diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/vendor/MySqlValidConnectionChecker.java b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/vendor/MySqlValidConnectionChecker.java
index 9278799d55..a67352af80 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/vendor/MySqlValidConnectionChecker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/vendor/MySqlValidConnectionChecker.java
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ import com.alibaba.druid.util.Utils;
 
 public class MySqlValidConnectionChecker extends ValidConnectionCheckerAdapter implements ValidConnectionChecker, Serializable {
 
-    public static final int DEFAULT_VALIDATION_QUERY_TIMEOUT = 1000;
+    public static final int DEFAULT_VALIDATION_QUERY_TIMEOUT = 1;
+    public static final String DEFAULT_VALIDATION_QUERY = "SELECT 1";
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     private static final Log  LOG              = LogFactory.getLog(MySqlValidConnectionChecker.class);
@@ -105,8 +106,9 @@ public class MySqlValidConnectionChecker extends ValidConnectionCheckerAdapter i
             }
         }
 
-        if (validateQuery == null || validateQuery.length() == 0) {
-            return true;
+        String query = validateQuery;
+        if (validateQuery == null || validateQuery.isEmpty()) {
+            query = DEFAULT_VALIDATION_QUERY;
         }
 
         Statement stmt = null;
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ public class MySqlValidConnectionChecker extends ValidConnectionCheckerAdapter i
             if (validationQueryTimeout > 0) {
                 stmt.setQueryTimeout(validationQueryTimeout);
             }
-            rs = stmt.executeQuery(validateQuery);
+            rs = stmt.executeQuery(query);
             return true;
         } finally {
             JdbcUtils.close(rs);