diff --git a/client/mysqldump.c b/client/mysqldump.c
index 755a0d53734..447499c64e9 100644
--- a/client/mysqldump.c
+++ b/client/mysqldump.c
@@ -1420,8 +1420,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
       return(first_error);
     }
   }
-  if(mysql_query(sock, "set sql_query_cache_type=off") && verbose)
-    fprintf(stderr, "-- can't take off query cache (not supported).\n");
+  if(mysql_query(sock, "SET SQL_QUERY_CACHE_TYPE=OFF") && verbose)
+    fprintf(stderr, "-- Can't disable query cache (not supported).\n");
   if (opt_alldbs)
     dump_all_databases();
   /* Only one database and selected table(s) */