diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/federated/federated.test b/mysql-test/suite/federated/federated.test
index ab0cfc4b36c..88d20817996 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/federated/federated.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/federated/federated.test
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 source include/federated.inc;
 
-
+connection master;
 #
 # MDEV-388 Creating a federated table with a non-existing server returns a random error code
 #