diff --git a/mysql-test/t/information_schema.test b/mysql-test/t/information_schema.test
index 1987d9d5773..55334916913 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/information_schema.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/information_schema.test
@@ -1142,6 +1142,7 @@ END$$
 
 DELIMITER ;$$
 
+let $wait_timeout= 300;
 let $wait_condition=select count(*) = 0 from information_schema.events where event_name='event_status';
 --source include/wait_condition.inc