diff --git a/ndb/src/kernel/blocks/ndbfs/AsyncFile.cpp b/ndb/src/kernel/blocks/ndbfs/AsyncFile.cpp
index ddf1681479c..ad6c0fd5283 100644
--- a/ndb/src/kernel/blocks/ndbfs/AsyncFile.cpp
+++ b/ndb/src/kernel/blocks/ndbfs/AsyncFile.cpp
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ AsyncFile::run()
       rmrfReq(request, (char*)theFileName.c_str(), request->par.rmrf.own_directory);
       break;
     case Request:: end:
-      closeReq(request);
+      if (theFd > 0)
+        closeReq(request);
       endReq();
       return;
     default:
@@ -239,6 +240,7 @@ void AsyncFile::openReq(Request* request)
 {  
   m_openedWithSync = false;
   m_syncFrequency = 0;
+  m_syncCount= 0;
 
   // for open.flags, see signal FSOPENREQ
 #ifdef NDB_WIN32
@@ -329,7 +331,6 @@ void AsyncFile::openReq(Request* request)
     } else {
 #endif
       m_openedWithSync = false;
-      m_syncCount = 0;
       m_syncFrequency = Global_syncFreq;
 #if 0
     }
@@ -656,6 +657,7 @@ AsyncFile::writeBuffer(const char * buf, size_t size, off_t offset,
     }
 #endif
     
+    m_syncCount+= bytes_written;
     buf += bytes_written;
     size -= bytes_written;
     offset += bytes_written;
@@ -682,6 +684,10 @@ AsyncFile::closeReq(Request * request)
   hFile = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
 #else
   if (-1 == ::close(theFd)) {
+#ifndef DBUG_OFF
+    if (theFd == -1)
+      abort();
+#endif
     request->error = errno;
   }
   theFd = -1;
@@ -700,7 +706,8 @@ bool AsyncFile::isOpen(){
 void
 AsyncFile::syncReq(Request * request)
 {
-  if(m_openedWithSync){
+  if(m_openedWithSync ||
+     m_syncCount == 0){
     return;
   }
 #ifdef NDB_WIN32
@@ -756,7 +763,6 @@ AsyncFile::appendReq(Request * request){
 
   if(m_syncFrequency != 0 && m_syncCount > m_syncFrequency){
     syncReq(request);
-    request->error = 0;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/sql/sql_table.cc b/sql/sql_table.cc
index 88e840d1c4e..880cce06c27 100644
--- a/sql/sql_table.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_table.cc
@@ -2394,8 +2394,7 @@ bool mysql_create_like_table(THD* thd, TABLE_LIST* table,
     strxmov(src_path, (*tmp_table)->s->path, reg_ext, NullS);
   else
   {
-    strxmov(src_path, mysql_data_home, "/", src_db, "/", src_table,
-	    reg_ext, NullS);
+    fn_format( src_path, src_table, src_db, reg_ext, MYF(MY_UNPACK_FILENAME));
     if (access(src_path, F_OK))
     {
       my_error(ER_BAD_TABLE_ERROR, MYF(0), src_table);
@@ -2422,8 +2421,7 @@ bool mysql_create_like_table(THD* thd, TABLE_LIST* table,
   }
   else
   {
-    strxmov(dst_path, mysql_data_home, "/", db, "/", table_name,
-	    reg_ext, NullS);
+    fn_format( dst_path, table_name, db, reg_ext, MYF(MY_UNPACK_FILENAME));
     if (!access(dst_path, F_OK))
       goto table_exists;
   }