diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_cant_read_event_incident.result b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_cant_read_event_incident.result
index d86911fc0ce..4937062bcc3 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_cant_read_event_incident.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_cant_read_event_incident.result
@@ -15,5 +15,7 @@ Last_IO_Error = 'Got fatal error 1236 from master when reading data from binary
 reset master;
 stop slave;
 reset slave;
-drop table t;
+drop table if exists t;
+reset master;
 End of the tests
+include/rpl_end.inc
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_bug41902.test b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_bug41902.test
index 12eeb903003..36439633500 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_bug41902.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_bug41902.test
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ purge binary logs to 'master-bin.000001';
 
 --disable_query_log
 call mtr.add_suppression("Failed to locate old binlog or relay log files");
-call mtr.add_suppression("MYSQL_BIN_LOG::purge_logs was called with file ./master-bin.000001 not listed in the index");
+call mtr.add_suppression("MYSQL_BIN_LOG::purge_logs was called with file ..master-bin.000001 not listed in the index");
 connection slave;
 call mtr.add_suppression("Failed to locate old binlog or relay log files");
-call mtr.add_suppression("MYSQL_BIN_LOG::purge_logs was called with file ./master-bin.000001 not listed in the index");
+call mtr.add_suppression("MYSQL_BIN_LOG::purge_logs was called with file ..master-bin.000001 not listed in the index");
 --enable_query_log
 
 --echo ==== clean up ====
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_cant_read_event_incident.test b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_cant_read_event_incident.test
index 27478a318b8..daacb4d14f0 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_cant_read_event_incident.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_cant_read_event_incident.test
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ reset master;
 --connection slave
 stop slave;
 reset slave;
-drop table t; # table was created from binlog. it does not exist on master.
+# Table was created from binlog, it may not be created if SQL thread is running
+# slowly and IO thread reaches incident before SQL thread applies it.
+drop table if exists t;
+reset master;
 
 --echo End of the tests
+--let $rpl_only_running_threads= 1
+--source include/rpl_end.inc