SET foreign_key_checks=0; CREATE TABLE t1 (id int, foreign key (id) references t2(id)) ENGINE=INNODB; CREATE TABLE t2 (id int, foreign key (id) references t1(id)) ENGINE=INNODB; SET foreign_key_checks=1; SELECT COUNT(*) FROM information_schema.key_column_usage WHERE REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME in ('t1', 't2'); COUNT(*) 2 SET foreign_key_checks=0; DROP TABLE t1, t2;