diff --git a/client/mysqltest.c b/client/mysqltest.c
index 6a2a7b072de..ca28419fa4f 100644
--- a/client/mysqltest.c
+++ b/client/mysqltest.c
@@ -2143,19 +2143,8 @@ int connect_n_handle_errors(struct st_query *q, MYSQL* con, const char* host,
     *create_conn= 0;
     goto err;
   }
-  else
-  {
-    handle_no_error(q);
 
-    /*
-      Fail if there was no error but we expected it.
-      We also don't want to have connection in this case.
-    */
-    mysql_close(con);
-    *create_conn= 0;
-    error= 1;
-    goto err;
-  }
+  handle_no_error(q);
 
   /*
    TODO: change this to 0 in future versions, but the 'kill' test relies on
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/mysqltest.result b/mysql-test/r/mysqltest.result
index 067054510c2..df530eda285 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/mysqltest.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/mysqltest.result
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ OK
 mysqltest: In included file "./var/tmp/con.sql": At line 7: Connection limit exhausted - increase MAX_CONS in mysqltest.c
 mysqltest: In included file "./var/tmp/con.sql": At line 3: connection 'test_con1' not found in connection pool
 mysqltest: In included file "./var/tmp/con.sql": At line 2: Connection test_con1 already exists
+connect(localhost,root,,test,MASTER_PORT,MASTER_SOCKET);
 Output from mysqltest-x.inc
 Output from mysqltest-x.inc
 Output from mysqltest-x.inc
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/mysqltest.test b/mysql-test/t/mysqltest.test
index 5cf49185c30..e6dc4d356c2 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/mysqltest.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/mysqltest.test
@@ -910,7 +910,13 @@ select "a" as col1, "c" as col2;
 --error 1
 --exec echo "source var/tmp/con.sql;" | $MYSQL_TEST 2>&1
 
-
+# connect when "disable_abort_on_error" caused "connection not found"
+--replace_result $MASTER_MYSOCK MASTER_SOCKET $MASTER_MYPORT MASTER_PORT
+--disable_abort_on_error
+connect (con1,localhost,root,,);
+connection default;
+connection con1;
+--enable_abort_on_error
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Test mysqltest arguments