diff --git a/client/mysql.cc b/client/mysql.cc
index 8cbaf241bec..d3885645124 100644
--- a/client/mysql.cc
+++ b/client/mysql.cc
@@ -371,10 +371,16 @@ int main(int argc,char *argv[])
       !(status.line_buff=batch_readline_init(max_allowed_packet+512,stdin)))
   {
     free_defaults(defaults_argv);
+    my_end(0);
+    exit(1);
+  }
+  if (mysql_server_init(0, NULL, (char**) server_default_groups))
+  {
+    free_defaults(defaults_argv);
+    my_end(0);
     exit(1);
   }
   glob_buffer.realloc(512);
-  mysql_server_init(0, NULL, (char**) server_default_groups);
   completion_hash_init(&ht, 128);
   init_alloc_root(&hash_mem_root, 16384, 0);
   bzero((char*) &mysql, sizeof(mysql));
diff --git a/libmysqld/embedded_priv.h b/libmysqld/embedded_priv.h
index 1608f4ed4ad..d4316dff63f 100644
--- a/libmysqld/embedded_priv.h
+++ b/libmysqld/embedded_priv.h
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@ void init_embedded_mysql(MYSQL *mysql, int client_flag, char *db);
 void *create_embedded_thd(int client_flag, char *db);
 int check_embedded_connection(MYSQL *mysql);
 void free_old_query(MYSQL *mysql);
+void embedded_get_error(MYSQL *mysql);
 extern MYSQL_METHODS embedded_methods;
 C_MODE_END
diff --git a/libmysqld/lib_sql.cc b/libmysqld/lib_sql.cc
index 09b03e38f2e..2bbca220db9 100644
--- a/libmysqld/lib_sql.cc
+++ b/libmysqld/lib_sql.cc
@@ -42,6 +42,22 @@ C_MODE_START
 #include "errmsg.h"
 #include <sql_common.h>
 
+void embedded_get_error(MYSQL *mysql)
+{
+  THD *thd=(THD *) mysql->thd;
+  NET *net= &mysql->net;
+  if ((net->last_errno= thd->net.last_errno))
+  {
+    memcpy(net->last_error, thd->net.last_error, sizeof(net->last_error));
+    memcpy(net->sqlstate, thd->net.sqlstate, sizeof(net->sqlstate));
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    net->last_error[0]= 0;
+    strmov(net->sqlstate, not_error_sqlstate);
+  }
+}
+
 static my_bool
 emb_advanced_command(MYSQL *mysql, enum enum_server_command command,
 		     const char *header, ulong header_length,
@@ -86,16 +102,7 @@ emb_advanced_command(MYSQL *mysql, enum enum_server_command command,
   if (!skip_check)
     result= thd->net.last_errno ? -1 : 0;
 
-  if ((net->last_errno= thd->net.last_errno))
-  {
-    memcpy(net->last_error, thd->net.last_error, sizeof(net->last_error));
-    memcpy(net->sqlstate, thd->net.sqlstate, sizeof(net->sqlstate));
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    net->last_error[0]= 0;
-    strmov(net->sqlstate, not_error_sqlstate);
-  }
+  embedded_get_error(mysql);
   mysql->server_status= thd->server_status;
   mysql->warning_count= ((THD*)mysql->thd)->total_warn_count;
   return result;
@@ -239,6 +246,7 @@ static void emb_free_embedded_thd(MYSQL *mysql)
     free_rows(thd->data);
   thread_count--;
   delete thd;
+  mysql->thd=0;
 }
 
 static const char * emb_read_statistics(MYSQL *mysql)
@@ -498,8 +506,7 @@ int check_embedded_connection(MYSQL *mysql)
   thd->host= (char*)my_localhost;
   thd->host_or_ip= thd->host;
   thd->user= my_strdup(mysql->user, MYF(0));
-  check_user(thd, COM_CONNECT, NULL, 0, thd->db, true);
-  return 0;
+  return check_user(thd, COM_CONNECT, NULL, 0, thd->db, true);
 }
 
 #else
diff --git a/libmysqld/libmysqld.c b/libmysqld/libmysqld.c
index 95f745aef5f..db9e828369d 100644
--- a/libmysqld/libmysqld.c
+++ b/libmysqld/libmysqld.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ mysql_real_connect(MYSQL *mysql,const char *host, const char *user,
   DBUG_RETURN(mysql);
 
 error:
+  embedded_get_error(mysql);
   DBUG_PRINT("error",("message: %u (%s)", mysql->net.last_errno,
 		      mysql->net.last_error));
   {