diff --git a/sql/sql_show.cc b/sql/sql_show.cc
index 507139de1eb4a2d23d5277d220e812c5997dfb8b..4ed59f7d1b0c62f8e6c037cb5690359fc0d6046c 100644
--- a/sql/sql_show.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_show.cc
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ int mysqld_show_open_tables(THD *thd,const char *wild)
   if (send_fields(thd,field_list,1))
     DBUG_RETURN(1);
 
-  if (!(list_open_tables(thd,&tables,db,wild)) && thd->fatal_error)
+  if (!(open_list=list_open_tables(thd,wild)) && thd->fatal_error)
     DBUG_RETURN(-1);
 
   for ( ; open_list ; open_list=open_list->next)