diff --git a/sql/ha_innodb.cc b/sql/ha_innodb.cc
index 3e535385ed0..3418f82ee39 100644
--- a/sql/ha_innodb.cc
+++ b/sql/ha_innodb.cc
@@ -4001,15 +4001,15 @@ ha_innobase::create(
 
 	DBUG_ASSERT(innobase_table != 0);
 
-	if (thd->lex->sql_command == SQLCOM_ALTER_TABLE &&
-	   (thd->lex->create_info.used_fields & HA_CREATE_USED_AUTO) &&
+	if ((thd->lex->create_info.used_fields & HA_CREATE_USED_AUTO) &&
 	   (thd->lex->create_info.auto_increment_value != 0)) {
 
-		/* Query was ALTER TABLE...AUTO_INC = x; Find out a table
+		/* Query was ALTER TABLE...AUTO_INCREMENT = x; or 
+		CREATE TABLE ...AUTO_INCREMENT = x; Find out a table
 		definition from the dictionary and get the current value
 		of the auto increment field. Set a new value to the
-		auto increment field if the new value is creater than 
-		the current value. */
+		auto increment field if the value is greater than the
+		maximum value in the column. */
 
 		auto_inc_value = thd->lex->create_info.auto_increment_value;
 		dict_table_autoinc_initialize(innobase_table, auto_inc_value);