diff --git a/storage/innobase/trx/trx0rec.cc b/storage/innobase/trx/trx0rec.cc
index d6885b9a1a5..3260b1e34c8 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/trx/trx0rec.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/trx/trx0rec.cc
@@ -2582,6 +2582,9 @@ bool trx_undo_prev_version_build(
       if (missing_extern) {
         /* treat as a fresh insert, not to
         cause assertion error at the caller. */
+          if (update != nullptr) {
+            update->reset();
+          }
         return true;
       }
     }