diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index 89b0a035e6c..ea4d52359f1 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ Query_cache query_cache;
 #ifdef HAVE_SMEM
 char *shared_memory_base_name= default_shared_memory_base_name;
 bool opt_enable_shared_memory;
-HANDLE event_connect_request= 0;
+HANDLE smem_event_connect_request= 0;
 #endif
 
 #include "sslopt-vars.h"
@@ -746,11 +746,11 @@ void kill_mysql(void)
   }
 #ifdef HAVE_SMEM
     /*
-     Send event to event_connect_request for aborting
+     Send event to smem_event_connect_request for aborting
     */
-    if (!SetEvent(event_connect_request))
+    if (!SetEvent(smem_event_connect_request))
     {
-      DBUG_PRINT("error",("Got error: %ld from SetEvent of event_connect_request",GetLastError()));
+      DBUG_PRINT("error",("Got error: %ld from SetEvent of smem_event_connect_request",GetLastError()));
     }
 #endif  
 #endif
@@ -3737,7 +3737,7 @@ pthread_handler_decl(handle_connections_shared_memory,arg)
   */
   suffix_pos= strxmov(tmp,shared_memory_base_name,"_",NullS);
   strmov(suffix_pos, "CONNECT_REQUEST");
-  if ((event_connect_request= CreateEvent(0,FALSE,FALSE,tmp)) == 0)
+  if ((smem_event_connect_request= CreateEvent(0,FALSE,FALSE,tmp)) == 0)
   {
     errmsg= "Could not create request event";
     goto error;
@@ -3768,7 +3768,7 @@ pthread_handler_decl(handle_connections_shared_memory,arg)
   while (!abort_loop)
   {
     /* Wait a request from client */
-    WaitForSingleObject(event_connect_request,INFINITE);
+    WaitForSingleObject(smem_event_connect_request,INFINITE);
 
     /*
        it can be after shutdown command
@@ -3899,7 +3899,7 @@ error:
   if (handle_connect_map)	UnmapViewOfFile(handle_connect_map);
   if (handle_connect_file_map)	CloseHandle(handle_connect_file_map);
   if (event_connect_answer)	CloseHandle(event_connect_answer);
-  if (event_connect_request)	CloseHandle(event_connect_request);
+  if (smem_event_connect_request) CloseHandle(smem_event_connect_request);
 
   decrement_handler_count();
   DBUG_RETURN(0);