diff --git a/ext/mysqli/tests/bug77956.phpt b/ext/mysqli/tests/bug77956.phpt
index b3c7943c93c..0a3fd183eff 100644
--- a/ext/mysqli/tests/bug77956.phpt
+++ b/ext/mysqli/tests/bug77956.phpt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ if (!$link = my_mysqli_connect($host, $user, $passwd, $db, $port, $socket)) {
 	printf("[clean] Cannot connect to the server using host=%s, user=%s, passwd=***, dbname=%s, port=%s, socket=%s\n",
 		$host, $user, $db, $port, $socket);
 }
-if (!$link->query($link, 'DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test')) {
+if (!$link->query('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test')) {
 	printf("[clean] Failed to drop old test table: [%d] %s\n", mysqli_errno($link), mysqli_error($link));
 }
 $link->close();