diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_skip_error.result b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_skip_error.result
index cb25f59ce06..105b9d5c65f 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_skip_error.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_skip_error.result
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ t2	CREATE TABLE `t2` (
   `data` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+show global status like 'slave_skipped_errors';
+Variable_name	Value
+Slave_skipped_errors	4
 INSERT INTO t2 VALUES(1, 1);
 INSERT INTO t2 VALUES(2, 1);
 INSERT INTO t2 VALUES(3, 1);
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_skip_error.test b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_skip_error.test
index 2a1a772052c..4348675884b 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_skip_error.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_skip_error.test
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ connection slave;
 
 CREATE TABLE t2(id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, data INT) Engine=MyIsam;
 SHOW CREATE TABLE t2;
+show global status like 'slave_skipped_errors';
 
 connection master;