diff --git a/mysql-test/extra/rpl_tests/rpl_log.test b/mysql-test/extra/rpl_tests/rpl_log.test
index 078d3d4557d8bfa62901dbc188aa13da7cf6fc3c..60ffab316cfc5d01128f770f8ffaf40a678dcadd 100644
--- a/mysql-test/extra/rpl_tests/rpl_log.test
+++ b/mysql-test/extra/rpl_tests/rpl_log.test
@@ -13,22 +13,15 @@ save_master_pos;
 connection slave;
 sync_with_master;
 stop slave;
+--source include/wait_for_slave_to_stop.inc
 reset master;
 reset slave;
-# We are going to read the slave's binlog which contains file_id (for some LOAD
-# DATA INFILE); to make it repeatable (not influenced by other tests), we need
-# to stop and start the slave, to be sure file_id will start from 1.
-#  This can be done with 'server_stop slave', but
-# this would require the manager, so most of the time the test will be skipped
-# :(
-# To workaround this, I (Guilhem) add a (empty) rpl_log-slave.opt (because when
-# mysql-test-run finds such a file it restarts the slave before doing the
-# test). That's not very elegant but I could find no better way, sorry.
+start slave;
+--source include/wait_for_slave_to_start.inc
 
 let $VERSION=`select version()`;
 
 connection master;
-reset master;
 eval create table t1(n int not null auto_increment primary key)ENGINE=$engine_type;
 insert into t1 values (NULL);
 drop table t1;
@@ -79,7 +72,6 @@ connection slave;
 # Note that the above 'slave start' will cause a 3rd rotate event (a fake one)
 # to go into the relay log (the master always sends a fake one when replication
 # starts). 
-start slave;
 let $result_pattern= '%127.0.0.1%root%master-bin.000002%slave-relay-bin.000005%Yes%Yes%0%0%None%';
 --source include/wait_slave_status.inc
 sync_with_master;
@@ -87,6 +79,7 @@ sync_with_master;
 select * from t1 order by 1 asc;
 flush logs;
 stop slave;
+--source include/wait_for_slave_to_stop.inc
 connection master;
 
 # Create some entries for second log
@@ -95,6 +88,7 @@ eval create table t2 (n int)ENGINE=$engine_type;
 insert into t2 values (1);
 source include/show_binlog_events.inc;
 --replace_result $VERSION VERSION
+--replace_regex /file_id=[0-9]+/file_id=#/ /block_len=[0-9]+/block_len=#/ /infile '.+'/infile 'words.dat'/
 --replace_column 2 # 5 #
 --replace_regex /\/\* xid=.* \*\//\/* XID *\// /table_id: [0-9]+/table_id: #/
 show binlog events in 'master-bin.000002';
@@ -102,10 +96,12 @@ show binary logs;
 save_master_pos;
 connection slave;
 start slave;
+--source include/wait_for_slave_to_start.inc
 sync_with_master;
 show binary logs;
 --replace_result $MASTER_MYPORT MASTER_PORT $VERSION VERSION
 --replace_column 2 # 5 #
+--replace_regex /file_id=[0-9]+/file_id=#/ /block_len=[0-9]+/block_len=#/ /INFILE '.+'/INFILE 'words.dat'/
 --replace_regex /\/\* xid=.* \*\//\/* XID *\// /table_id: [0-9]+/table_id: #/
 show binlog events in 'slave-bin.000001' from 4;
 --replace_result $MASTER_MYPORT MASTER_PORT $VERSION VERSION
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_stm_log.result b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_stm_log.result
index d29b4c92590ecf92b6718dadae0b211541c505b9..20f8e04afe7f6177c21dace25527f12d6382d88c 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_stm_log.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_stm_log.result
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ start slave;
 stop slave;
 reset master;
 reset slave;
-reset master;
+start slave;
 create table t1(n int not null auto_increment primary key)ENGINE=MyISAM;
 insert into t1 values (NULL);
 drop table t1;
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ Aberdeen
 Abernathy
 aberrant
 aberration
-start slave;
 
 let $result_pattern= '%127.0.0.1%root%master-bin.000002%slave-relay-bin.000005%Yes%Yes%0%0%None%' ;
 
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_stm_log-slave.opt b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_stm_log-slave.opt
index 8b137891791fe96927ad78e64b0aad7bded08bdc..203fc2287ecbbcfc00f3fe91ea6c99e433b873a6 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_stm_log-slave.opt
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_stm_log-slave.opt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-
+--log-slave-updates
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_view-slave.opt b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_view-slave.opt
deleted file mode 100644
index 79b3bf6174bcf1438be35e3b885c3683c5fddc6c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_view-slave.opt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
---replicate-ignore-table=test.foo