diff --git a/sql/sql_parse.cc b/sql/sql_parse.cc
index 9d755731cb7..7420f9de100 100644
--- a/sql/sql_parse.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_parse.cc
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ extern "C" pthread_handler_decl(handle_bootstrap,arg)
     if (buff[length-1]!='\n' && !feof(file))
     {
       send_error(thd,ER_NET_PACKET_TOO_LARGE, NullS);
-      thd->is_fatal_error= 1;
+      thd->fatal_error();
       break;
     }
     while (length && (my_isspace(thd->charset(), buff[length-1]) ||