diff --git a/mysql-test/r/partition_innodb.result b/mysql-test/r/partition_innodb.result
index ad4d08e89ff..8af9133ab3f 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/partition_innodb.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/partition_innodb.result
@@ -256,3 +256,7 @@ SUBPARTITION BY KEY (char_column)
 SUBPARTITIONS 2
 (PARTITION p1 VALUES LESS THAN (5) ENGINE = MyISAM) */
 drop table t1;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT) ENGINE=InnoDB
+PARTITION BY list(a) (PARTITION p1 VALUES IN (1));
+CREATE INDEX i1 ON t1 (a);
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/partition_innodb.test b/mysql-test/t/partition_innodb.test
index 2abbceffbb0..c2e98ab59b8 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/partition_innodb.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/partition_innodb.test
@@ -270,3 +270,15 @@ PARTITION BY RANGE (int_column)
   (PARTITION p1 VALUES LESS THAN (5));
 show create table t1;
 drop table t1;
+
+#
+# BUG#46483 - drop table of partitioned table may leave extraneous file
+# Note: was only repeatable with InnoDB plugin
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT) ENGINE=InnoDB
+  PARTITION BY list(a) (PARTITION p1 VALUES IN (1));
+CREATE INDEX i1 ON t1 (a);
+DROP TABLE t1;
+let $MYSQLD_DATADIR= `SELECT @@datadir`;
+# Before the fix it should show extra file like #sql-2405_2.par
+--list_files $MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/ *
diff --git a/sql/unireg.cc b/sql/unireg.cc
index 68a352e4a44..60674b8390b 100644
--- a/sql/unireg.cc
+++ b/sql/unireg.cc
@@ -412,10 +412,10 @@ int rea_create_table(THD *thd, const char *path,
   DBUG_ASSERT(*fn_rext(frm_name));
   if (thd->variables.keep_files_on_create)
     create_info->options|= HA_CREATE_KEEP_FILES;
-  if (file->ha_create_handler_files(path, NULL, CHF_CREATE_FLAG, create_info))
-    goto err_handler;
-  if (!create_info->frm_only && ha_create_table(thd, path, db, table_name,
-                                                create_info,0))
+  if (!create_info->frm_only &&
+      (file->ha_create_handler_files(path, NULL, CHF_CREATE_FLAG,
+                                     create_info) ||
+       ha_create_table(thd, path, db, table_name, create_info, 0)))
     goto err_handler;
   DBUG_RETURN(0);