diff --git a/client/mysqldump.c b/client/mysqldump.c
index c86a2fc385f..829c1bb5bf5 100644
--- a/client/mysqldump.c
+++ b/client/mysqldump.c
@@ -818,11 +818,15 @@ static int get_options(int *argc, char ***argv)
                 (hash_get_key) get_table_key,
                 (hash_free_key) free_table_ent, 0))
     return(EX_EOM);
-  /* Don't copy cluster internal log tables */
+  /* Don't copy internal log tables */
   if (my_hash_insert(&ignore_table,
                      (byte*) my_strdup("mysql.apply_status", MYF(MY_WME))) ||
       my_hash_insert(&ignore_table,
-                     (byte*) my_strdup("mysql.schema", MYF(MY_WME))))
+                     (byte*) my_strdup("mysql.schema", MYF(MY_WME))) ||
+      my_hash_insert(&ignore_table,
+                     (byte*) my_strdup("mysql.general_log", MYF(MY_WME))) ||
+      my_hash_insert(&ignore_table,
+                     (byte*) my_strdup("mysql.slow_log", MYF(MY_WME))))
     return(EX_EOM);
 
   if ((ho_error= handle_options(argc, argv, my_long_options, get_one_option)))
@@ -3291,8 +3295,12 @@ static int dump_all_tables_in_db(char *database)
     init_dynamic_string(&query, "LOCK TABLES ", 256, 1024);
     for (numrows= 0 ; (table= getTableName(1)) ; numrows++)
     {
-      dynstr_append(&query, quote_name(table, table_buff, 1));
-      dynstr_append(&query, " READ /*!32311 LOCAL */,");
+      char *end= strmov(afterdot, table);
+      if (include_table(hash_key,end - hash_key))
+      {
+        dynstr_append(&query, quote_name(table, table_buff, 1));
+        dynstr_append(&query, " READ /*!32311 LOCAL */,");
+      }
     }
     if (numrows && mysql_real_query(mysql, query.str, query.length-1))
       DB_error(mysql, "when using LOCK TABLES");
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test b/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
index d9372ad35c1..aa4f22c8a39 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
@@ -1546,6 +1546,13 @@ drop view v1;
 drop table t1;
 drop database mysqldump_test_db;
 
+#
+# BUG#26121 mysqldump includes LOCK TABLES general_log WRITE
+#
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --all-databases > $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/bug26121.sql
+--exec $MYSQL < $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/bug26121.sql
+--remove_file $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/bug26121.sql
+
 --echo #
 --echo # End of 5.1 tests
 --echo #