diff --git a/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_get_client_stats.phpt b/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_get_client_stats.phpt
index 17900c5ad6090..cc81bc299b620 100644
--- a/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_get_client_stats.phpt
+++ b/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_get_client_stats.phpt
@@ -922,14 +922,14 @@ if (!mysqli_query($link, "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS non_result_set_queries_test"))
 if (!mysqli_query($link, "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS client_stats_test"))
 	printf("[c004] Cannot drop table, [%d] %s\n", mysqli_errno($link), mysqli_error($link));
 
-if (!mysqli_query($link, "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS mysqli_get_client_stats_"))
-	printf("[c005] Cannot drop table, [%d] %s\n", mysqli_errno($link), mysqli_error($link));
+// These tests are optional if the database and server fail to create them;
+// for example, if the user the tests run as are unprivileged. If we didn't
+// run those before, then errors like no permissions here are spurious.
+mysqli_query($link, "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS mysqli_get_client_stats_");
 
-if (!mysqli_query($link, "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS mysqli_get_client_stats"))
-	printf("[c006] Cannot drop table, [%d] %s\n", mysqli_errno($link), mysqli_error($link));
+mysqli_query($link, "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS mysqli_get_client_stats");
 
-if (!mysqli_query($link, "DROP SERVER IF EXISTS myself"))
-	printf("[c007] Cannot drop table, [%d] %s\n", mysqli_errno($link), mysqli_error($link));
+mysqli_query($link, "DROP SERVER IF EXISTS myself");
 
 mysqli_close($link);
 ?>