diff --git a/storage/innobase/srv/srv0start.cc b/storage/innobase/srv/srv0start.cc
index 93f0a552a46..1c4255a5efd 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/srv/srv0start.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/srv/srv0start.cc
@@ -2008,15 +2008,9 @@ dberr_t srv_start(bool create_new_db) {
 
       /* Don't allow IBUF operations for cloned database
       recovery as it would add extra redo log and we may
-      not have enough margin.
+      not have enough margin. */
 
-      Don't allow IBUF operations when redo is written
-      in the older format than the current, because we
-      would write new redo records in the current fmt,
-      and end up with file in both formats = invalid. */
-
-      recv_apply_hashed_log_recs(*log_sys,
-                                 !recv_sys->is_cloned_db && !log_upgrade);
+      recv_apply_hashed_log_recs(*log_sys, !recv_sys->is_cloned_db);
 
       if (recv_sys->found_corrupt_log) {
         err = DB_ERROR;