diff --git a/sql/parse_file.cc b/sql/parse_file.cc
index ade0709cf0d..c4b07ed9dac 100644
--- a/sql/parse_file.cc
+++ b/sql/parse_file.cc
@@ -249,6 +249,11 @@ sql_create_definition_file(const LEX_STRING *dir, const LEX_STRING *file_name,
   if (end_io_cache(&file))
     goto err_w_file;
 
+  if (opt_sync_frm) {
+    if (my_sync(handler, MYF(MY_WME)))
+      goto err_w_file;
+  }
+
   if (my_close(handler, MYF(MY_WME)))
   {
     DBUG_RETURN(TRUE);
diff --git a/sql/unireg.cc b/sql/unireg.cc
index f20d3e8cc6b..d37bb09d0e8 100644
--- a/sql/unireg.cc
+++ b/sql/unireg.cc
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ static bool make_empty_rec(THD *thd, int file, enum db_type table_type,
     db_file		Handler to use. May be zero, in which case we use
     			create_info->db_type
   RETURN
-    0  ok
-    1  error
+    false  ok
+    true   error
 */
 
 bool mysql_create_frm(THD *thd, my_string file_name,