diff --git a/mysql-test/t/kill.test b/mysql-test/t/kill.test
index c8adff32eb7..8a9d96d4946 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/kill.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/kill.test
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ select get_lock("a", 10);
 connection con2;
 let $ID= `select connection_id()`;
 send select get_lock("a", 10);
--- sleep 2
+--real_sleep 2;
 connection con1;
 disable_query_log;
 eval kill query $ID;