diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/purge_thread_shutdown.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/purge_thread_shutdown.test
index 8a9a834454c..5be29b7a6a3 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/purge_thread_shutdown.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/purge_thread_shutdown.test
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ delete from t1 where a=3;
 error ER_WRONG_VALUE_FOR_VAR;
 set global innodb_fast_shutdown=0;
 
-let $me=`select connection_id()`;
+# Get id with space prefix to ensure that replace_result doesn't replace
+# the error code
+let $me=`select concat(' ', connection_id())`;
 replace_result $me ID;
 error ER_CONNECTION_KILLED;
 eval kill $me;