diff --git a/mysql-test/valgrind.supp b/mysql-test/valgrind.supp
index 72fcd3ef787..27204b83fd0 100644
--- a/mysql-test/valgrind.supp
+++ b/mysql-test/valgrind.supp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2005, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2005, 2017, 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 Library General Public
@@ -487,6 +487,15 @@
    fun:dl_open_worker
 }
 
+{
+   libc pthread_exit 9
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:_dl_close_worker
+   fun:_dl_close
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+}
+
 #
 # This is seen internally in the system libraries on 64-bit RHAS3.
 #