diff --git a/mysql-test/r/select.result b/mysql-test/r/select.result
index bfe0b9d19df..5930c36029f 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/select.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/select.result
@@ -3995,4 +3995,14 @@ id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
 1	SIMPLE	f1	index	inx	inx	10	NULL	7	Using where; Using index
 1	SIMPLE	f2	ref	inx	inx	5	test.f1.b	1	Using where; Using index
 DROP TABLE t1;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (c1 INT, c2 INT);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,11), (2,22), (2,22);
+EXPLAIN SELECT c1 FROM t1 WHERE (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT COUNT(c2)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) > 0;
+id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
+1	PRIMARY	t1	ALL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	3	Using where
+31	DEPENDENT SUBQUERY	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	No tables used
+32	DEPENDENT SUBQUERY	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	No tables used
+EXPLAIN SELECT c1 FROM t1 WHERE (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT (SELECT COUNT(c2))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) > 0;
+ERROR HY000: Too high level of nesting for select
+DROP TABLE t1;
 End of 5.0 tests
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/rpl_relayspace.test b/mysql-test/t/rpl_relayspace.test
index 70315c14f34..d4ef2fe59bd 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/rpl_relayspace.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/rpl_relayspace.test
@@ -14,6 +14,22 @@ connection slave;
 reset slave;
 start slave io_thread;
 # Give the I/O thread time to block.
+let $run= 1;
+let $counter= 300;
+while ($run)
+{
+  let $io_state= query_get_value("SHOW SLAVE STATUS", Slave_IO_State, 1);
+  if (`SELECT '$io_state' = 'Waiting for the slave SQL thread to free enough relay log space'`){
+    let $run= 0;
+  }
+  sleep 0.1;
+  if (!$counter){
+   --echo "Failed while waiting for slave IO thread block"
+   SHOW SLAVE STATUS;
+   exit;
+  }
+  dec $counter;
+}
 sleep 2;
 # A bug caused the I/O thread to refuse stopping.
 stop slave io_thread;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/select.test b/mysql-test/t/select.test
index 56b2f1b02b8..8bfa12539fa 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/select.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/select.test
@@ -3370,4 +3370,34 @@ EXPLAIN SELECT COUNT(*) FROM t1 f1 INNER JOIN t1 f2
     WHERE 1 AND f1.b NOT IN (100,2232,3343,51111);
 DROP TABLE t1;    
 
+#
+# Bug #27352: Incorrect result of nested selects instead of error reporting
+#
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 (c1 INT, c2 INT);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,11), (2,22), (2,22);
+
+let $n= 31;
+let $q= COUNT(c2);
+while ($n)
+{
+  let $q= (SELECT $q);
+  dec $n;
+}
+--disable_warnings
+eval EXPLAIN SELECT c1 FROM t1 WHERE $q > 0;
+--enable_warnings
+
+let $n= 64;
+let $q= COUNT(c2);
+while ($n)
+{
+  let $q= (SELECT $q);
+  dec $n;
+}
+--error ER_TOO_HIGH_LEVEL_OF_NESTING_FOR_SELECT
+eval EXPLAIN SELECT c1 FROM t1 WHERE $q > 0;
+
+DROP TABLE t1;
+
 --echo End of 5.0 tests
diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index 57d1656736d..d033331385b 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -4828,7 +4828,8 @@ enum options_mysqld
   OPT_PORT_OPEN_TIMEOUT,
   OPT_MERGE,
   OPT_INNODB_ROLLBACK_ON_TIMEOUT,
-  OPT_SECURE_FILE_PRIV
+  OPT_SECURE_FILE_PRIV,
+  OPT_KEEP_FILES_ON_CREATE
 };
 
 
@@ -5830,6 +5831,11 @@ log and this option does nothing anymore.",
    (gptr*) &max_system_variables.join_buff_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 128*1024L, IO_SIZE*2+MALLOC_OVERHEAD, ~0L, MALLOC_OVERHEAD,
    IO_SIZE, 0},
+  {"keep_files_on_create", OPT_KEEP_FILES_ON_CREATE,
+   "Don't overwrite stale .MYD and .MYI even if no directory is specified.",
+   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.keep_files_on_create,
+   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.keep_files_on_create,
+   0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"key_buffer_size", OPT_KEY_BUFFER_SIZE,
    "The size of the buffer used for index blocks for MyISAM tables. Increase this to get better index handling (for all reads and multiple writes) to as much as you can afford; 64M on a 256M machine that mainly runs MySQL is quite common.",
    (gptr*) &dflt_key_cache_var.param_buff_size,
diff --git a/sql/share/errmsg.txt b/sql/share/errmsg.txt
index a52ffa8216c..6d4ca33ccc7 100644
--- a/sql/share/errmsg.txt
+++ b/sql/share/errmsg.txt
@@ -5635,3 +5635,5 @@ ER_NON_INSERTABLE_TABLE
 	eng "The target table %-.100s of the %s is not insertable-into"
 ER_ADMIN_WRONG_MRG_TABLE
 	eng "Table '%-.64s' is differently defined or of non-MyISAM type or doesn't exist"
+ER_TOO_HIGH_LEVEL_OF_NESTING_FOR_SELECT
+	eng "Too high level of nesting for select"
diff --git a/sql/sql_parse.cc b/sql/sql_parse.cc
index 25ead88ac53..58f5ffc5235 100644
--- a/sql/sql_parse.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_parse.cc
@@ -5892,6 +5892,11 @@ mysql_new_select(LEX *lex, bool move_down)
   select_lex->init_query();
   select_lex->init_select();
   lex->nest_level++;
+  if (lex->nest_level > (int) MAX_SELECT_NESTING)
+  {
+    my_error(ER_TOO_HIGH_LEVEL_OF_NESTING_FOR_SELECT,MYF(0),MAX_SELECT_NESTING);
+    DBUG_RETURN(1);
+  }
   select_lex->nest_level= lex->nest_level;
   /*
     Don't evaluate this subquery during statement prepare even if
diff --git a/sql/sql_table.cc b/sql/sql_table.cc
index 18c58d3a36a..6cbe98fe862 100644
--- a/sql/sql_table.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_table.cc
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ int mysql_rm_table_part2(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *tables, bool if_exists,
       drop_locked_tables(thd, db, table->table_name);
       if (thd->killed)
       {
-        thd->no_warnings_for_error= 0;
-	DBUG_RETURN(-1);
+        error=-1;
+        goto err_with_placeholders;
       }
       alias= (lower_case_table_names == 2) ? table->alias : table->table_name;
       /* remove form file and isam files */
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ int mysql_rm_table_part2(THD *thd, TABLE_LIST *tables, bool if_exists,
     }
   }
 
+err_with_placeholders:
   if (!drop_temporary)
     unlock_table_names(thd, tables, (TABLE_LIST*) 0);
   thd->no_warnings_for_error= 0;
diff --git a/sql/unireg.h b/sql/unireg.h
index 81ca18c1d32..d8301060cc4 100644
--- a/sql/unireg.h
+++ b/sql/unireg.h
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@
                            RAND_TABLE_BIT)
 #define MAX_FIELDS	4096			/* Limit in the .frm file */
 
+#define MAX_SELECT_NESTING (sizeof(nesting_map)*8-1)
+
 #define MAX_SORT_MEMORY (2048*1024-MALLOC_OVERHEAD)
 #define MIN_SORT_MEMORY (32*1024-MALLOC_OVERHEAD)