diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
index 6851f4c9d49..d9c5f7f0ecb 100644
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ start_master()
   fi
   if [ x$MASTER_MYSQLDBINLOG = x1 ]
   then
-    EXTRA_MASTER_MYSQLD_OPT="$EXTRA_MASTER_MYSQLD_OPT --log-bin=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/log/master-bin$1"
+    MASTER_MYSQLD_BINLOG_OPT="--log-bin=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/log/master-bin$1"
   fi
   if [ -z "$DO_BENCH" -a -z "$DO_STRESS"  ]
   then
@@ -1409,6 +1409,7 @@ start_master()
           --loose-binlog-show-xid=0 \
 	   $MASTER_40_ARGS \
            $SMALL_SERVER \
+           $MASTER_MYSQLD_BINLOG_OPT \
            $EXTRA_MASTER_MYSQLD_OPT $EXTRA_MASTER_OPT \
            $NOT_FIRST_MASTER_EXTRA_OPTS $CURR_MASTER_MYSQLD_TRACE"
   else
@@ -1432,6 +1433,7 @@ start_master()
           --loose-binlog-show-xid=0 \
 	   $MASTER_40_ARGS \
            $SMALL_SERVER \
+           $MASTER_MYSQLD_BINLOG_OPT \
            $EXTRA_MASTER_MYSQLD_OPT $EXTRA_MASTER_OPT \
            $NOT_FIRST_MASTER_EXTRA_OPTS"
   fi
@@ -1574,7 +1576,7 @@ start_slave()
 
   if [ x$SLAVE_MYSQLDBINLOG = x1 ]
   then
-    EXTRA_SLAVE_MYSQLD_OPT="$EXTRA_SLAVE_MYSQLD_OPT --log-bin=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/log/$slave_ident-bin --log-slave-updates"
+    SLAVE_MYSQLD_BINLOG_OPT="--log-bin=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/log/$slave_ident-bin --log-slave-updates"
   fi
 
   $RM -f $slave_datadir/log.*
@@ -1603,6 +1605,7 @@ start_slave()
           --log-bin-trust-function-creators \
           --loose-binlog-show-xid=0 \
            $SMALL_SERVER \
+           $SLAVE_MYSQLD_BINLOG_OPT \
            $EXTRA_SLAVE_MYSQLD_OPT $EXTRA_SLAVE_OPT \
            $USE_NDBCLUSTER_SLAVE_OPT"
   CUR_MYERR=$slave_err
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/rpl_ndb_sync.result b/mysql-test/r/rpl_ndb_sync.result
index 44d0efa7e5a..e17c9b99e12 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/rpl_ndb_sync.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/rpl_ndb_sync.result
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ hex(c2)	hex(c3)	c1
 0	1	BCDEF
 1	0	CD
 0	0	DEFGHIJKL
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS cluster_replication.backup_info (id INT, backup_id INT);
-DELETE FROM cluster_replication.backup_info;
+CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE cluster_replication.backup_info (id INT, backup_id INT) ENGINE=HEAP;
 LOAD DATA INFILE '../../var/tmp.dat' INTO TABLE cluster_replication.backup_info FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',';
 SELECT @the_backup_id:=backup_id FROM cluster_replication.backup_info;
 @the_backup_id:=backup_id
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/rpl_ndb_sync.test b/mysql-test/t/rpl_ndb_sync.test
index 2e1e96d87de..143ff6d6651 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/rpl_ndb_sync.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/rpl_ndb_sync.test
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ SELECT hex(c2),hex(c3),c1 FROM t2 ORDER BY c1;
 # take a backup on master
 --exec $NDB_MGM --no-defaults --ndb-connectstring="localhost:$NDBCLUSTER_PORT" -e "start backup" >> $NDB_TOOLS_OUTPUT
 --exec $NDB_TOOLS_DIR/ndb_select_all --no-defaults --ndb-connectstring="localhost:$NDBCLUSTER_PORT" -d sys --delimiter=',' SYSTAB_0 | grep 520093696 > var/tmp.dat
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS cluster_replication.backup_info (id INT, backup_id INT);
-DELETE FROM cluster_replication.backup_info;
+CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE cluster_replication.backup_info (id INT, backup_id INT) ENGINE=HEAP;
 LOAD DATA INFILE '../../var/tmp.dat' INTO TABLE cluster_replication.backup_info FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',';
 --replace_column 1 <the_backup_id>
 SELECT @the_backup_id:=backup_id FROM cluster_replication.backup_info;