diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
index a2460edec73..a64808cfb87 100755
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
@@ -2993,7 +2993,7 @@ language            = $path_language
 character-sets-dir  = $path_charsetsdir
 basedir             = $path_my_basedir
 server_id           = $server_id
-shutdown-delay      = 10
+shutdown_delay      = 10
 skip-stack-trace
 skip-innodb
 skip-ndbcluster