diff --git a/ndb/include/ndbapi/NdbTransaction.hpp b/ndb/include/ndbapi/NdbTransaction.hpp
index 4b12b0acbf3..a6ba6a11c4d 100644
--- a/ndb/include/ndbapi/NdbTransaction.hpp
+++ b/ndb/include/ndbapi/NdbTransaction.hpp
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ private:
   void define_scan_op(NdbIndexScanOperation*);
 
   friend class HugoOperations;
-  friend struct Ndb_free_list_t<NdbConnection>;
+  friend struct Ndb_free_list_t<NdbTransaction>;
 };
 
 #ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_INTERNAL
diff --git a/ndb/src/ndbapi/Ndblist.cpp b/ndb/src/ndbapi/Ndblist.cpp
index 3779ba33624..f82348fc91d 100644
--- a/ndb/src/ndbapi/Ndblist.cpp
+++ b/ndb/src/ndbapi/Ndblist.cpp
@@ -132,13 +132,6 @@ NdbTransaction*
 Ndb::getNdbCon()
 {
   NdbTransaction* tNdbCon = theImpl->theConIdleList.seize(this);
-  if (unlikely(theImpl->theConIdleList.m_alloc_cnt > theMaxNoOfTransactions)) 
-  {
-    theImpl->theConIdleList.release(tNdbCon);
-    ndbout << "theNoOfAllocatedTransactions = " << theNoOfAllocatedTransactions << " theMaxNoOfTransactions = " << theMaxNoOfTransactions << endl;
-    return NULL;
-  }//if
-  
   tNdbCon->theMagicNumber = 0x37412619;
   return tNdbCon;
 }
diff --git a/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc b/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc
index 6e03da4e436..8afa9e9c2cc 100644
--- a/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc
+++ b/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc
@@ -7416,10 +7416,9 @@ ndbcluster_show_status(THD* thd)
   if (protocol->send_fields(&field_list, 1))
     DBUG_RETURN(TRUE);
   
-  if (thd->transaction.thd_ndb &&
-      ((Thd_ndb*)thd->transaction.thd_ndb)->ndb)
+  if (get_thd_ndb(thd) && get_thd_ndb(thd)->ndb)
   {
-    Ndb* ndb= ((Thd_ndb*)thd->transaction.thd_ndb)->ndb;
+    Ndb* ndb= (get_thd_ndb(thd))->ndb;
     Ndb::Free_list_usage tmp; tmp.m_name= 0;
     while (ndb->get_free_list_usage(&tmp))
     {