diff --git a/storage/innobase/log/log0recv.cc b/storage/innobase/log/log0recv.cc
index 1da6490cdc8..8fd5496d4ed 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/log/log0recv.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/log/log0recv.cc
@@ -3785,7 +3785,7 @@ static dberr_t recv_recovery_begin(log_t &log, const lsn_t checkpoint_lsn) {
 
   bool finished = false;
 
-  while (!finished) {
+  while (!finished && !recv_sys->found_corrupt_log) {
     const lsn_t end_lsn =
         recv_read_log_seg(log, log.buf, start_lsn, start_lsn + RECV_SCAN_SIZE);