diff --git a/storage/innobase/btr/btr0load.cc b/storage/innobase/btr/btr0load.cc
index c0b99f5..cde1eeb 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/btr/btr0load.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/btr/btr0load.cc
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class Page_load : private ut::Non_copyable {
   /** Initialize members and allocate page if needed and start mtr.
   @note Must be called and only once right after constructor.
   @return error code */
-  [[nodiscard]] dberr_t init() noexcept;
+  [[nodiscard]] dberr_t init(page_no_t hint_page_no) noexcept;

   /** Insert a tuple in the page.
   @param[in]  tuple             Tuple to insert
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class Page_load : private ut::Non_copyable {
   friend class Btree_load;
 };

-dberr_t Page_load::init() noexcept {
+dberr_t Page_load::init(page_no_t hint_page_no) noexcept {
   page_t *new_page;
   page_no_t new_page_no;
   buf_block_t *new_block;
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ dberr_t Page_load::init() noexcept {
     }

     /* Allocate a new page. */
-    new_block = btr_page_alloc(m_index, 0, FSP_UP, m_level, &alloc_mtr, mtr);
+    new_block = btr_page_alloc(m_index, hint_page_no, FSP_UP, m_level, &alloc_mtr, mtr);

     if (n_reserved > 0) {
       fil_space_release_free_extents(m_index->space, n_reserved);
@@ -901,11 +901,13 @@ dberr_t Btree_load::page_split(Page_load *page_loader,
     return DB_TOO_BIG_RECORD;
   }

+  page_no_t page_no = page_loader->m_page_no;
+
   /* 2. create a new page. */
   Page_load new_page_loader(m_index, m_trx_id, FIL_NULL,
                             page_loader->get_level(), m_flush_observer);

-  err = new_page_loader.init();
+  err = new_page_loader.init(page_no == FIL_NULL? 0 : page_no + 1);

   if (err != DB_SUCCESS) {
     return err;
@@ -1023,6 +1025,8 @@ dberr_t Btree_load::prepare_space(Page_load *&page_loader, size_t level,
     return DB_SUCCESS;
   }

+  page_no_t page_no = page_loader->m_page_no;
+
   /* Finish page modifications. */
   page_loader->finish();

@@ -1038,7 +1042,7 @@ dberr_t Btree_load::prepare_space(Page_load *&page_loader, size_t level,
   }

   {
-    auto err = sibling_page_loader->init();
+    auto err = sibling_page_loader->init(page_no == FIL_NULL? 0 : page_no + 1);

     if (err != DB_SUCCESS) {
       ut::delete_(sibling_page_loader);
@@ -1104,7 +1108,7 @@ dberr_t Btree_load::insert(dtuple_t *tuple, size_t level) noexcept {
       return DB_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
     }

-    err = page_loader->init();
+    err = page_loader->init(0);

     if (err != DB_SUCCESS) {
       return err;
@@ -1241,7 +1245,7 @@ dberr_t Btree_load::load_root_page(page_no_t last_page_no) noexcept {
   auto last_page = buf_block_get_frame(last_block);

   /* Copy last page to root page. */
-  auto err = page_loader.init();
+  auto err = page_loader.init(0);

   if (err == DB_SUCCESS) {
     page_loader.copy_all(last_page);