diff --git a/mysql-test/r/rpl_row_inexist_tbl.result b/mysql-test/r/rpl_row_inexist_tbl.result
index 1d18819fdd6..5f5a4556d76 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/rpl_row_inexist_tbl.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/rpl_row_inexist_tbl.result
@@ -5,9 +5,18 @@ reset slave;
 drop table if exists t1,t2,t3,t4,t5,t6,t7,t8,t9;
 start slave;
 create table t1 (a int not null primary key);
+insert into  t1 values (1);
+create table t2 (a int);
+insert into  t2 values (1);
+update t1, t2 set t1.a = 0 where t1.a = t2.a;
+show tables;
+Tables_in_test
+t1
+select * from t1;
+a
+0
 drop table t1;
 insert into t1 values (1);
-insert into t1 values (2);
 show slave status;
 Slave_IO_State	#
 Master_Host	127.0.0.1
@@ -24,13 +33,13 @@ Slave_SQL_Running	No
 Replicate_Do_DB	
 Replicate_Ignore_DB	
 Replicate_Do_Table	
-Replicate_Ignore_Table	
+Replicate_Ignore_Table	test.t2
 Replicate_Wild_Do_Table	
 Replicate_Wild_Ignore_Table	
 Last_Errno	1146
 Last_Error	Error 'Table 'test.t1' doesn't exist' on opening table `test`.`t1`
 Skip_Counter	0
-Exec_Master_Log_Pos	209
+Exec_Master_Log_Pos	519
 Relay_Log_Space	#
 Until_Condition	None
 Until_Log_File	
@@ -42,4 +51,4 @@ Master_SSL_Cert
 Master_SSL_Cipher	
 Master_SSL_Key	
 Seconds_Behind_Master	#
-drop table t1;
+drop table t1, t2;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/disabled.def b/mysql-test/t/disabled.def
index 746a117ccd6..de46b594f10 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/disabled.def
+++ b/mysql-test/t/disabled.def
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ rpl_ndb_myisam2ndb       : Bug #19710  	Cluster replication to partition table f
 rpl_switch_stm_row_mixed : BUG#18590 2006-03-28 brian
 rpl_row_blob_innodb      : BUG#18980 2006-04-10 kent    Test fails randomly
 rpl_row_func003 	 : BUG#19074 2006-13-04 andrei  test failed
-rpl_row_inexist_tbl      : BUG#18948 2006-03-09 mats    Disabled since patch makes this test wait forever
 rpl_sp                   : BUG#16456 2006-02-16 jmiller
 
 # the below testcase have been reworked to avoid the bug, test contains comment, keep bug open
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/rpl_row_inexist_tbl.test b/mysql-test/t/rpl_row_inexist_tbl.test
index e77ea216571..741cc8b7ba3 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/rpl_row_inexist_tbl.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/rpl_row_inexist_tbl.test
@@ -6,15 +6,23 @@ source include/master-slave.inc;
 
 connection master;
 create table t1 (a int not null primary key);
+insert into  t1 values (1);
+create table t2 (a int);
+insert into  t2 values (1);
+update t1, t2 set t1.a = 0 where t1.a = t2.a;
+
 sync_slave_with_master;
+# t2 should not have been replicated
+# t1 should have been properly updated 
+show tables;
+select * from t1;
 drop table t1;
 
 connection master;
 insert into t1 values (1);
-insert into t1 values (2);
 
 connection slave;
-# slave should have stopped because can't find table
+# slave should have stopped because can't find table t1
 wait_for_slave_to_stop;
 # see if we have a good error message:
 --replace_result $MASTER_MYPORT MASTER_MYPORT
@@ -24,4 +32,4 @@ show slave status;
 
 # cleanup
 connection master;
-drop table t1;
+drop table t1, t2;
diff --git a/sql/log_event.cc b/sql/log_event.cc
index e78a6fc5865..3e81bfcfb73 100644
--- a/sql/log_event.cc
+++ b/sql/log_event.cc
@@ -5853,9 +5853,7 @@ int Table_map_log_event::exec_event(st_relay_log_info *rli)
 
     /*
       Open the table if it is not already open and add the table to table map.
-      If the table should not be replicated, we don't bother to do anything.
-      The table map will return NULL and the row-level event will effectively
-      be a no-op.
+      Note that for any table that should not be replicated, a filter is needed.
     */
     uint count;
     /*
@@ -5871,34 +5869,14 @@ int Table_map_log_event::exec_event(st_relay_log_info *rli)
         /*
           Error reporting borrowed from Query_log_event with many excessive
           simplifications (we don't honour --slave-skip-errors)
-
-          BUG: There can be extreneous table maps in the binary log,
-          so in case we fail to open the table, we just generate a
-          warning and do not add the table to the list of tables to
-          open and lock.
         */
         uint actual_error= thd->net.last_errno;
-        switch (actual_error)
-        {
-        case ER_NO_SUCH_TABLE:
-          slave_print_msg(WARNING_LEVEL, rli, actual_error,
-                          thd->net.last_error ?
-                          thd->net.last_error :
-                          "<no message>");
-          clear_all_errors(thd, rli);
-          rli->inc_event_relay_log_pos();       // Continue with next event
-          error= 0;
-          break;
-
-        default:
-          slave_print_msg(ERROR_LEVEL, rli, actual_error,
-                          "Error '%s' on opening table `%s`.`%s`",
-                          (actual_error ? thd->net.last_error :
-                           "unexpected success or fatal error"),
-                          table_list->db, table_list->table_name);
-          thd->query_error= 1;
-          break;
-        }
+        slave_print_msg(ERROR_LEVEL, rli, actual_error,
+                        "Error '%s' on opening table `%s`.`%s`",
+                        (actual_error ? thd->net.last_error :
+                         "unexpected success or fatal error"),
+                        table_list->db, table_list->table_name);
+        thd->query_error= 1;
       }
       DBUG_RETURN(error);
     }