diff --git a/sql/ha_innodb.cc b/sql/ha_innodb.cc
index b5962526d9e..1c6de24ed75 100644
--- a/sql/ha_innodb.cc
+++ b/sql/ha_innodb.cc
@@ -150,6 +150,19 @@ innobase_release_stat_resources(
 	}
 }
 
+/************************************************************************
+Call this function when mysqld passes control to the client. That is to
+avoid deadlocks on the adaptive hash S-latch possibly held by thd. For more
+documentation, see handler.cc. */
+
+void
+innobase_release_temporary_latches(
+/*===============================*/
+        void*   innobase_tid)
+{
+        innobase_release_stat_resources((trx_t*)innobase_tid);
+}
+
 /************************************************************************
 Increments innobase_active_counter and every INNOBASE_WAKE_INTERVALth
 time calls srv_active_wake_master_thread. This function should be used
diff --git a/sql/ha_innodb.h b/sql/ha_innodb.h
index d2639f39c5b..8031fa0aa29 100644
--- a/sql/ha_innodb.h
+++ b/sql/ha_innodb.h
@@ -208,3 +208,4 @@ int innodb_show_status(THD* thd);
 
 my_bool innobase_query_caching_of_table_permitted(THD* thd, char* full_name,
 						uint full_name_len);
+void innobase_release_temporary_latches(void* innobase_tid);
diff --git a/sql/handler.cc b/sql/handler.cc
index fb33888e91e..3fae7c3bd72 100644
--- a/sql/handler.cc
+++ b/sql/handler.cc
@@ -238,8 +238,10 @@ int ha_autocommit_or_rollback(THD *thd, int error)
   handler must be the same as in the binlog.
 
   arguments:
+  thd:           the thread handle of the current connection
   log_file_name: latest binlog file name
   end_offset:	 the offset in the binlog file up to which we wrote
+  return value:  0 if success, 1 if error
 */
 
 int ha_report_binlog_offset_and_commit(THD *thd,
@@ -266,6 +268,34 @@ int ha_report_binlog_offset_and_commit(THD *thd,
   return error;
 }
 
+/*
+  This function should be called when MySQL sends rows of a SELECT result set
+  or the EOF mark to the client. It releases a possible adaptive hash index
+  S-latch held by thd in InnoDB and also releases a possible InnoDB query
+  FIFO ticket to enter InnoDB. To save CPU time, InnoDB allows a thd to
+  keep them over several calls of the InnoDB handler interface when a join
+  is executed. But when we let the control to pass to the client they have
+  to be released because if the application program uses mysql_use_result(),
+  it may deadlock on the S-latch if the application on another connection
+  performs another SQL query. In MySQL-4.1 this is even more important because
+  there a connection can have several SELECT queries open at the same time.
+
+  arguments:
+  thd:           the thread handle of the current connection
+  return value:  always 0
+*/
+
+int ha_release_temporary_latches(THD *thd)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_INNOBASE_DB
+  THD_TRANS *trans;
+  trans = &thd->transaction.all;
+  if (trans->innobase_tid)
+    innobase_release_temporary_latches(trans->innobase_tid);
+#endif
+  return 0;
+}
+
 int ha_commit_trans(THD *thd, THD_TRANS* trans)
 {
   int error=0;
diff --git a/sql/handler.h b/sql/handler.h
index b9209d087a0..8f1d00f64b5 100644
--- a/sql/handler.h
+++ b/sql/handler.h
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ void ha_resize_key_cache(void);
 int ha_start_stmt(THD *thd); 
 int ha_report_binlog_offset_and_commit(THD *thd, char *log_file_name,
 				       my_off_t end_offset);
+int ha_release_temporary_latches(THD *thd);
 int ha_commit_trans(THD *thd, THD_TRANS *trans);
 int ha_rollback_trans(THD *thd, THD_TRANS *trans);
 int ha_autocommit_or_rollback(THD *thd, int error);
diff --git a/sql/sql_class.cc b/sql/sql_class.cc
index e5ba58a0543..a99d17b0ec4 100644
--- a/sql/sql_class.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_class.cc
@@ -463,6 +463,14 @@ bool select_send::send_data(List<Item> &items)
   String *packet= &thd->packet;
   DBUG_ENTER("send_data");
 
+#ifdef HAVE_INNOBASE_DB
+  /* We may be passing the control from mysqld to the client: release the
+     InnoDB adaptive hash S-latch to avoid thread deadlocks if it was reserved
+     by thd */
+  if (thd->transaction.all.innobase_tid)
+    ha_release_temporary_latches(thd);
+#endif
+
   if (thd->offset_limit)
   {						// using limit offset,count
     thd->offset_limit--;
@@ -486,6 +494,14 @@ bool select_send::send_data(List<Item> &items)
 
 bool select_send::send_eof()
 {
+#ifdef HAVE_INNOBASE_DB
+  /* We may be passing the control from mysqld to the client: release the
+     InnoDB adaptive hash S-latch to avoid thread deadlocks if it was reserved
+     by thd */
+  if (thd->transaction.all.innobase_tid)
+    ha_release_temporary_latches(thd);
+#endif
+
   /* Unlock tables before sending packet to gain some speed */
   if (thd->lock)
   {