diff --git a/include/violite.h b/include/violite.h
index ba7de3ee175..64e834d6653 100644
--- a/include/violite.h
+++ b/include/violite.h
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ Vio*	vio_new_win32shared_memory(NET *net,HANDLE handle_file_map,
 				   HANDLE event_server_wrote,
 				   HANDLE event_server_read,
 				   HANDLE event_client_wrote,
-				   HANDLE event_client_read);
+				   HANDLE event_client_read,
+                                   HANDLE event_conn_closed);
 int	vio_read_pipe(Vio *vio, gptr buf, int size);
 int	vio_write_pipe(Vio *vio, const gptr buf, int size);
 int	vio_close_pipe(Vio * vio);
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ struct st_vio
   HANDLE  event_server_read;
   HANDLE  event_client_wrote;
   HANDLE  event_client_read;
+  HANDLE  event_conn_closed;
   long    shared_memory_remain;
   char    *shared_memory_pos;
   NET     *net;
diff --git a/sql-common/client.c b/sql-common/client.c
index b847c467b85..0714ca4291f 100644
--- a/sql-common/client.c
+++ b/sql-common/client.c
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ HANDLE create_shared_memory(MYSQL *mysql,NET *net, uint connect_timeout)
   HANDLE event_server_read = NULL;
   HANDLE event_client_wrote = NULL;
   HANDLE event_client_read = NULL;
+  HANDLE event_conn_closed = NULL;
   HANDLE handle_file_map = NULL;
   ulong connect_number;
   char connect_number_char[22], *p;
@@ -508,6 +509,13 @@ HANDLE create_shared_memory(MYSQL *mysql,NET *net, uint connect_timeout)
     error_allow = CR_SHARED_MEMORY_EVENT_ERROR;
     goto err2;
   }
+
+  strmov(suffix_pos, "CONNECTION_CLOSED");
+  if ((event_conn_closed = OpenEvent(EVENT_ALL_ACCESS,FALSE,tmp)) == NULL)
+  {
+    error_allow = CR_SHARED_MEMORY_EVENT_ERROR;
+    goto err2;
+  }
   /*
     Set event that server should send data
   */
@@ -519,7 +527,7 @@ err2:
     net->vio= vio_new_win32shared_memory(net,handle_file_map,handle_map,
 					 event_server_wrote,
                                          event_server_read,event_client_wrote,
-					 event_client_read);
+					 event_client_read,event_conn_closed);
   }
   else
   {
@@ -532,6 +540,8 @@ err2:
       CloseHandle(event_client_read);
     if (event_client_wrote)
       CloseHandle(event_client_wrote);
+    if (event_conn_closed)
+      CloseHandle(event_conn_closed);
     if (handle_map)
       UnmapViewOfFile(handle_map);
     if (handle_file_map)
diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index e6e079d3deb..2bf9e898920 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -3822,6 +3822,7 @@ pthread_handler_decl(handle_connections_shared_memory,arg)
     HANDLE event_client_read= 0;    // for transfer data server <-> client
     HANDLE event_server_wrote= 0;
     HANDLE event_server_read= 0;
+    HANDLE event_conn_closed= 0;
     THD *thd= 0;
 
     p= int10_to_str(connect_number, connect_number_char, 10);
@@ -3875,6 +3876,12 @@ pthread_handler_decl(handle_connections_shared_memory,arg)
       errmsg= "Could not create server write event";
       goto errorconn;
     }
+    strmov(suffix_pos, "CONNECTION_CLOSED");
+    if ((event_conn_closed= CreateEvent(0,TRUE,FALSE,tmp)) == 0)
+    {
+      errmsg= "Could not create closed connection event";
+      goto errorconn;
+    }
     if (abort_loop)
       goto errorconn;
     if (!(thd= new THD))
@@ -3898,7 +3905,8 @@ pthread_handler_decl(handle_connections_shared_memory,arg)
 						   event_client_wrote,
 						   event_client_read,
 						   event_server_wrote,
-						   event_server_read)) ||
+						   event_server_read,
+                                                   event_conn_closed)) ||
 	my_net_init(&thd->net, thd->net.vio))
