diff --git a/sql/slave.h b/sql/slave.h
index 2b1af08fb7a..778ddf2ec72 100644
--- a/sql/slave.h
+++ b/sql/slave.h
@@ -171,31 +171,10 @@ typedef struct st_relay_log_info
     Handling of the relay_log_space_limit optional constraint.
     ignore_log_space_limit is used to resolve a deadlock between I/O and SQL
     threads, the SQL thread sets it to unblock the I/O thread and make it
-    temporarily forget about the constraint. It is declared volatile because we
-    have this loop in the I/O thread (slave.cc):
-     while (rli->log_space_limit < rli->log_space_total &&
-	    !(slave_killed=io_slave_killed(thd,mi)) &&
-            !rli->ignore_log_space_limit)
-       pthread_cond_wait(&rli->log_space_cond, &rli->log_space_lock);
-    According to Monty, on some systems pthread_cond_wait() could be inline,
-    and so the loop be optimized by the compiler, so rli->ignore_log_space_limit
-    could be considered constant and the loop never ends, even if the SQL thread
-    has set rli->ignore_log_space_limit to 1 (and called
-    pthread_cond_broadcast()) to break the loop in the I/O thread.
-    By declaring it volatile, we are sure that the variable will not be
-    considered constant and that the loop can be broken.
-    This is the same for all bool variables used by a thread to inform another
-    thread that something has changed: thd->killed, rli->abort_slave,
-    MYSQL_LOG::log_type; they are all volatile.
-    Quoting:
-    <serg> while (a>0) { wait_for_condition }
-    <serg> here a should be volatile ?
-    <monty> serg: in most system no, but on some yes
-    <serg> on what systems ?
-    <monty> On any system where pthread_mutex is a macro.
+    temporarily forget about the constraint.
   */
   ulonglong log_space_limit,log_space_total;
-  volatile bool ignore_log_space_limit;
+  bool ignore_log_space_limit;
 
   /*
     InnoDB internally stores the master log position it has processed