diff --git a/mysql-test/t/mysql_upgrade.test b/mysql-test/t/mysql_upgrade.test
index 24a1d2e1b5d..6c01f3b2027 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/mysql_upgrade.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/mysql_upgrade.test
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if (`SELECT $VALGRIND_TEST`)
 # expected binaries it uses.
 #
 --echo Run mysql_upgrade once
---exec $MYSQL_UPGRADE --skip-verbose 2>&1
+--exec $MYSQL_UPGRADE --skip-verbose --force 2>&1
 
 # It should have created a file in the MySQL Servers datadir
 let $MYSQLD_DATADIR= `select @@datadir`;