diff --git a/sql/sql_parse.cc b/sql/sql_parse.cc
index 1d7987bbc2f..3aff3255706 100644
--- a/sql/sql_parse.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_parse.cc
@@ -706,10 +706,10 @@ pthread_handler_decl(handle_bootstrap,arg)
   thd->dbug_thread_id=my_thread_id();
 #if !defined(__WIN__) && !defined(OS2)
   sigset_t set;
-  VOID(sigemptyset(&set));
-  VOID(sigaddset(&set,SIGINT));		
-  // Get mask in use and block SIGINT 
-  VOID(pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK,&set,&thd->block_signals));
+  VOID(sigemptyset(&set));			// Get mask in use
+  VOID(pthread_sigmask(SIG_UNBLOCK,&set,&thd->block_signals));
+
+
 #endif
 
   if ((ulong) thd->variables.max_join_size == (ulong) HA_POS_ERROR)