diff --git a/mysql-test/t/auto_increment_ranges_innodb.test b/mysql-test/t/auto_increment_ranges_innodb.test
index 3317153c31a..016ca16bd91 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/auto_increment_ranges_innodb.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/auto_increment_ranges_innodb.test
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ load data infile 'load.data' into table t1;
 insert t1 (f) values ('<===');
 select * from t1;
 drop table t1;
+--let $datadir=`select @@datadir`
+--remove_file $datadir/test/load.data