diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_mysql_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_mysql_adapter.rb
index ee6ca4fb6f..dcbc3466b2 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_mysql_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_mysql_adapter.rb
@@ -320,27 +320,19 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
       def begin_db_transaction
         execute "BEGIN"
-      rescue
-        # Transactions aren't supported
       end
 
       def begin_isolated_db_transaction(isolation)
         execute "SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL #{transaction_isolation_levels.fetch(isolation)}"
         begin_db_transaction
-      rescue
-        # Transactions aren't supported
       end
 
       def commit_db_transaction #:nodoc:
         execute "COMMIT"
-      rescue
-        # Transactions aren't supported
       end
 
       def rollback_db_transaction #:nodoc:
         execute "ROLLBACK"
-      rescue
-        # Transactions aren't supported
       end
 
       # In the simple case, MySQL allows us to place JOINs directly into the UPDATE
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb
index 7b18b95c44..c4dcba0501 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb
@@ -462,8 +462,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
       def begin_db_transaction #:nodoc:
         exec_query "BEGIN"
-      rescue Mysql::Error
-        # Transactions aren't supported
       end
 
       private
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/connection_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/connection_test.rb
index a61d61eef7..a1b41b6991 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/connection_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/connection_test.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ class MysqlConnectionTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     @connection.update('set @@wait_timeout=1')
     sleep 2
     assert !@connection.active?
+
+    # Repair all fixture connections so other tests won't break.
+    @fixture_connections.each do |c|
+      c.verify!
+    end
   end
 
   def test_successful_reconnection_after_timeout_with_manual_reconnect
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql2/connection_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql2/connection_test.rb
index 679c515e8c..8dc1df1851 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql2/connection_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql2/connection_test.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ class MysqlConnectionTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     @connection.update('set @@wait_timeout=1')
     sleep 2
     assert !@connection.active?
+
+    # Repair all fixture connections so other tests won't break.
+    @fixture_connections.each do |c|
+      c.verify!
+    end
   end
 
   def test_successful_reconnection_after_timeout_with_manual_reconnect