diff --git a/mysql-test/r/union.result b/mysql-test/r/union.result
index 48aac1b3a0a..f2708a50c77 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/union.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/union.result
@@ -1220,6 +1220,32 @@ show columns from t2;
 Field	Type	Null	Key	Default	Extra
 a	varchar(3)	YES		NULL	
 drop table t2, t1;
+create table t1 (f1 decimal(60,25), f2 decimal(60,25));
+insert into t1 values (0.0,0.0);
+select f1 from t1 union all select f2 from t1;
+f1
+0.0000000000000000000000000
+0.0000000000000000000000000
+select 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX' as description, f1 from t1
+union all
+select 'YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY' as description, f2 from t1;
+description	f1
+XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX	0.0000000000000000000000000
+YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY	0.0000000000000000000000000
+drop table t1;
+create table t1 (f1 decimal(60,24), f2 decimal(60,24));
+insert into t1 values (0.0,0.0);
+select f1 from t1 union all select f2 from t1;
+f1
+0.000000000000000000000000
+0.000000000000000000000000
+select 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX' as description, f1 from t1
+union all
+select 'YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY' as description, f2 from t1;
+description	f1
+XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX	0.000000000000000000000000
+YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY	0.000000000000000000000000
+drop table t1;
 create table t1 (a varchar(5));
 create table t2 select * from t1 union select 'abcdefghijkl';
 show create table t2;
@@ -1270,29 +1296,3 @@ id
 5
 99
 drop table t1;
-create table t1 (f1 decimal(60,25), f2 decimal(60,25));
-insert into t1 values (0.0,0.0);
-select f1 from t1 union all select f2 from t1;
-f1
-0.0000000000000000000000000
-0.0000000000000000000000000
-select 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX' as description, f1 from t1
-union all
-select 'YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY' as description, f2 from t1;
-description	f1
-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX	0.0000000000000000000000000
-YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY	0.0000000000000000000000000
-drop table t1;
-create table t1 (f1 decimal(60,24), f2 decimal(60,24));
-insert into t1 values (0.0,0.0);
-select f1 from t1 union all select f2 from t1;
-f1
-0.000000000000000000000000
-0.000000000000000000000000
-select 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX' as description, f1 from t1
-union all
-select 'YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY' as description, f2 from t1;
-description	f1
-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX	0.000000000000000000000000
-YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY	0.000000000000000000000000
-drop table t1;
diff --git a/scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh b/scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh
index 1c5cd6a4faf..bf53aa78e15 100644
--- a/scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh
+++ b/scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ if ( defined $opt{regexp} ) {
     my $sth_dbs = $dbh->prepare("show databases");
     $sth_dbs->execute;
     while ( my ($db_name) = $sth_dbs->fetchrow_array ) {
+	next if $db_name =~ m/^information_schema$/i;
 	push @db_desc, { 'src' => $db_name, 't_regex' => $t_regex } if ( $db_name =~ m/$opt{regexp}/o );
     }
 }