diff --git a/mysql-test/t/windows_shm.test b/mysql-test/t/windows_shm.test
index 203471aac56..1c6f05f2da0 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/windows_shm.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/windows_shm.test
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 #
 # Bug #24924: shared-memory-base-name that is too long causes buffer overflow
 #
---exec $MYSQLADMIN --no-defaults --shared-memory-base-name=HeyMrBaseNameXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ping
+--exec $MYSQLADMIN --no-defaults --user=root --host=127.0.0.1 --port=$MASTER_MYPORT --shared-memory-base-name=HeyMrBaseNameXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ping
 
 --echo End of 5.0 tests.