, db_column='the_float')
+    decimal_value = models.DecimalField(max_digits=20, decimal_places=17, null=True)
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return '%i, %.3f' % (self.integer, self.float)
+        return '%i, %.3f, %.17f' % (self.integer, self.float, self.decimal_value)
 
 
 class Experiment(models.Model):
diff --git a/tests/expressions/tests.py b/tests/expressions/tests.py
index ed972fd5f7..33c5189390 100644
--- a/tests/expressions/tests.py
+++ b/tests/expressions/tests.py
@@ -1194,6 +1194,13 @@ class ExpressionsNumericTests(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(Number.objects.get(pk=n.pk).integer, 10)
         self.assertEqual(Number.objects.get(pk=n.pk).float, Approximate(256.900, places=3))
 
+    def test_decimal_expression(self):
+        n = Number.objects.create(integer=1, decimal_value=Decimal('0.5'))
+        n.decimal_value = F('decimal_value') - Decimal('0.4')
+        n.save()
+        n.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertEqual(n.decimal_value, Decimal('0.1'))
+
 
 class ExpressionOperatorTests(TestCase):
     @classmethod