diff --git a/mysql-test/t/func_time.test b/mysql-test/t/func_time.test
index 153266055d7..eaa592c2ad5 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/func_time.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/func_time.test
@@ -816,9 +816,11 @@ SET TIMESTAMP=2147483647; SELECT UTC_TIMESTAMP();
 SET TIMESTAMP=0; SELECT UTC_TIMESTAMP();
 SET TIMESTAMP=-1; SELECT UTC_TIMESTAMP();
 SET TIMESTAMP=1; SELECT UTC_TIMESTAMP();
-SET TIMESTAMP=0;
 --enable_result_log
 
+#reset back the timestamp value
+SET TIMESTAMP=0;
+
 
 --echo End of 5.0 tests