=== modified file 'mysql-test/t/events_bugs.test'
--- mysql-test/t/events_bugs.test	2008-02-07 10:47:39 +0000
+++ mysql-test/t/events_bugs.test	2008-09-12 18:40:04 +0000
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ let $wait_condition=
 select /*1*/ user, host, db, info from information_schema.processlist where command!='Daemon' and (info is null or info not like '%processlist%') order by info;
 select release_lock('test_bug16407');
 
+# wait for it to stop or we will get very spurious test failures
+let $wait_condition=
+  select count(*) = 0 from information_schema.processlist
+  where db = 'events_test' and info not like '%processlist%';
+--source include/wait_condition.inc
+
 set global event_scheduler= off;
 
 select event_schema, event_name, sql_mode from information_schema.events order by event_schema, event_name;