diff --git a/sql/sql_class.cc b/sql/sql_class.cc
index 03b8cff3e25..94a6baf9f92 100644
--- a/sql/sql_class.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_class.cc
@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ THD::THD()
               /* statement id */ 0),
    rli_fake(0), rli_slave(NULL),
    user_time(0), in_sub_stmt(0),
+   fill_status_recursion_level(0),
    binlog_unsafe_warning_flags(0),
    binlog_table_maps(0),
    table_map_for_update(0),
diff --git a/sql/sql_class.h b/sql/sql_class.h
index 093758ce389..64c05fe87c9 100644
--- a/sql/sql_class.h
+++ b/sql/sql_class.h
@@ -1586,6 +1586,16 @@ public:
   /* <> 0 if we are inside of trigger or stored function. */
   uint in_sub_stmt;
 
+  /** 
+    Used by fill_status() to avoid acquiring LOCK_status mutex twice
+    when this function is called recursively (e.g. queries 
+    that contains SELECT on I_S.GLOBAL_STATUS with subquery on the 
+    same I_S table).
+    Incremented each time fill_status() function is entered and 
+    decremented each time before it returns from the function.
+  */
+  uint fill_status_recursion_level;
+
   /* container for handler's private per-connection data */
   Ha_data ha_data[MAX_HA];
 
diff --git a/sql/sql_show.cc b/sql/sql_show.cc
index 2811483a0b1..fbd163f4667 100644
--- a/sql/sql_show.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_show.cc
@@ -6215,14 +6215,20 @@ int fill_status(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *tables, COND *cond)
     tmp1= &thd->status_var;
   }
 
-  mysql_mutex_lock(&LOCK_status);
+  /*
+    Avoid recursive acquisition of LOCK_status in cases when WHERE clause
+    represented by "cond" contains subquery on I_S.SESSION/GLOBAL_STATUS.
+  */
+  if (thd->fill_status_recursion_level++ == 0) 
+    mysql_mutex_lock(&LOCK_status);
   if (option_type == OPT_GLOBAL)
     calc_sum_of_all_status(&tmp);
   res= show_status_array(thd, wild,
                          (SHOW_VAR *)all_status_vars.buffer,
                          option_type, tmp1, "", tables->table,
                          upper_case_names, cond);
-  mysql_mutex_unlock(&LOCK_status);
+  if (thd->fill_status_recursion_level-- == 1) 
+    mysql_mutex_unlock(&LOCK_status);
   DBUG_RETURN(res);
 }