diff --git a/storage/innobase/log/log0recv.cc b/storage/innobase/log/log0recv.cc
index 1e710e291f7..de6cd38187e 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/log/log0recv.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/log/log0recv.cc
@@ -2601,24 +2601,6 @@ void recv_recover_page_func(
     ut_ad(end_lsn <= max_lsn);
 #endif /* !UNIV_HOTBACKUP */
 
-    byte *buf = nullptr;
-
-    if (recv->len > RECV_DATA_BLOCK_SIZE) {
-      /* We have to copy the record body to a separate
-      buffer */
-
-      buf = static_cast<byte *>(ut_malloc_nokey(recv->len));
-
-      recv_data_copy_to_buf(buf, recv);
-    } else if (recv->data != nullptr) {
-      buf = ((byte *)(recv->data)) + sizeof(recv_data_t);
-    } else {
-      /* Redo record that does not have a payload, such as MLOG_UNDO_ERASE_END,
-       MLOG_COMP_PAGE_CREATE, MLOG_INIT_FILE_PAGE2 etc. */
-      ut_ad(recv->data == nullptr);
-      ut_ad(recv->len == 0);
-    }
-
     if (recv->type == MLOG_INIT_FILE_PAGE) {
       page_lsn = page_newest_lsn;
 
@@ -2644,6 +2626,24 @@ void recv_recover_page_func(
         && undo::is_active(recv_addr->space)
 #endif /* !UNIV_HOTBACKUP */
     ) {
+      byte *buf = nullptr;
+
+      if (recv->len > RECV_DATA_BLOCK_SIZE) {
+        /* We have to copy the record body to a separate
+        buffer */
+
+        buf = static_cast<byte *>(ut_malloc_nokey(recv->len));
+
+        recv_data_copy_to_buf(buf, recv);
+      } else if (recv->data != nullptr) {
+        buf = ((byte *)(recv->data)) + sizeof(recv_data_t);
+      } else {
+        /* Redo record that does not have a payload, such as
+         MLOG_UNDO_ERASE_END, MLOG_COMP_PAGE_CREATE, MLOG_INIT_FILE_PAGE2 etc.
+       */
+        ut_ad(recv->data == nullptr);
+        ut_ad(recv->len == 0);
+      }
 
       lsn_t end_lsn;
 
@@ -2681,16 +2681,16 @@ void recv_recover_page_func(
       if (page_zip) {
         mach_write_to_8(FIL_PAGE_LSN + page_zip->data, end_lsn);
       }
+
+      if (recv->len > RECV_DATA_BLOCK_SIZE) {
+        ut_free(buf);
+      }
 #ifdef UNIV_HOTBACKUP
       ++applied_recs;
     } else {
       ++skipped_recs;
 #endif /* UNIV_HOTBACKUP */
     }
-
-    if (recv->len > RECV_DATA_BLOCK_SIZE) {
-      ut_free(buf);
-    }
   }
 
 #ifdef UNIV_ZIP_DEBUG