diff --git a/mysql-test/t/kill.test b/mysql-test/t/kill.test
index ac51482745a..c8adff32eb7 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/kill.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/kill.test
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ select get_lock("a", 10);
 connection con2;
 let $ID= `select connection_id()`;
 send select get_lock("a", 10);
+-- sleep 2
 connection con1;
 disable_query_log;
 eval kill query $ID;