diff --git a/mysql-test/r/assert_failed_in_crash_recovery_rollback.result b/mysql-test/r/assert_failed_in_crash_recovery_rollback.result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..823718d7ebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/r/assert_failed_in_crash_recovery_rollback.result
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#
+# ASSERTION `ut_ad(false)` FAILED IN CRASH RECOVERY ROLLBACK THREAD.
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1(n INT);
+begin;
+insert into t1 values(1);
+SET debug = "+d,crash_after_flush_engine_log";
+CREATE TABLE t2(n int);
+ERROR HY000: Lost connection to MySQL server during query
+# restart: --debug=d,sleep_before_trx_recovery_rollback
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/assert_failed_in_crash_recovery_rollback.test b/mysql-test/t/assert_failed_in_crash_recovery_rollback.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..85d57deaca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/t/assert_failed_in_crash_recovery_rollback.test
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--source include/have_debug.inc
+
+--echo #
+--echo # ASSERTION `ut_ad(false)` FAILED IN CRASH RECOVERY ROLLBACK THREAD.
+--echo #
+CREATE TABLE t1(n INT);
+
+CONNECT (con_1, localhost, root,,);
+begin;
+insert into t1 values(1);
+
+connection default;
+
+--source include/expect_crash.inc
+SET debug = "+d,crash_after_flush_engine_log";
+--error 2013
+CREATE TABLE t2(n int);
+
+# Restart the server.
+--let $restart_parameters = restart: --debug=d,sleep_before_trx_recovery_rollback
+--source include/start_mysqld.inc
+
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/storage/innobase/trx/trx0roll.cc b/storage/innobase/trx/trx0roll.cc
index 9f6644c7369..e0627ac4350 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/trx/trx0roll.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/trx/trx0roll.cc
@@ -784,6 +784,9 @@ void trx_recovery_rollback(THD *thd) {
   std::vector<MDL_ticket *> shared_mdl_list;
   ut_ad(!srv_read_only_mode);

+  DBUG_EXECUTE_IF("sleep_before_trx_recovery_rollback",
+                  {std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(5));});
+
   // Take MDL locks
   /* During this stage the server is not open for external connections, and
    * there will not be any concurrent threads requesting MDL, hence we don't
@@ -800,9 +803,7 @@ void trx_recovery_rollback(THD *thd) {

     /* Ignore transactions that has already finished. */
     if (trx == nullptr) {
-      /* Currently these recovered transactions are not expected to finish
-       * earlier. Assert in Debug mode. */
-      ut_ad(false);
+      /* This can happen when trx has been rollbacked by binlog recovery. */
       continue;
     }
     auto table = dd_table_open_on_id(table_id, nullptr, nullptr, false, true);