diff --git a/sql/ha_partition.cc b/sql/ha_partition.cc
index 42cbaa1cdb0..ac105855c02 100644
--- a/sql/ha_partition.cc
+++ b/sql/ha_partition.cc
@@ -3235,14 +3235,9 @@ end_dont_reset_start_part:
 
 void ha_partition::position(const uchar *record)
 {
-  handler *file;
+  handler *file= m_file[m_last_part];
   DBUG_ENTER("ha_partition::position");
 
-  if (unlikely(get_part_for_delete(record, m_rec0, m_part_info, &m_last_part)))
-    m_last_part= 0;
-
-  file= m_file[m_last_part];
-
   file->position(record);
   int2store(ref, m_last_part);
   memcpy((ref + PARTITION_BYTES_IN_POS), file->ref,
@@ -3300,6 +3295,36 @@ int ha_partition::rnd_pos(uchar * buf, uchar *pos)
 }
 
 
+/*
+  Read row using position using given record to find
+
+  SYNOPSIS
+    rnd_pos_by_record()
+    record             Current record in MySQL Row Format
+
+  RETURN VALUE
+    >0                 Error code
+    0                  Success
+
+  DESCRIPTION
+    this works as position()+rnd_pos() functions, but does some extra work,
+    calculating m_last_part - the partition to where the 'record'
+    should go.
+
+    called from replication (log_event.cc)
+*/
+
+int ha_partition::rnd_pos_by_record(uchar *record)
+{
+  DBUG_ENTER("ha_partition::rnd_pos_by_record");
+
+  if (unlikely(get_part_for_delete(record, m_rec0, m_part_info, &m_last_part)))
+    DBUG_RETURN(1);
+
+  DBUG_RETURN(handler::rnd_pos_by_record(record));
+}
+
+
 /****************************************************************************
                 MODULE index scan
 ****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/sql/ha_partition.h b/sql/ha_partition.h
index 434d90a4487..8fe512fadb3 100644
--- a/sql/ha_partition.h
+++ b/sql/ha_partition.h
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ public:
   virtual int rnd_end();
   virtual int rnd_next(uchar * buf);
   virtual int rnd_pos(uchar * buf, uchar * pos);
+  virtual int rnd_pos_by_record(uchar *record);
   virtual void position(const uchar * record);
 
   /*
diff --git a/sql/handler.h b/sql/handler.h
index 557b9fd7887..b91d8a39b88 100644
--- a/sql/handler.h
+++ b/sql/handler.h
@@ -1343,6 +1343,17 @@ public:
   virtual int ft_read(uchar *buf) { return HA_ERR_WRONG_COMMAND; }
   virtual int rnd_next(uchar *buf)=0;
   virtual int rnd_pos(uchar * buf, uchar *pos)=0;
+  /*
+    one has to use this method when to find
+    random position by record as the plain
+    position() call doesn't work for some
+    handlers for random position
+  */
+  virtual int rnd_pos_by_record(uchar *record)
+    {
+      position(record);
+      return rnd_pos(record, ref);
+    }
   virtual int read_first_row(uchar *buf, uint primary_key);
   /*
     The following function is only needed for tables that may be temporary
diff --git a/sql/log_event.cc b/sql/log_event.cc
index 44898ca8639..9094a7c38b2 100644
--- a/sql/log_event.cc
+++ b/sql/log_event.cc
@@ -7501,8 +7501,7 @@ int Rows_log_event::find_row(const Relay_log_info *rli)
 
     */
     DBUG_PRINT("info",("locating record using primary key (position)"));
-    table->file->position(table->record[0]);
-    error= table->file->rnd_pos(table->record[0], table->file->ref);
+    int error= table->file->rnd_pos_by_record(table->record[0]);
     if (error)
     {
       DBUG_PRINT("info",("rnd_pos returns error %d",error));