diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index 99754e8b7f6..df4f0f95b8c 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -3778,12 +3778,12 @@ static int init_server_components()
     unireg_abort(1);
   }
 
-  /* initialize delegates for extension observers */
+  /*
+    initialize delegates for extension observers, errors have already
+    been reported in the function
+  */
   if (delegates_init())
-  {
-    sql_print_error("Initialize extension delegates failed");
     unireg_abort(1);
-  }
 
   /* need to configure logging before initializing storage engines */
   if (opt_log_slave_updates && !opt_bin_log)
diff --git a/sql/rpl_handler.cc b/sql/rpl_handler.cc
index 5f16544d855..4355942e47f 100644
--- a/sql/rpl_handler.cc
+++ b/sql/rpl_handler.cc
@@ -105,12 +105,20 @@ int delegates_init()
   transaction_delegate= new (place_trans_mem) Trans_delegate;
 
   if (!transaction_delegate->is_inited())
+  {
+    sql_print_error("Initialization of transaction delegates failed. "
+                    "Please report a bug.");
     return 1;
+  }
 
   binlog_storage_delegate= new (place_storage_mem) Binlog_storage_delegate;
 
   if (!binlog_storage_delegate->is_inited())
+  {
+    sql_print_error("Initialization binlog storage delegates failed. "
+                    "Please report a bug.");
     return 1;
+  }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_REPLICATION
   void *place_transmit_mem= transmit_mem.data;
@@ -119,16 +127,29 @@ int delegates_init()
   binlog_transmit_delegate= new (place_transmit_mem) Binlog_transmit_delegate;
 
   if (!binlog_transmit_delegate->is_inited())
+  {
+    sql_print_error("Initialization of binlog transmit delegates failed. "
+                    "Please report a bug.");
     return 1;
+  }
 
   binlog_relay_io_delegate= new (place_relay_io_mem) Binlog_relay_IO_delegate;
 
   if (!binlog_relay_io_delegate->is_inited())
+  {
+    sql_print_error("Initialization binlog relay IO delegates failed. "
+                    "Please report a bug.");
     return 1;
+  }
 #endif
 
   if (pthread_key_create(&RPL_TRANS_BINLOG_INFO, NULL))
+  {
+    sql_print_error("Error while creating pthread specific data key for replication. "
+                    "Please report a bug.");
     return 1;
+  }
+
   return 0;
 }