diff --git a/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_stmt_bind_param_many_columns.phpt b/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_stmt_bind_param_many_columns.phpt
index ce966d87617..2468c38b2db 100644
--- a/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_stmt_bind_param_many_columns.phpt
+++ b/ext/mysqli/tests/mysqli_stmt_bind_param_many_columns.phpt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ require_once('skipif.inc');
 require_once('skipifemb.inc');
 require_once('skipifconnectfailure.inc');
 ?>
+--INI--
+memory_limit=256M
 --FILE--
 <?php
 	/*
@@ -19,6 +21,19 @@ require_once('skipifconnectfailure.inc');
 	*/
 	require_once("connect.inc");
 
+	if (!$link = my_mysqli_connect($host, $user, $passwd, $db, $port, $socket)) {
+		printf("Cannot connect to the server using host=%s, user=%s, passwd=***, dbname=%s, port=%s, socket=%s\n",
+			$host, $user, $db, $port, $socket);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	list($old_max_allowed_packet) = $link->query("SELECT @@max_allowed_packet")->fetch_row();
+	if (!$link->query("SET GLOBAL max_allowed_packet=(2<<29)")) {
+		printf("Failed to set max_allowed_packet the test table: [%d] %s\n", mysqli_errno($link), mysqli_error($link));
+	}
+	mysqli_close($link);
+
+
 	if (!$link = my_mysqli_connect($host, $user, $passwd, $db, $port, $socket)) {
 		printf("Cannot connect to the server using host=%s, user=%s, passwd=***, dbname=%s, port=%s, socket=%s\n",
 			$host, $user, $db, $port, $socket);
@@ -33,27 +48,38 @@ require_once('skipifconnectfailure.inc');
 	$cols = 2500;
 	$str = array();
 	for ($i = 1; $i <= $cols; $i++) {
-		$str[] ="a$i INT";
+		$str[] ="a$i BLOB";
 	}
-	$link->query("CREATE TABLE ps_test(" . implode(" , ", $str) . ")");
+	$link->query("CREATE TABLE ps_test(" . implode(" , ", $str) . ") ENGINE=MyISAM");
 	if (mysqli_errno($link)) {
 		printf("Failed to create the test table: [%d] %s\n", mysqli_errno($link), mysqli_error($link));
 		die("");
 	}
 	$stmt = $link->prepare("INSERT INTO ps_test VALUES(".str_repeat("?, ", $cols-1) . "?)");
 	var_dump($stmt->id);
-	$eval_str="\$stmt->bind_param(\"".str_repeat("i",$cols)."\", ";
+	$s = str_repeat("a", 2 << 12);
+	$eval_str="\$stmt->bind_param(\"".str_repeat("s",$cols)."\", ";
 	for ($i = 1; $i < $cols; $i++) {
-		$eval_str.="\$i,";
+		$eval_str.="\$s,";
 	}
-	$eval_str.="\$i";
+	$eval_str.="\$s";
 	$eval_str.=");";
 	eval($eval_str);
-	var_dump($stmt->execute());
+	printf("executing\n");
+	if (!$stmt->execute()) {
+		printf("failed");
+		printf("Failed to execute: [%d] %s\n", mysqli_stmt_errno($stmt), mysqli_stmt_error($stmt));
+	} else {
+		var_dump(true);
+	}
 
 	mysqli_stmt_close($stmt);
 
 
+	if (!$link->query("SET GLOBAL max_allowed_packet=$old_max_allowed_packet")) {
+		printf("Failed to set max_allowed_packet the test table: [%d] %s\n", mysqli_errno($link), mysqli_error($link));
+	}
+
 	mysqli_close($link);
 
 	print "done!";
@@ -72,5 +98,6 @@ require_once('skipifconnectfailure.inc');
 ?>
 --EXPECTF--
 int(1)
+executing
 bool(true)
 done!