The answer to this is very straightforward. The two slaves must have the same [server_id][1]. I wrote about this 2 years ago (https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/20509/screwed-up-replication-by-sharing-server-ids/20510#20510). In that post, I quoted Baron Schwartz's blog [Pop quiz: how can one slave break another slave][2]. The quick-and-dirty solution ? Change the second slave's [server_id][3]. For example, if the master's server_id is 1000 and first slave's server_id is 1001, go to the second slave and run the following: mysql> SET GLOBAL server_id = 1002; This will fix it right then and there. Then, go to the second slave and change the server_id in the `my.cnf` [mysqld] server_id = 1002 Give it a Try !!! [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/replication-options.html#option_mysqld_server-id [2]: http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/03/14/pop-quiz-how-can-one-slave-break-another-slave/ [3]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/replication-options.html#option_mysqld_server-id