diff --git a/client/mysqltest.cc b/client/mysqltest.cc
index 1d7f0b0b445..e7e0c72ddef 100644
--- a/client/mysqltest.cc
+++ b/client/mysqltest.cc
@@ -4584,6 +4584,7 @@ void select_connection_name(const char *name)
   if (!con)
     die("connection '%s' not found in connection pool", name);
 
+  con->pending= FALSE;
   set_current_connection(con);
 
   DBUG_VOID_RETURN;
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/mysqltest.result b/mysql-test/r/mysqltest.result
index e77dcd7b0a6..def5d202c2f 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/mysqltest.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/mysqltest.result
@@ -542,6 +542,13 @@ f1
 Abcd
 mysqltest: At line 2: Cannot run query on connection between send and reap
 select * from t1;;
+select * from t1;;
+select 1;
+1
+1
+select 2;
+2
+2
 drop table t1;
 mysqltest: At line 1: Missing required argument 'filename' to command 'remove_file'
 mysqltest: At line 1: Missing required argument 'filename' to command 'write_file'
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/mysqltest.test b/mysql-test/t/mysqltest.test
index 45fc0715312..f3fea9348e4 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/mysqltest.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/mysqltest.test
@@ -1654,6 +1654,18 @@ EOF
 --exec $MYSQL_TEST < $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/mysqltest.in 2>&1
 remove_file $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/mysqltest.in;
 
+# 7. Test that stmt after send without reap IS allowed 
+#    if we have switched connections
+
+connect (test_con1,localhost,root,,);
+--send select * from t1;
+connection default;
+select 1;
+connection test_con1;
+select 2;
+disconnect test_con1;
+connection default;
+
 drop table t1;
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------