diff --git a/sql/ha_innodb.cc b/sql/ha_innodb.cc
index bf1be6f5d7e..a9a8764c941 100644
--- a/sql/ha_innodb.cc
+++ b/sql/ha_innodb.cc
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ long innobase_mirrored_log_groups, innobase_log_files_in_group,
      innobase_buffer_pool_size, innobase_additional_mem_pool_size,
      innobase_file_io_threads, innobase_lock_wait_timeout,
      innobase_thread_concurrency, innobase_force_recovery,
-     innobase_open_files, innobase_auto_extend_increment;
+     innobase_open_files;
 
 /* The default values for the following char* start-up parameters
 are determined in innobase_init below: */
@@ -963,7 +963,6 @@ innobase_init(void)
         srv_locks_unsafe_for_binlog = (ibool) innobase_locks_unsafe_for_binlog;
 
 	srv_max_n_open_files = (ulint) innobase_open_files;
-	srv_auto_extend_increment = (ulint) innobase_auto_extend_increment;
 	srv_innodb_status = (ibool) innobase_create_status_file;
 
 	srv_print_verbose_log = mysql_embedded ? 0 : 1;
diff --git a/sql/ha_innodb.h b/sql/ha_innodb.h
index 0ef5f3ddffe..cab21b5bac4 100644
--- a/sql/ha_innodb.h
+++ b/sql/ha_innodb.h
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ extern long innobase_buffer_pool_awe_mem_mb;
 extern long innobase_file_io_threads, innobase_lock_wait_timeout;
 extern long innobase_force_recovery, innobase_thread_concurrency;
 extern long innobase_open_files;
-extern long innobase_auto_extend_increment;
 extern char *innobase_data_home_dir, *innobase_data_file_path;
 extern char *innobase_log_group_home_dir, *innobase_log_arch_dir;
 extern char *innobase_unix_file_flush_method;
@@ -194,6 +193,7 @@ extern my_bool innobase_log_archive,
                innobase_create_status_file;
 extern "C" {
 extern ulong srv_max_buf_pool_modified_pct;
+extern ulong srv_auto_extend_increment;
 }
 
 extern TYPELIB innobase_lock_typelib;
diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index 30722d56b2a..f83dce39760 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -4712,6 +4712,11 @@ replicating a LOAD DATA INFILE command.",
    (gptr*) &innobase_additional_mem_pool_size,
    (gptr*) &innobase_additional_mem_pool_size, 0, GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
    1*1024*1024L, 512*1024L, ~0L, 0, 1024, 0},
+  {"innodb_autoextend_increment", OPT_INNODB_AUTOEXTEND_INCREMENT,
+   "Data file autoextend increment in megabytes",
+   (gptr*) &srv_auto_extend_increment,
+   (gptr*) &srv_auto_extend_increment,
+   0, GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 8L, 1L, ~0L, 0, 1L, 0},
   {"innodb_buffer_pool_awe_mem_mb", OPT_INNODB_BUFFER_POOL_AWE_MEM_MB,
    "If Windows AWE is used, the size of InnoDB buffer pool allocated from the AWE memory.",
    (gptr*) &innobase_buffer_pool_awe_mem_mb, (gptr*) &innobase_buffer_pool_awe_mem_mb, 0,
@@ -4753,11 +4758,6 @@ replicating a LOAD DATA INFILE command.",
    "How many files at the maximum InnoDB keeps open at the same time.",
    (gptr*) &innobase_open_files, (gptr*) &innobase_open_files, 0,
    GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 300L, 10L, ~0L, 0, 1L, 0},
-  {"innodb_autoextend_increment", OPT_INNODB_AUTOEXTEND_INCREMENT,
-   "Data file autoextend increment in megabytes",
-   (gptr*) &innobase_auto_extend_increment,
-   (gptr*) &innobase_auto_extend_increment,
-   0, GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 8L, 1L, ~0L, 0, 1L, 0},
 #ifdef HAVE_REPLICATION
   /*
     Disabled for the 4.1.3 release. Disabling just this paragraph of code is
diff --git a/sql/set_var.cc b/sql/set_var.cc
index 5351d2d12b2..3ea74a9f9e7 100644
--- a/sql/set_var.cc
+++ b/sql/set_var.cc
@@ -351,6 +351,8 @@ sys_var_thd_ulong	sys_net_wait_timeout("wait_timeout",
 #ifdef HAVE_INNOBASE_DB
 sys_var_long_ptr        sys_innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct("innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct",
                                                         &srv_max_buf_pool_modified_pct);
+sys_var_long_ptr	sys_innodb_autoextend_increment("innodb_autoextend_increment",
+							&srv_auto_extend_increment);
 #endif
 
 /* Time/date/datetime formats */
@@ -601,6 +603,7 @@ sys_var *sys_variables[]=
   &sys_os,
 #ifdef HAVE_INNOBASE_DB
   &sys_innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct,
+  &sys_innodb_autoextend_increment,
 #endif    
   &sys_unique_checks,
   &sys_warning_count
@@ -674,6 +677,7 @@ struct show_var_st init_vars[]= {
   {"init_slave",              (char*) &sys_init_slave,              SHOW_SYS},
 #ifdef HAVE_INNOBASE_DB
   {"innodb_additional_mem_pool_size", (char*) &innobase_additional_mem_pool_size, SHOW_LONG },
+  {sys_innodb_autoextend_increment.name, (char*) &sys_innodb_autoextend_increment, SHOW_SYS},
   {"innodb_buffer_pool_awe_mem_mb", (char*) &innobase_buffer_pool_awe_mem_mb, SHOW_LONG },
   {"innodb_buffer_pool_size", (char*) &innobase_buffer_pool_size, SHOW_LONG },
   {"innodb_data_file_path", (char*) &innobase_data_file_path,	    SHOW_CHAR_PTR},