diff --git a/sql/sql_load.cc b/sql/sql_load.cc
index 5f72d3ce520..c084e5e3839 100644
--- a/sql/sql_load.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_load.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-   Copyright (c) 2000, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright (c) 2000, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ int mysql_load(THD *thd,sql_exchange *ex,TABLE_LIST *table_list,
   {
     DBUG_RETURN(TRUE);
   }
+  thd_proc_info(thd, "executing");
   /*
     Let us emit an error if we are loading data to table which is used
     in subselect in SET clause like we do it for INSERT.