diff --git a/storage/innobase/buf/buf0rea.cc b/storage/innobase/buf/buf0rea.cc
index 4440c11b097..161b2d8768a 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/buf/buf0rea.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/buf/buf0rea.cc
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ ulint buf_read_page_low(dberr_t *err, bool sync, ulint type, ulint mode,
     return (0);
   }
 
-  if (ibuf_bitmap_page(page_id, page_size) || trx_sys_hdr_page(page_id)) {
+  if (!sync &&
+      (ibuf_bitmap_page(page_id, page_size) || trx_sys_hdr_page(page_id))) {
     /* Trx sys header is so low in the latching order that we play
     safe and do not leave the i/o-completion to an asynchronous
     i/o-thread. Ibuf bitmap pages must always be read with