diff --git a/client/mysqltest.c b/client/mysqltest.c
index 04226719888a1ec4864f1c247c8f61c1aa4d9801..cca2420d49847f98f10492088da7fd31524fbf1f 100644
--- a/client/mysqltest.c
+++ b/client/mysqltest.c
@@ -2670,7 +2670,7 @@ void do_copy_file(struct st_command *command)
   command	command handle
 
   DESCRIPTION
-  chmod_file <octal> <file_name>
+  chmod <octal> <file_name>
   Change file permission of <file_name>
 
 */
diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl
index 3d5752b4ec88fa7105f232ffd034aa95ee6bc83e..d17a1c6f0dc1a63a8443515a0cfe315aaad167a9 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl
@@ -33,16 +33,14 @@ my $skip_test;
 
 sub init_pattern {
   my ($from, $what)= @_;
-  if ( $from =~ /[a-z0-9]/ ) {
+  if ( $from =~ /^[a-z0-9]$/ ) {
     # Does not contain any regex, make the pattern match
     # beginning of string
     $from= "^$from";
   }
-  else {
-    # Check that pattern is a valid regex
-    eval { "" =~/$from/; 1 } or
-      mtr_error("Invalid regex '$from' passed to $what\nPerl says: $@");
-  }
+  # Check that pattern is a valid regex
+  eval { "" =~/$from/; 1 } or
+    mtr_error("Invalid regex '$from' passed to $what\nPerl says: $@");
   return $from;
 }
 
diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
index 2b4156654741283f7c35ff15ea20c3d9fb856e01..5cf00fb653cc4ab457970a65f6306d7c49e73ba5 100755
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
@@ -3761,6 +3761,16 @@ sub mysqld_arguments ($$$$) {
   # see BUG#28359
   mtr_add_arg($args, "%s--connect-timeout=60", $prefix);
 
+
+  # When mysqld is run by a root user(euid is 0), it will fail
+  # to start unless we specify what user to run as. If not running
+  # as root it will be ignored, see BUG#30630
+  my $euid= $>;
+  if (!$glob_win32 and $euid == 0 and
+      grep(/^--user/, @$extra_opt, @opt_extra_mysqld_opt) == 0) {
+    mtr_add_arg($args, "%s--user=root");
+  }
+
   if ( $opt_valgrind_mysqld )
   {
     mtr_add_arg($args, "%s--skip-safemalloc", $prefix);