diff --git a/mysql-test/r/kill.result b/mysql-test/r/kill.result
index a4966d9d5ec..7ddabe74c5f 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/kill.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/kill.result
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ create table t2 (id int unsigned not null);
 insert into t2 select id from t1;
 create table t3 (kill_id int);
 insert into t3 values(connection_id());
-select id from t1 where id in (select distinct id from t2);
+select id from t1 where id in (select distinct a.id from t2 a, t2 b, t2 c, t2 d group by a.id, b.id, c.id, d.id having a.id between 10 and 20);
 select ((@id := kill_id) - kill_id) from t3;
 ((@id := kill_id) - kill_id)
 0
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/kill.test b/mysql-test/t/kill.test
index 5f6bae00254..cedca9db3da 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/kill.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/kill.test
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ connection conn2;
 
 connection conn1;
 -- disable_result_log
-send select id from t1 where id in (select distinct id from t2);
+# This is a very long running query. If this test start failing, it may
+# be necessary to change to an even longer query.
+send select id from t1 where id in (select distinct a.id from t2 a, t2 b, t2 c, t2 d group by a.id, b.id, c.id, d.id having a.id between 10 and 20);
 -- enable_result_log
 
 connection conn2;