diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pm b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pm
index dd0721a8f16..a246c5bbef6 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pm
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pm
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ sub mtr_report_test ($) {
 }
 
 
-sub mtr_report_stats ($) {
-  my $tests= shift;
+sub mtr_report_stats ($;$) {
+  my ($tests, $dont_error)= @_;
 
   # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
   # Find out how we where doing
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ sub mtr_report_stats ($) {
 
   if ( $tot_failed != 0 || $found_problems)
   {
-    mtr_error("there were failing test cases");
+    mtr_error("there were failing test cases") unless $dont_error;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
index f4c1ed5ec11..68c32e8c0bb 100755
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
@@ -528,6 +528,8 @@ sub run_test_server ($$$) {
 	    elsif ($opt_max_test_fail > 0 and
 		   $num_failed_test >= $opt_max_test_fail) {
 	      $suite_timeout_proc->kill();
+	      push(@$completed, $result);
+	      mtr_report_stats($completed, 1);
 	      mtr_report("Too many tests($num_failed_test) failed!",
 			 "Terminating...");
 	      return undef;
@@ -659,6 +661,7 @@ sub run_test_server ($$$) {
     # ----------------------------------------------------
     if ( ! $suite_timeout_proc->wait_one(0) )
     {
+      mtr_report_stats($completed, 1);
       mtr_report("Test suite timeout! Terminating...");
       return undef;
     }