diff --git a/mysql-test/r/client_xml.result b/mysql-test/r/client_xml.result
index ed5e8f2c1b8..6e9857c2d6d 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/client_xml.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/client_xml.result
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+set @old_concurrent_insert= @@global.concurrent_insert;
+set @@global.concurrent_insert= 0;
 create table t1 (
 `a&b` int,
 `a<b` int,
@@ -86,3 +88,4 @@ Empty set
 
 Bye
 drop table t1;
+set @@global.concurrent_insert= @old_concurrent_insert;
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/federated.result b/mysql-test/r/federated.result
index b7c666dd39a..68a267d8457 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/federated.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/federated.result
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;
 CREATE DATABASE federated;
 DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;
 CREATE DATABASE federated;
+SET @OLD_CONCURRENT_INSERT= @@GLOBAL.CONCURRENT_INSERT;
+SET @@GLOBAL.CONCURRENT_INSERT= 0;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
 Warnings:
 Note	1051	Unknown table 't1'
@@ -2123,3 +2125,4 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
 DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
 DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;
+SET @@GLOBAL.CONCURRENT_INSERT= @OLD_CONCURRENT_INSERT;
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/federated_bug_25714.result b/mysql-test/r/federated_bug_25714.result
index 12554f7af3a..cad487ec791 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/federated_bug_25714.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/federated_bug_25714.result
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;
 CREATE DATABASE federated;
 DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;
 CREATE DATABASE federated;
+SET @OLD_CONCURRENT_INSERT= @@GLOBAL.CONCURRENT_INSERT;
+SET @@GLOBAL.CONCURRENT_INSERT= 0;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.bug_13118_table;
 CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
 `id` int auto_increment primary key, 
@@ -54,3 +56,4 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
 DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
 DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;
+SET @@GLOBAL.CONCURRENT_INSERT= @OLD_CONCURRENT_INSERT;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/client_xml.test b/mysql-test/t/client_xml.test
index 8ee63a6131b..889861ad4a4 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/client_xml.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/client_xml.test
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # Can't run with embedded server
 -- source include/not_embedded.inc
 
+# Disable concurrent inserts to avoid test failures when reading
+# data from concurrent connections (insert might return before
+# the data is actually in the table).
+set @old_concurrent_insert= @@global.concurrent_insert;
+set @@global.concurrent_insert= 0;
+
 # Test of the xml output of the 'mysql' and 'mysqldump' clients -- makes
 # sure that basic encoding issues are handled properly
 create table t1 (
@@ -21,3 +27,6 @@ insert into t1 values (1, 2, 'a&b a<b a>b');
 --exec $MYSQL --xml test -vv -e "select 1 limit 0"
 
 drop table t1;
+
+# Restore global concurrent_insert value
+set @@global.concurrent_insert= @old_concurrent_insert;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/federated.test b/mysql-test/t/federated.test
index 907c7e722ac..69a2d3187db 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/federated.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/federated.test
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 --source include/not_embedded.inc
 --source include/federated.inc
 
+connection default;
+
+# Disable concurrent inserts to avoid test failures when reading
+# data from concurrent connections (insert might return before
+# the data is actually in the table).
+SET @OLD_CONCURRENT_INSERT= @@GLOBAL.CONCURRENT_INSERT;
+SET @@GLOBAL.CONCURRENT_INSERT= 0;
+
 connection slave;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1;
 CREATE TABLE federated.t1 (
@@ -1857,3 +1865,7 @@ drop server 's1';
 
 --echo End of 5.1 tests
 source include/federated_cleanup.inc;
+
+connection default;
+
+SET @@GLOBAL.CONCURRENT_INSERT= @OLD_CONCURRENT_INSERT;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/federated_bug_25714.test b/mysql-test/t/federated_bug_25714.test
index 9c185181511..26ff143135a 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/federated_bug_25714.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/federated_bug_25714.test
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 --source include/have_bug25714.inc
 source include/federated.inc;
 
+connection default;
+
+# Disable concurrent inserts to avoid test failures when reading
+# data from concurrent connections (insert might return before
+# the data is actually in the table).
+SET @OLD_CONCURRENT_INSERT= @@GLOBAL.CONCURRENT_INSERT;
+SET @@GLOBAL.CONCURRENT_INSERT= 0;
 
 connection slave;
 --disable_warnings
@@ -42,6 +49,8 @@ DROP TABLE federated.t1;
 connection slave;
 DROP TABLE federated.t1;
 
-
 source include/federated_cleanup.inc;
 
+connection default;
+
+SET @@GLOBAL.CONCURRENT_INSERT= @OLD_CONCURRENT_INSERT;