diff --git a/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql.go b/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql.go
index b8ff3945a..ca6012038 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql.go
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ type Mysql struct {
 	GatherFileEventsStats               bool     `toml:"gather_file_events_stats"`
 	GatherPerfEventsStatements          bool     `toml:"gather_perf_events_statements"`
 	IntervalSlow                        string   `toml:"interval_slow"`
+
+	mappings            []*mapping
+	generalThreadStates map[string]uint32
+	stateStatusMappings map[string]string
 }
 
 var sampleConfig = `
@@ -145,172 +149,172 @@ type mapping struct {
 	inExport string
 }
 
-var mappings = []*mapping{
-	{
-		onServer: "Aborted_",
-		inExport: "aborted_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Bytes_",
-		inExport: "bytes_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Com_",
-		inExport: "commands_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Created_",
-		inExport: "created_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Handler_",
-		inExport: "handler_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Innodb_",
-		inExport: "innodb_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Key_",
-		inExport: "key_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Open_",
-		inExport: "open_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Opened_",
-		inExport: "opened_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Qcache_",
-		inExport: "qcache_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Table_",
-		inExport: "table_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Tokudb_",
-		inExport: "tokudb_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Threads_",
-		inExport: "threads_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Access_",
-		inExport: "access_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Aria__",
-		inExport: "aria_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Binlog__",
-		inExport: "binlog_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Busy_",
-		inExport: "busy_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Connection_",
-		inExport: "connection_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Delayed_",
-		inExport: "delayed_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Empty_",
-		inExport: "empty_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Executed_",
-		inExport: "executed_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Executed_",
-		inExport: "executed_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Feature_",
-		inExport: "feature_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Flush_",
-		inExport: "flush_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Last_",
-		inExport: "last_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Master_",
-		inExport: "master_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Max_",
-		inExport: "max_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Memory_",
-		inExport: "memory_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Not_",
-		inExport: "not_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Performance_",
-		inExport: "performance_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Prepared_",
-		inExport: "prepared_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Rows_",
-		inExport: "rows_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Rpl_",
-		inExport: "rpl_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Select_",
-		inExport: "select_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Slave_",
-		inExport: "slave_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Slow_",
-		inExport: "slow_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Sort_",
-		inExport: "sort_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Subquery_",
-		inExport: "subquery_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Tc_",
-		inExport: "tc_",
-	},
-	{
-		onServer: "Threadpool_",
-		inExport: "threadpool_",
-	},
-}
+func NewMysql() *Mysql {
+	out := &Mysql{}
+	out.mappings = []*mapping{
+		{
+			onServer: "Aborted_",
+			inExport: "aborted_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Bytes_",
+			inExport: "bytes_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Com_",
+			inExport: "commands_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Created_",
+			inExport: "created_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Handler_",
+			inExport: "handler_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Innodb_",
+			inExport: "innodb_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Key_",
+			inExport: "key_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Open_",
+			inExport: "open_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Opened_",
+			inExport: "opened_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Qcache_",
+			inExport: "qcache_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Table_",
+			inExport: "table_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Tokudb_",
+			inExport: "tokudb_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Threads_",
+			inExport: "threads_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Access_",
+			inExport: "access_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Aria__",
+			inExport: "aria_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Binlog__",
+			inExport: "binlog_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Busy_",
+			inExport: "busy_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Connection_",
+			inExport: "connection_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Delayed_",
+			inExport: "delayed_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Empty_",
+			inExport: "empty_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Executed_",
+			inExport: "executed_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Executed_",
+			inExport: "executed_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Feature_",
+			inExport: "feature_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Flush_",
+			inExport: "flush_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Last_",
+			inExport: "last_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Master_",
+			inExport: "master_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Max_",
+			inExport: "max_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Memory_",
+			inExport: "memory_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Not_",
+			inExport: "not_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Performance_",
+			inExport: "performance_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Prepared_",
+			inExport: "prepared_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Rows_",
+			inExport: "rows_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Rpl_",
+			inExport: "rpl_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Select_",
+			inExport: "select_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Slave_",
+			inExport: "slave_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Slow_",
+			inExport: "slow_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Sort_",
+			inExport: "sort_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Subquery_",
+			inExport: "subquery_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Tc_",
+			inExport: "tc_",
+		},
+		{
+			onServer: "Threadpool_",
+			inExport: "threadpool_",
+		},
+	}
 
-var (
-	// status counter
-	generalThreadStates = map[string]uint32{
+	out.generalThreadStates = map[string]uint32{
 		"after create":              uint32(0),
 		"altering table":            uint32(0),
 		"analyzing":                 uint32(0),
@@ -363,8 +367,8 @@ var (
 		"writing to net":            uint32(0),
 		"other":                     uint32(0),
 	}
-	// plaintext statuses
-	stateStatusMappings = map[string]string{
+
+	out.stateStatusMappings = map[string]string{
 		"user sleep":                               "idle",
 		"creating index":                           "altering table",
 		"committing alter table to storage engine": "altering table",
@@ -385,7 +389,9 @@ var (
 		"deleting from main table":                 "deleting",
 		"deleting from reference tables":           "deleting",
 	}
-)
+
+	return out
+}
 
 func dsnAddTimeout(dsn string) (string, error) {
 
@@ -825,7 +831,7 @@ func (m *Mysql) gatherGlobalStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accum
 		var found bool
 
 		// iterate over mappings and gather metrics that is provided on mapping
-		for _, mapped := range mappings {
+		for _, mapped := range m.mappings {
 			if strings.HasPrefix(name, mapped.onServer) {
 				// convert numeric values to integer
 				i, _ := strconv.Atoi(string(val.([]byte)))
@@ -927,9 +933,9 @@ func (m *Mysql) GatherProcessListStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.
 	}
 
 	// mapping of state with its counts
-	stateCounts := make(map[string]uint32, len(generalThreadStates))
+	stateCounts := make(map[string]uint32, len(m.generalThreadStates))
 	// set map with keys and default values
-	for k, v := range generalThreadStates {
+	for k, v := range m.generalThreadStates {
 		stateCounts[k] = v
 	}
 
@@ -939,7 +945,8 @@ func (m *Mysql) GatherProcessListStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.
 			return err
 		}
 		// each state has its mapping
-		foundState := findThreadState(command, state)
+		foundState := findThreadState(m.generalThreadStates,
+			m.stateStatusMappings, command, state)
 		// count each state
 		stateCounts[foundState] += count
 	}
@@ -1510,7 +1517,12 @@ func parseValue(value sql.RawBytes) (float64, bool) {
 }
 
 // findThreadState can be used to find thread state by command and plain state
-func findThreadState(rawCommand, rawState string) string {
+func findThreadState(
+	generalThreadStates map[string]uint32,
+	stateStatusMappings map[string]string,
+	rawCommand string,
+	rawState string,
+) string {
 	var (
 		// replace '_' symbol with space
 		command = strings.Replace(strings.ToLower(rawCommand), "_", " ", -1)
@@ -1560,6 +1572,6 @@ func copyTags(in map[string]string) map[string]string {
 
 func init() {
 	inputs.Add("mysql", func() telegraf.Input {
-		return &Mysql{}
+		return NewMysql()
 	})
 }