diff --git a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
index 7497bb1..1bf2d3d 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
@@ -12075,10 +12075,9 @@ create_table_info_t::create_table_update_dict()
 		dict_table_autoinc_unlock(innobase_table);
 	}
 
-	dict_table_close(innobase_table, FALSE, FALSE);
-
 	innobase_parse_hint_from_comment(m_thd, innobase_table, m_form->s);
 
+	dict_table_close(innobase_table, FALSE, FALSE);
 	DBUG_RETURN(0);
 }