diff --git a/src/wp-includes/wp-db.php b/src/wp-includes/wp-db.php
index 22cd943018..066e851fa3 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/wp-db.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/wp-db.php
@@ -1486,7 +1486,11 @@ class wpdb {
 				}
 			}
 
-			mysqli_real_connect( $this->dbh, $host, $this->dbuser, $this->dbpassword, null, $port, $socket, $client_flags );
+			if ( WP_DEBUG ) {
+				mysqli_real_connect( $this->dbh, $host, $this->dbuser, $this->dbpassword, null, $port, $socket, $client_flags );
+			} else {
+				@mysqli_real_connect( $this->dbh, $host, $this->dbuser, $this->dbpassword, null, $port, $socket, $client_flags );
+			}
 
 			if ( $this->dbh->connect_errno ) {
 				$this->dbh = null;
@@ -1512,7 +1516,11 @@ class wpdb {
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
-			$this->dbh = mysql_connect( $this->dbhost, $this->dbuser, $this->dbpassword, $new_link, $client_flags );
+			if ( WP_DEBUG ) {
+				$this->dbh = mysql_connect( $this->dbhost, $this->dbuser, $this->dbpassword, $new_link, $client_flags );
+			} else {
+				$this->dbh = @mysql_connect( $this->dbhost, $this->dbuser, $this->dbpassword, $new_link, $client_flags );
+			}
 		}
 
 		if ( ! $this->dbh && $allow_bail ) {