diff --git a/mysql-test/r/rpl_loaddata.result b/mysql-test/r/rpl_loaddata.result
index d69786c00a1..b4b8d8b9a07 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/rpl_loaddata.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/rpl_loaddata.result
@@ -80,3 +80,7 @@ ERROR 23000: Duplicate entry '2003-03-22' for key 1
 drop table t2;
 drop table t2;
 drop table t1;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (word CHAR(20) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=INNODB;
+LOAD DATA INFILE "../std_data_ln/words.dat" INTO TABLE t1;
+ERROR 23000: Duplicate entry 'Aarhus' for key 1
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/rpl_loaddata.test b/mysql-test/t/rpl_loaddata.test
index 5ebdec6f761..27fa7fb95a6 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/rpl_loaddata.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/rpl_loaddata.test
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # Last_slave_errno in SHOW SLAVE STATUS (1st and 3rd commands did not: bug 986)
 
 source include/master-slave.inc;
+source include/have_innodb.inc;
 
 connection slave;
 reset master;
@@ -150,5 +151,16 @@ drop table t2;
 connection master;
 drop table t2;
 drop table t1;
+
+# BUG#17233 LOAD DATA INFILE: failure causes mysqld dbug_assert, binlog not flushed
+CREATE TABLE t1 (word CHAR(20) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=INNODB;
+
+--error 1062
+LOAD DATA INFILE "../std_data_ln/words.dat" INTO TABLE t1;
+
+--disable warnings
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
+--enable warnings
+
 sync_with_master;
 # End of 4.1 tests
diff --git a/sql/sql_load.cc b/sql/sql_load.cc
index ee6d2d0a572..104d599fa1c 100644
--- a/sql/sql_load.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_load.cc
@@ -414,9 +414,6 @@ bool mysql_load(THD *thd,sql_exchange *ex,TABLE_LIST *table_list,
 
   if (error)
   {
-    if (transactional_table)
-      ha_autocommit_or_rollback(thd,error);
-
     if (read_file_from_client)
       while (!read_info.next_line())
 	;
@@ -460,6 +457,9 @@ bool mysql_load(THD *thd,sql_exchange *ex,TABLE_LIST *table_list,
       }
     }
 #endif /*!EMBEDDED_LIBRARY*/
+    if (transactional_table)
+      ha_autocommit_or_rollback(thd,error);
+
     error= -1;				// Error on read
     goto err;
   }