--- sql/sql_class.cc.orig	2014-11-16 08:44:45.417221421 +0100
+++ sql/sql_class.cc	2014-11-16 09:06:49.933288618 +0100
@@ -2618,7 +2618,9 @@
 			IO_CACHE *cache)
 {
   File file;
+  MY_STAT stat;
   uint option= MY_UNPACK_FILENAME | MY_RELATIVE_PATH;
+  int file_created= 0;
 
 #ifdef DONT_ALLOW_FULL_LOAD_DATA_PATHS
   option|= MY_REPLACE_DIR;			// Force use of db directory
@@ -2640,25 +2642,38 @@
     return -1;
   }
 
-  if (!access(path, F_OK))
+  /* Check if file is a named pipe */
+  if (my_stat(path, &stat, MYF(0)) && MY_S_ISFIFO(stat.st_mode))
+  {
+    if ((file= mysql_file_open(key_select_to_file,
+                               path, O_WRONLY, MYF(MY_WME))) < 0)
+      return file;
+  }
+  else if (!access(path, F_OK))
   {
     my_error(ER_FILE_EXISTS_ERROR, MYF(0), exchange->file_name);
     return -1;
   }
-  /* Create the file world readable */
-  if ((file= mysql_file_create(key_select_to_file,
-                               path, 0666, O_WRONLY|O_EXCL, MYF(MY_WME))) < 0)
-    return file;
+  else
+  {
+    /* Create the file world readable */
+    if ((file= mysql_file_create(key_select_to_file,
+                                 path, 0666, O_WRONLY|O_EXCL, MYF(MY_WME))) < 0)
+      return file;
 #ifdef HAVE_FCHMOD
-  (void) fchmod(file, 0666);			// Because of umask()
+    (void) fchmod(file, 0666);			// Because of umask()
 #else
-  (void) chmod(path, 0666);
+    (void) chmod(path, 0666);
 #endif
+    file_created= 1;
+  }
+
   if (init_io_cache(cache, file, 0L, WRITE_CACHE, 0L, 1, MYF(MY_WME)))
   {
     mysql_file_close(file, MYF(0));
     /* Delete file on error, it was just created */
-    mysql_file_delete(key_select_to_file, path, MYF(0));
+    if (file_created)
+      mysql_file_delete(key_select_to_file, path, MYF(0));
     return -1;
   }
   return file;