diff --git a/mysql-test/extra/rpl_tests/rpl_log.test b/mysql-test/extra/rpl_tests/rpl_log.test
index eaf93789fe4..017477fc959 100644
--- a/mysql-test/extra/rpl_tests/rpl_log.test
+++ b/mysql-test/extra/rpl_tests/rpl_log.test
@@ -32,8 +32,13 @@ reset master;
 eval create table t1(n int not null auto_increment primary key)ENGINE=$engine_type;
 insert into t1 values (NULL);
 drop table t1;
+let $LOAD_FILE= ../../std_data/words.dat;
+if (!`SELECT length(load_file('$LOAD_FILE'))`){
+  let $LOAD_FILE= ../$LOAD_FILE;
+}
 eval create table t1 (word char(20) not null)ENGINE=$engine_type;
-load data infile '../../std_data/words.dat' into table t1 ignore 1 lines;
+--replace_result $LOAD_FILE LOAD_FILE
+eval load data infile '$LOAD_FILE' into table t1 ignore 1 lines;
 select count(*) from t1;
 --replace_result $VERSION VERSION
 --replace_column 2 # 5 #
diff --git a/mysql-test/include/wait_show_pattern.inc b/mysql-test/include/wait_show_pattern.inc
index c9f84ce7f08..d1fbbfe8e3e 100644
--- a/mysql-test/include/wait_show_pattern.inc
+++ b/mysql-test/include/wait_show_pattern.inc
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ let $wait_counter= 150;
 while ($wait_counter)
 {
   let $result= `SHOW $show_type`;
-  let $success= `SELECT '$result' LIKE $show_pattern`;
+  let $success= `SELECT "$result" LIKE $show_pattern`;
   if ($success)
   {
     let $wait_counter= 0;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_log.result b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_log.result
index c5e9cebcf23..02e0ce28c33 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_log.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_log.result
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ create table t1(n int not null auto_increment primary key)ENGINE=MyISAM;
 insert into t1 values (NULL);
 drop table t1;
 create table t1 (word char(20) not null)ENGINE=MyISAM;
-load data infile '../../std_data/words.dat' into table t1 ignore 1 lines;
+load data infile 'LOAD_FILE' into table t1 ignore 1 lines;
 select count(*) from t1;
 count(*)
 69
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_log_innodb.result b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_log_innodb.result
index 6ea0532fe25..c186f3e22f8 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_log_innodb.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_log_innodb.result
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ create table t1(n int not null auto_increment primary key)ENGINE=InnoDB;
 insert into t1 values (NULL);
 drop table t1;
 create table t1 (word char(20) not null)ENGINE=InnoDB;
-load data infile '../../std_data/words.dat' into table t1 ignore 1 lines;
+load data infile 'LOAD_FILE' into table t1 ignore 1 lines;
 select count(*) from t1;
 count(*)
 69
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_stm_log.result b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_stm_log.result
index 3bbb60feca7..e2553d3939d 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_stm_log.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_stm_log.result
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ create table t1(n int not null auto_increment primary key)ENGINE=MyISAM;
 insert into t1 values (NULL);
 drop table t1;
 create table t1 (word char(20) not null)ENGINE=MyISAM;
-load data infile '../../std_data/words.dat' into table t1 ignore 1 lines;
+load data infile 'LOAD_FILE' into table t1 ignore 1 lines;
 select count(*) from t1;
 count(*)
 69
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl_ndb/r/rpl_ndb_log.result b/mysql-test/suite/rpl_ndb/r/rpl_ndb_log.result
index 438bdf91c09..16b097e0846 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl_ndb/r/rpl_ndb_log.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl_ndb/r/rpl_ndb_log.result
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ create table t1(n int not null auto_increment primary key)ENGINE=NDB;
 insert into t1 values (NULL);
 drop table t1;
 create table t1 (word char(20) not null)ENGINE=NDB;
-load data infile '../../../std_data/words.dat' into table t1 ignore 1 lines;
+load data infile 'LOAD_FILE' into table t1 ignore 1 lines;
 select count(*) from t1;
 count(*)
 69