diff --git a/mysql-test/r/lowercase_table4.result b/mysql-test/r/lowercase_table4.result
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..e3f861f8884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/r/lowercase_table4.result
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#
+# Bug#46941 crash with lower_case_table_names=2 and
+#           foreign data dictionary confusion
+#
+CREATE DATABASE XY;
+USE XY;
+DROP DATABASE XY;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/lowercase_table4-master.opt b/mysql-test/t/lowercase_table4-master.opt
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..c0a1981fa7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/t/lowercase_table4-master.opt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--lower-case-table-names=2
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/lowercase_table4.test b/mysql-test/t/lowercase_table4.test
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..93956047145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/t/lowercase_table4.test
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+--source include/have_case_insensitive_file_system.inc
+--source include/have_innodb.inc
+
+--echo #
+--echo # Bug#46941 crash with lower_case_table_names=2 and
+--echo #           foreign data dictionary confusion
+--echo #
+
+CREATE DATABASE XY;
+USE XY;
+
+#
+# Logs are disabled, since the number of creates tables
+# and subsequent select statements may vary between
+# versions
+#
+--disable_query_log
+--disable_result_log
+
+let $tcs = `SELECT @@table_open_cache + 1`;
+
+let $i = $tcs;
+
+while ($i)
+{
+  eval CREATE TABLE XY.T_$i (a INT NOT NULL, b INT NOT NULL, c INT NOT NULL, d INT, 
+                             primary key(a, b), unique(b)) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+  dec $i;
+}
+
+eval ALTER TABLE XY.T_$tcs ADD INDEX I1 (c, b), 
+                           ADD CONSTRAINT C1 FOREIGN KEY (c, b) REFERENCES XY.T_1 (a, b);
+                   
+eval ALTER TABLE XY.T_$tcs ADD INDEX I2 (b),
+                           ADD CONSTRAINT C2 FOREIGN KEY (b) REFERENCES XY.T_1(a);
+ 
+let $i = $tcs;
+while ($i)
+{
+  eval SELECT * FROM XY.T_$i LIMIT 1;
+  dec $i;
+}
+
+DROP DATABASE XY;
+CREATE DATABASE XY;
+USE XY;
+eval CREATE TABLE XY.T_$tcs (a INT NOT NULL, b INT NOT NULL, c INT NOT NULL, d INT, 
+                             PRIMARY KEY(a, b), UNIQUE(b)) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+#
+# The bug causes this SELECT to err
+eval SELECT * FROM XY.T_$tcs LIMIT 1;
+
+--enable_query_log
+--enable_result_log
+DROP DATABASE XY;
+
diff --git a/sql/sql_db.cc b/sql/sql_db.cc
index d3435b891b1..2c44c1a8449 100644
--- a/sql/sql_db.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_db.cc
@@ -1197,6 +1197,12 @@ static long mysql_rm_known_files(THD *thd, MY_DIR *dirp, const char *db,
       VOID(filename_to_tablename(file->name, table_list->table_name,
                                  MYSQL50_TABLE_NAME_PREFIX_LENGTH +
                                  strlen(file->name) + 1));
+
+      /* To be able to correctly look up the table in the table cache. */
+      if (lower_case_table_names)
+        table_list->table_name_length= my_casedn_str(files_charset_info,
+                                                     table_list->table_name);
+
       table_list->alias= table_list->table_name;	// If lower_case_table_names=2
       table_list->internal_tmp_table= is_prefix(file->name, tmp_file_prefix);
       /* Link into list */
diff --git a/sql/sql_table.cc b/sql/sql_table.cc
index 04cc9e42413..971e1022d63 100644
--- a/sql/sql_table.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_table.cc
@@ -3896,7 +3896,7 @@ bool mysql_create_table_no_lock(THD *thd,
       Then she could create the table. This case is pretty obscure and
       therefore we don't introduce a new error message only for it.
     */
-    if (get_cached_table_share(db, alias))
+    if (get_cached_table_share(db, table_name))
     {
       my_error(ER_TABLE_EXISTS_ERROR, MYF(0), table_name);
       goto unlock_and_end;