diff --git a/mysql-test/r/variables.result b/mysql-test/r/variables.result
index 3f79d81dd71..c1cd1840df8 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/variables.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/variables.result
@@ -1477,4 +1477,14 @@ SET @@sql_safe_updates= 0;
 DELETE FROM t1 ORDER BY (@@GLOBAL.INIT_FILE) ASC LIMIT 10;
 SET @@sql_safe_updates= @bug42778;
 DROP TABLE t1;
+#
+# BUG#10206 - InnoDB: Transaction requiring Max_BinLog_Cache_size > 4GB always rollsback
+#
+SET @old_max_binlog_cache_size = @@GLOBAL.max_binlog_cache_size;
+# Set the max_binlog_cache_size to size more than 4GB. 
+SET GLOBAL max_binlog_cache_size = 5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
+SELECT @@GLOBAL.max_binlog_cache_size;
+@@GLOBAL.max_binlog_cache_size
+5368709120
+SET GLOBAL max_binlog_cache_size = @old_max_binlog_cache_size;
 End of 5.1 tests
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/variables.test b/mysql-test/t/variables.test
index c568b79185d..1580d7f36d7 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/variables.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/variables.test
@@ -1217,4 +1217,13 @@ SET @@sql_safe_updates= @bug42778;
 
 DROP TABLE t1;
 
+--echo #
+--echo # BUG#10206 - InnoDB: Transaction requiring Max_BinLog_Cache_size > 4GB always rollsback
+--echo #
+
+SET @old_max_binlog_cache_size = @@GLOBAL.max_binlog_cache_size;
+--echo # Set the max_binlog_cache_size to size more than 4GB. 
+SET GLOBAL max_binlog_cache_size = 5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
+SELECT @@GLOBAL.max_binlog_cache_size;
+SET GLOBAL max_binlog_cache_size = @old_max_binlog_cache_size;
 --echo End of 5.1 tests
diff --git a/sql/mysql_priv.h b/sql/mysql_priv.h
index 036dde18ea8..42999ba8771 100644
--- a/sql/mysql_priv.h
+++ b/sql/mysql_priv.h
@@ -1935,7 +1935,8 @@ extern uint max_user_connections;
 extern ulong what_to_log,flush_time;
 extern ulong query_buff_size;
 extern ulong max_prepared_stmt_count, prepared_stmt_count;
-extern ulong binlog_cache_size, max_binlog_cache_size, open_files_limit;
+extern ulong binlog_cache_size, open_files_limit;
+extern ulonglong max_binlog_cache_size;
 extern ulong max_binlog_size, max_relay_log_size;
 extern ulong opt_binlog_rows_event_max_size;
 extern ulong rpl_recovery_rank, thread_cache_size, thread_pool_size;
diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index 080f78993a1..7843bcbfc2a 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -507,7 +507,8 @@ ulong slave_net_timeout, slave_trans_retries;
 ulong slave_exec_mode_options;
 const char *slave_exec_mode_str= "STRICT";
 ulong thread_cache_size=0, thread_pool_size= 0;
-ulong binlog_cache_size=0, max_binlog_cache_size=0;
+ulong binlog_cache_size=0;
+ulonglong  max_binlog_cache_size=0;
 ulong query_cache_size=0;
 ulong refresh_version;  /* Increments on each reload */
 query_id_t global_query_id;
@@ -6582,7 +6583,7 @@ log and this option does nothing anymore.",
   {"max_binlog_cache_size", OPT_MAX_BINLOG_CACHE_SIZE,
    "Can be used to restrict the total size used to cache a multi-transaction query.",
    (uchar**) &max_binlog_cache_size, (uchar**) &max_binlog_cache_size, 0,
-   GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, ULONG_MAX, IO_SIZE, ULONG_MAX, 0, IO_SIZE, 0},
+   GET_ULL, REQUIRED_ARG, ULONG_MAX, IO_SIZE, ULLONG_MAX, 0, IO_SIZE, 0},
   {"max_binlog_size", OPT_MAX_BINLOG_SIZE,
    "Binary log will be rotated automatically when the size exceeds this \
 value. Will also apply to relay logs if max_relay_log_size is 0. \
diff --git a/sql/set_var.cc b/sql/set_var.cc
index bc8c91342e6..0b89333ce03 100644
--- a/sql/set_var.cc
+++ b/sql/set_var.cc
@@ -359,8 +359,8 @@ static sys_var_const    sys_lower_case_table_names(&vars,
                                                    &lower_case_table_names);
 static sys_var_thd_ulong_session_readonly sys_max_allowed_packet(&vars, "max_allowed_packet",
 					       &SV::max_allowed_packet);
-static sys_var_long_ptr	sys_max_binlog_cache_size(&vars, "max_binlog_cache_size",
-						  &max_binlog_cache_size);
+static sys_var_ulonglong_ptr sys_max_binlog_cache_size(&vars, "max_binlog_cache_size",
+                                                       &max_binlog_cache_size);
 static sys_var_long_ptr	sys_max_binlog_size(&vars, "max_binlog_size",
 					    &max_binlog_size,
                                             fix_max_binlog_size);