diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index 416193ff1e0..6cf565dddea 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -9404,7 +9404,7 @@ void refresh_status(THD *thd)
     Set max_used_connections to the number of currently open
     connections.  This is not perfect, but status data is not exact anyway.
   */
-  max_used_connections= thread_count-delayed_insert_threads;
+  max_used_connections= connection_count + extra_connection_count;
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PSI_INTERFACE