The query plan in 5.3-mwl89 equivalent to the 5.3 plan above is: +----+-------------+-------+--------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-------------+ | id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra | +----+-------------+-------+--------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-------------+ | 1 | PRIMARY | t1 | system | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 1 | | | 1 | PRIMARY | t3 | system | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 1 | | | 1 | PRIMARY | t2 | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 2 | Using where | | 2 | SUBQUERY | t2 | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 2 | | +----+-------------+-------+--------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-------------+
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| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-
| 1 | PRIMARY | t1 | system | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 1 | |
| 1 | PRIMARY | t3 | system | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 1 | |
| 1 | PRIMARY | t2 | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 2 | Using where |
| 2 | SUBQUERY | t2 | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 2 | |
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