diff --git a/includes/polling/applications/mysql.inc.php b/includes/polling/applications/mysql.inc.php
index f2ca729ff9..5d8765e393 100644
--- a/includes/polling/applications/mysql.inc.php
+++ b/includes/polling/applications/mysql.inc.php
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ if (!empty($agent_data['app'][$name])) {
     $mysql = $agent_data['app'][$name];
 } else {
     // Polls MySQL  statistics from script via SNMP
-    $mysql_cmd  = $config['snmpget'].' -O qv '.snmp_gen_auth($device).' '.$device['hostname'].':'.$device['port'];
-    $mysql_cmd .= '.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.1.3.2.3.1.2.5.109.121.115.113.108';
-    $mysql      = shell_exec($mysql_cmd);
+    $mysql = snmp_get($device, '.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.1.3.2.3.1.2.5.109.121.115.113.108', '-Ovq');
 }
 
 update_application($app, $mysql);