diff --git a/mysql-test/include/rpl_loaddata_charset.inc b/mysql-test/include/rpl_loaddata_charset.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f94ff4ed069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/include/rpl_loaddata_charset.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+connection master;
+--disable_warnings
+DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS mysqltest;
+--enable_warnings
+
+CREATE DATABASE mysqltest CHARSET UTF8;
+USE mysqltest;
+CREATE TABLE t (cl varchar(100)) CHARSET UTF8;
+
+if (!$LOAD_LOCAL)
+{
+  LOAD DATA INFILE '../std_data_ln/loaddata_utf8.dat' INTO TABLE t
+  FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';
+}
+if ($LOAD_LOCAL)
+{
+  LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE './std_data/loaddata_utf8.dat' INTO TABLE t
+  FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';
+}
+
+save_master_pos;
+echo ----------content on master----------;
+SELECT hex(cl) FROM t;
+
+connection slave;
+sync_with_master;
+echo ----------content on slave----------;
+USE mysqltest;
+SELECT hex(cl) FROM t;
+
+connection master;
+DROP DATABASE mysqltest;
+save_master_pos;
+connection slave;
+sync_with_master;
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/rpl_loaddata_charset.result b/mysql-test/r/rpl_loaddata_charset.result
index 929d06e74cf..47fee19cf5d 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/rpl_loaddata_charset.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/rpl_loaddata_charset.result
@@ -35,3 +35,44 @@ C3BF
 D0AA
 D0AA
 drop table t1;
+-------------test bug#45516------------------
+DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS mysqltest;
+CREATE DATABASE mysqltest CHARSET UTF8;
+USE mysqltest;
+CREATE TABLE t (cl varchar(100)) CHARSET UTF8;
+LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE './std_data/loaddata_utf8.dat' INTO TABLE t
+FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';
+----------content on master----------
+SELECT hex(cl) FROM t;
+hex(cl)
+E4B880E4BA8CE4B889
+E59B9BE4BA94E585AD
+E4B883E585ABE4B99D
+----------content on slave----------
+USE mysqltest;
+SELECT hex(cl) FROM t;
+hex(cl)
+E4B880E4BA8CE4B889
+E59B9BE4BA94E585AD
+E4B883E585ABE4B99D
+DROP DATABASE mysqltest;
+DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS mysqltest;
+CREATE DATABASE mysqltest CHARSET UTF8;
+USE mysqltest;
+CREATE TABLE t (cl varchar(100)) CHARSET UTF8;
+LOAD DATA INFILE '../std_data_ln/loaddata_utf8.dat' INTO TABLE t
+FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';
+----------content on master----------
+SELECT hex(cl) FROM t;
+hex(cl)
+E4B880E4BA8CE4B889
+E59B9BE4BA94E585AD
+E4B883E585ABE4B99D
+----------content on slave----------
+USE mysqltest;
+SELECT hex(cl) FROM t;
+hex(cl)
+E4B880E4BA8CE4B889
+E59B9BE4BA94E585AD
+E4B883E585ABE4B99D
+DROP DATABASE mysqltest;
diff --git a/mysql-test/std_data/loaddata_utf8.dat b/mysql-test/std_data/loaddata_utf8.dat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc7a28229d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/std_data/loaddata_utf8.dat
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+一二三
+四五六
+七八九
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/rpl_loaddata_charset.test b/mysql-test/t/rpl_loaddata_charset.test
index 7f2389cb9f6..05dbdd01b39 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/rpl_loaddata_charset.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/rpl_loaddata_charset.test
@@ -31,3 +31,20 @@ select hex(a) from t1;
 connection master;
 drop table t1;
 sync_slave_with_master;
+
+#
+# Bug#45516 
+#   When slave SQL thread executing LOAD DATA command, the
+#   thd->variables.collation_database was not set properly to the default
+#   database charset
+#
+
+echo -------------test bug#45516------------------;
+
+# LOAD DATA INFILE
+let $LOAD_LOCAL=1;
+source include/rpl_loaddata_charset.inc;
+
+# LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE
+let $LOAD_LOCAL=0;
+source include/rpl_loaddata_charset.inc;
diff --git a/sql/log_event.cc b/sql/log_event.cc
index 9b0f8e97a28..40e29e58ab6 100644
--- a/sql/log_event.cc
+++ b/sql/log_event.cc
@@ -1918,6 +1918,8 @@ int Query_log_event::exec_event(struct st_relay_log_info* rli,
 {
   const char *new_db= rewrite_db(db);
   int expected_error,actual_error= 0;
+  HA_CREATE_INFO db_options;
+
   /*
     Colleagues: please never free(thd->catalog) in MySQL. This would lead to
     bugs as here thd->catalog is a part of an alloced block, not an entire
@@ -1926,6 +1928,14 @@ int Query_log_event::exec_event(struct st_relay_log_info* rli,
   */
   thd->catalog= catalog_len ? (char *) catalog : (char *)"";
   thd->set_db(new_db, (uint) strlen(new_db));          /* allocates a copy of 'db' */
+
+  /*
+    Setting the character set and collation of the current database thd->db.
+   */
+  load_db_opt_by_name(thd, thd->db, &db_options);
+  if (db_options.default_table_charset)
+    thd->db_charset= db_options.default_table_charset;
+
   thd->variables.auto_increment_increment= auto_increment_increment;
   thd->variables.auto_increment_offset=    auto_increment_offset;