diff --git a/mysql-test/t/init_file.sql b/mysql-test/std_data/init_file.dat
similarity index 100%
rename from mysql-test/t/init_file.sql
rename to mysql-test/std_data/init_file.dat
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/init_file-master.opt b/mysql-test/t/init_file-master.opt
index 1542f1f034e..825311dabf2 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/init_file-master.opt
+++ b/mysql-test/t/init_file-master.opt
@@ -1 +1 @@
---init-file=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/t/init_file.sql
\ No newline at end of file
+--init-file=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/std_data/init_file.dat
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/init_file.test b/mysql-test/t/init_file.test
index eb4c24871db..604d0a01794 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/init_file.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/init_file.test
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #
-# This test is for bug #2526 "--init-file crashes MySQL if contains large select"
-# Have a look at code in init_file.sql 
+# This is a regression test for bug #2526 "--init-file crashes MySQL if it
+# contains a large select"
+#
+# See mysql-test/std_data/init_file.dat and
+# mysql-test/t/init_file-master.opt for the actual test
 #