diff --git a/mysql-test/t/rpl_drop_db.test b/mysql-test/t/rpl_drop_db.test
index 6b72623d88f..61354198c83 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/rpl_drop_db.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/rpl_drop_db.test
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ show tables;
 # test the branch of the code that deals with the query buffer overflow
 
 --disable_query_log
-let $1=1000;
+let $1=50;
 while ($1)
 {
-  eval create table mysqltest1.t$1(n int);
+  eval create table mysqltest1.mysqltest_long_table_name$1 (n int);
   dec $1;
 }
 --enable_query_log