diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_do_grant.result b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_do_grant.result
index 6545fe863ee..671af1dce58 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_do_grant.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_do_grant.result
@@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ USE bug42217_db;
 DROP FUNCTION upgrade_del_func;
 DROP FUNCTION upgrade_alter_func;
 DROP DATABASE bug42217_db;
+SET SQL_LOG_BIN= 0;
 DROP USER 'create_rout_db'@'localhost';
+SET SQL_LOG_BIN= 1;
 include/rpl_reset.inc
 USE test;
 ######## BUG#49119 #######
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_do_grant.test b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_do_grant.test
index 31a370f34e0..a39c3fb6375 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_do_grant.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_do_grant.test
@@ -208,10 +208,10 @@ DROP DATABASE bug42217_db;
 -- connection master
 
 # user was already dropped in the slave before
-# so no need to wait for the slave to replicate
-# this statement (if it did and we later synced
-# the slave it would end up in an error anyway)
+# so we should not replicate this statement.
+SET SQL_LOG_BIN= 0;
 DROP USER 'create_rout_db'@'localhost';
+SET SQL_LOG_BIN= 1;
 
 # finish entire clean up (remove binlogs)
 # so that we leave a pristine environment for the