diff --git a/ext/pdo_mysql/tests/pdo_mysql_attr_max_buffer_size.phpt b/ext/pdo_mysql/tests/pdo_mysql_attr_max_buffer_size.phpt
index 6491bb7bca2e0..34f68f07a7801 100644
--- a/ext/pdo_mysql/tests/pdo_mysql_attr_max_buffer_size.phpt
+++ b/ext/pdo_mysql/tests/pdo_mysql_attr_max_buffer_size.phpt
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ if (MySQLPDOTest::isPDOMySQLnd())
                     $offset, $id, substr($val, 0, 10), strlen($val));
             }
 
+            // This is necessary because we will be creating tables several times.
+            $db->query('DROP TABLE test_attr_max_buffer_size');
+
         } catch (PDOException $e) {
             printf("[%03d] %s, [%s] %s\n",
                 $offset,