diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl
index a00d06d2e60..8c2dbdec804 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl
@@ -537,6 +537,8 @@ sub collect_one_test_case($$$$$$$) {
 	$tinfo->{'comment'}= "No ndbcluster tests(--skip-ndbcluster)";
 	return;
       }
+      # Ndb tests run with two mysqld masters
+      $tinfo->{'master_num'}= 2;
     }
     else
     {
@@ -552,7 +554,7 @@ sub collect_one_test_case($$$$$$$) {
 
     if ( $tinfo->{'innodb_test'} )
     {
-      # This is a test that need inndob
+      # This is a test that need innodb
       if ( $::mysqld_variables{'innodb'} eq "FALSE" )
       {
 	# innodb is not supported, skip it
@@ -578,7 +580,6 @@ our @tags=
  ["include/have_debug.inc", "need_debug", 1],
  ["include/have_ndb.inc", "ndb_test", 1],
  ["include/have_ndb_extra.inc", "ndb_extra", 1],
- ["include/have_multi_ndb.inc", "master_num", 2],
  ["require_manager", "require_manager", 1],
 );
 
diff --git a/sql/sql_prepare.cc b/sql/sql_prepare.cc
index 75c6dacc4a7..45dbc49df04 100644
--- a/sql/sql_prepare.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_prepare.cc
@@ -1781,8 +1781,9 @@ static void reset_stmt_params(Prepared_statement *stmt)
       packet_length  Query string length, including terminator character.
 */
 
-void mysql_stmt_execute(THD *thd, char *packet, uint packet_length)
+void mysql_stmt_execute(THD *thd, char *packet_arg, uint packet_length)
 {
+  uchar* packet= (uchar*)packet_arg; // gcc 4.0 stgrict-aliasing
   ulong stmt_id= uint4korr(packet);
   /*
     Query text for binary log, or empty string if the query is not put into
@@ -1790,7 +1791,7 @@ void mysql_stmt_execute(THD *thd, char *packet, uint packet_length)
   */
   String expanded_query;
 #ifndef EMBEDDED_LIBRARY
-  uchar *packet_end= (uchar *) packet + packet_length - 1;
+  uchar *packet_end= packet + packet_length - 1;
 #endif
   Prepared_statement *stmt;
   DBUG_ENTER("mysql_stmt_execute");
@@ -1816,9 +1817,9 @@ void mysql_stmt_execute(THD *thd, char *packet, uint packet_length)
 #ifndef EMBEDDED_LIBRARY
   if (stmt->param_count)
   {
-    uchar *null_array= (uchar *) packet;
-    if (setup_conversion_functions(stmt, (uchar **) &packet, packet_end) ||
-        stmt->set_params(stmt, null_array, (uchar *) packet, packet_end,
+    uchar *null_array= packet;
+    if (setup_conversion_functions(stmt, &packet, packet_end) ||
+        stmt->set_params(stmt, null_array, packet, packet_end,
                          &expanded_query))
       goto set_params_data_err;
   }