diff --git a/mysql-test/t/kill.test b/mysql-test/t/kill.test
index 50c4239b45e..1cf871d5f9f 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/kill.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/kill.test
@@ -70,11 +70,14 @@ insert into t2 select id from t1;
 create table t3 (kill_id int);
 insert into t3 values(connection_id());
 
+connect (conn2, localhost, root,,);
+connection conn2;
+
+connection conn1;
 -- disable_result_log
 send select id from t1 where id in (select distinct id from t2);
 -- enable_result_log
 
-connect (conn2, localhost, root,,);
 connection conn2;
 select ((@id := kill_id) - kill_id) from t3;
 -- sleep 1