diff --git a/mysql-test/r/partition.result b/mysql-test/r/partition.result
index dbb3e0fdc52..71d4f1bb376 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/partition.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/partition.result
@@ -926,4 +926,14 @@ CREATE TABLE t1 (a int, index(a)) PARTITION BY KEY(a);
 ALTER TABLE t1 DISABLE KEYS;
 ALTER TABLE t1 ENABLE KEYS;
 DROP TABLE t1;
+create table t1 (a int)
+engine=MEMORY
+partition by key (a);
+REPAIR TABLE t1;
+Table	Op	Msg_type	Msg_text
+test.t1	repair	note	The storage engine for the table doesn't support repair
+OPTIMIZE TABLE t1;
+Table	Op	Msg_type	Msg_text
+test.t1	optimize	note	The storage engine for the table doesn't support optimize
+drop table t1;
 End of 5.1 tests
diff --git a/sql/ha_partition.cc b/sql/ha_partition.cc
index 7b9dd00ed56..af0556f1e6f 100644
--- a/sql/ha_partition.cc
+++ b/sql/ha_partition.cc
@@ -1108,8 +1108,7 @@ int ha_partition::handle_opt_partitions(THD *thd, HA_CHECK_OPT *check_opt,
                      part));
           if ((error= handle_opt_part(thd, check_opt, m_file[part], flag)))
           {
-            my_error(ER_GET_ERRNO, MYF(0), error);
-            DBUG_RETURN(TRUE);
+            DBUG_RETURN(error);
           }
         } while (++j < no_subparts);
       }
@@ -1118,8 +1117,7 @@ int ha_partition::handle_opt_partitions(THD *thd, HA_CHECK_OPT *check_opt,
         DBUG_PRINT("info", ("Optimize partition %u", i));
         if ((error= handle_opt_part(thd, check_opt, m_file[i], flag)))
         {
-          my_error(ER_GET_ERRNO, MYF(0), error);
-          DBUG_RETURN(TRUE);
+          DBUG_RETURN(error);
         }
       }
     }