diff --git a/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc b/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc
index 21697be83aa..b505bc81c66 100644
--- a/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc
+++ b/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc
@@ -8419,7 +8419,6 @@ pthread_handler_t ndb_util_thread_func(void *arg __attribute__((unused)))
     goto ndb_util_thread_fail;
   thd->init_for_queries();
   thd->version=refresh_version;
-  thd->set_time();
   thd->main_security_ctx.host_or_ip= "";
   thd->client_capabilities = 0;
   my_net_init(&thd->net, 0);
diff --git a/sql/ha_ndbcluster_binlog.cc b/sql/ha_ndbcluster_binlog.cc
index 38b640d5f55..08307dcb506 100644
--- a/sql/ha_ndbcluster_binlog.cc
+++ b/sql/ha_ndbcluster_binlog.cc
@@ -3414,7 +3414,6 @@ pthread_handler_t ndb_binlog_thread_func(void *arg)
   thd->command= COM_DAEMON;
   thd->system_thread= SYSTEM_THREAD_NDBCLUSTER_BINLOG;
   thd->version= refresh_version;
-  thd->set_time();
   thd->main_security_ctx.host_or_ip= "";
   thd->client_capabilities= 0;
   my_net_init(&thd->net, 0);