     {
       close_connection(thd, ER_OUT_OF_RESOURCES, 1);
@@ -3925,6 +3933,7 @@ errorconn:
     if (event_server_read)	CloseHandle(event_server_read);
     if (event_client_wrote)	CloseHandle(event_client_wrote);
     if (event_client_read)	CloseHandle(event_client_read);
+    if (event_conn_closed)	CloseHandle(event_conn_closed);
     delete thd;
   }
 
diff --git a/vio/vio.c b/vio/vio.c
index a356d8edeff..92d69dc5148 100644
--- a/vio/vio.c
+++ b/vio/vio.c
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ Vio *vio_new_win32pipe(HANDLE hPipe)
 #ifdef HAVE_SMEM
 Vio *vio_new_win32shared_memory(NET *net,HANDLE handle_file_map, HANDLE handle_map,
                                 HANDLE event_server_wrote, HANDLE event_server_read,
-                                HANDLE event_client_wrote, HANDLE event_client_read)
+                                HANDLE event_client_wrote, HANDLE event_client_read,
+				HANDLE event_conn_closed)
 {
   Vio *vio;
   DBUG_ENTER("vio_new_win32shared_memory");
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ Vio *vio_new_win32shared_memory(NET *net,HANDLE handle_file_map, HANDLE handle_m
     vio->event_server_read = event_server_read;
     vio->event_client_wrote = event_client_wrote;
     vio->event_client_read = event_client_read;
+    vio->event_conn_closed = event_conn_closed;
     vio->shared_memory_remain = 0;
     vio->shared_memory_pos = handle_map;
     vio->net = net;
diff --git a/vio/viosocket.c b/vio/viosocket.c
index 48a9058480a..caf9451df7a 100644
--- a/vio/viosocket.c
+++ b/vio/viosocket.c
@@ -381,10 +381,21 @@ int vio_read_shared_memory(Vio * vio, gptr buf, int size)
   {
     if (vio->shared_memory_remain == 0)
     {
-      if (WaitForSingleObject(vio->event_server_wrote,vio->net->read_timeout*1000)  != WAIT_OBJECT_0)
+      HANDLE events[2];
+      events[0]= vio->event_server_wrote;
+      events[1]= vio->event_conn_closed;
+      /*
+        WaitForMultipleObjects can return next values:
+         WAIT_OBJECT_0+0 - event from vio->event_server_wrote
+         WAIT_OBJECT_0+1 - event from vio->event_conn_closed. We can't read anything
+         WAIT_ABANDONED_0 and WAIT_TIMEOUT - fail.  We can't read anything
+      */
+      if (WaitForMultipleObjects(2,(HANDLE*)&events,FALSE,
+                                 vio->net->read_timeout*1000) != WAIT_OBJECT_0)
       {
         DBUG_RETURN(-1);
       };
+
       vio->shared_memory_pos = vio->handle_map;
       vio->shared_memory_remain = uint4korr((ulong*)vio->shared_memory_pos);
       vio->shared_memory_pos+=4;
@@ -454,17 +465,21 @@ int vio_close_shared_memory(Vio * vio)
 {
   int r;
   DBUG_ENTER("vio_close_shared_memory");
-  r=UnmapViewOfFile(vio->handle_map) || CloseHandle(vio->event_server_wrote) ||
-    CloseHandle(vio->event_server_read) || CloseHandle(vio->event_client_wrote) ||
-    CloseHandle(vio->event_client_read) || CloseHandle(vio->handle_file_map);
-  if (r)
+  if (vio->type != VIO_CLOSED)
   {
-    DBUG_PRINT("vio_error", ("close() failed, error: %d",r));
-    /* FIXME: error handling (not critical for MySQL) */
+    SetEvent(vio->event_conn_closed);
+    r=UnmapViewOfFile(vio->handle_map) || CloseHandle(vio->event_server_wrote) ||
+      CloseHandle(vio->event_server_read) || CloseHandle(vio->event_client_wrote) ||
+      CloseHandle(vio->event_client_read) || CloseHandle(vio->handle_file_map);
+    if (!r)
+    {
+      DBUG_PRINT("vio_error", ("close() failed, error: %d",r));
+      /* FIXME: error handling (not critical for MySQL) */
+    }
   }
   vio->type= VIO_CLOSED;
   vio->sd=   -1;
-  DBUG_RETURN(r);
+  DBUG_RETURN(!r);
 }
 #endif /* HAVE_SMEM */
 #endif /* __WIN__ */