--- a/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
@@ -5307,6 +5307,9 @@ ha_innobase::commit_inplace_alter_table(

        DEBUG_SYNC_C("innodb_commit_inplace_alter_table_wait");

+       DBUG_EXECUTE_IF("crash_innodb_before_commit_inplace_alter",
+                       DBUG_SUICIDE(););
+
        if (!commit) {
                /* A rollback is being requested. So far we may at
                most have created some indexes. If any indexes were to