diff --git a/mysql-test/include/rpl_sync.inc b/mysql-test/include/rpl_sync.inc
index a05bee2398179fc5e13146182418762d66d7f285..be2904528ffeefd0d39b0e5bdb76b9c82ddb5750 100644
--- a/mysql-test/include/rpl_sync.inc
+++ b/mysql-test/include/rpl_sync.inc
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ while ($_rpl_i) {
       {
         --echo Sync IO: $_rpl_slave_io_running; Sync SQL: $_rpl_slave_sql_running
       }
-      --let $_rpl_slave_io_running= `SELECT IF('$_rpl_slave_io_running' = 'Yes', 1, '')`
+      --let $_rpl_slave_io_running= `SELECT IF('$_rpl_slave_io_running' != 'No', 1, '')`
       --let $_rpl_slave_sql_running= `SELECT IF('$_rpl_slave_sql_running' = 'Yes', 1, '')`
       if ($_rpl_slave_io_running)
       {
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_circular_for_4_hosts.result b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_circular_for_4_hosts.result
index fb1d3f8258e3ca7dd4e96212fd64f970b1412eee..6981e549918a7fafb132ebd25450fdc7db0b1450 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_circular_for_4_hosts.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_circular_for_4_hosts.result
@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@ Master D	12	D
 * Remove wrong event from C and restore B->C->D *
 include/stop_slave.inc
 DELETE FROM t1 WHERE a = 6;
-START SLAVE;
+include/start_slave.inc
 RESET MASTER;
 RESET SLAVE;
 include/rpl_change_topology.inc [new topology=1->2->3->4->1]
-START SLAVE;
+include/start_slave.inc
 include/rpl_sync.inc
 
 * Check data inserted before restoring schema A->B->C->D->A *
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_circular_for_4_hosts.test b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_circular_for_4_hosts.test
index 888f09fcfa1a3e2a425a8b339638be8e1e668766..750f399ce99540bb531693e70bb50a99d16814d0 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_circular_for_4_hosts.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_circular_for_4_hosts.test
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ SELECT 'Master D',a,b FROM t1 WHERE c = 3 ORDER BY a,b;
 source include/stop_slave.inc;
 --connection server_3
 DELETE FROM t1 WHERE a = 6;
-START SLAVE;
+--source include/start_slave.inc
 --connection server_2
 --sync_slave_with_master server_3
 RESET MASTER;
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ RESET SLAVE;
 --source include/rpl_change_topology.inc
 #--replace_result $SERVER_MYPORT_3 SERVER_MYPORT_3 $file_d LOG_FILE $pos_d LOG_POS 
 #--eval CHANGE MASTER TO master_host='127.0.0.1',master_port=$SERVER_MYPORT_3,master_user='root',master_log_file='$file_d',master_log_pos=$pos_d
-START SLAVE;
+--source include/start_slave.inc
 --connection server_3
 --sync_slave_with_master server_4
 --source include/rpl_sync.inc