diff --git a/storage/innobase/trx/trx0undo.cc b/storage/innobase/trx/trx0undo.cc
index 85da30b4ddf..49c1f706d2d 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/trx/trx0undo.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/trx/trx0undo.cc
@@ -1813,8 +1813,10 @@ page_t *trx_undo_set_state_at_finish(
   seg_hdr = undo_page + TRX_UNDO_SEG_HDR;
   page_hdr = undo_page + TRX_UNDO_PAGE_HDR;
 
-  if (undo->size == 1 && mach_read_from_2(page_hdr + TRX_UNDO_PAGE_FREE) <
-                             TRX_UNDO_PAGE_REUSE_LIMIT) {
+  if (undo->size == 1 &&
+      mach_read_from_2(page_hdr + TRX_UNDO_PAGE_FREE) <
+          TRX_UNDO_PAGE_REUSE_LIMIT &&
+      DBUG_EVALUATE_IF("trx_undo_no_cache", false, true)) {
     state = TRX_UNDO_CACHED;
 
   } else if (undo->type == TRX_UNDO_INSERT) {