diff --git a/storage/innobase/include/log0recv.h b/storage/innobase/include/log0recv.h
index 80d1708fae1..64326eedeee 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/include/log0recv.h
+++ b/storage/innobase/include/log0recv.h
@@ -557,8 +557,6 @@ struct recv_sys_t {
   application */
   bool apply_log_recs;
 
-  /** This is true when a log rec application batch is running */
-  bool apply_batch_on;
 
   /** Possible incomplete last recovered log block */
   byte *last_block;
diff --git a/storage/innobase/log/log0recv.cc b/storage/innobase/log/log0recv.cc
index f07f5afeec7..5d4ad99e61c 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/log/log0recv.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/log/log0recv.cc
@@ -628,7 +628,6 @@ void recv_sys_init(ulint max_mem) {
   recv_sys->n_addrs = 0;
 
   recv_sys->apply_log_recs = false;
-  recv_sys->apply_batch_on = false;
   recv_sys->is_cloned_db = false;
 
   recv_sys->last_block = static_cast<byte *>(
@@ -1227,24 +1226,14 @@ pages.
                                 the application; the caller must in this case
                                 own the log mutex */
 void recv_apply_hashed_log_recs(log_t &log, bool allow_ibuf) {
-  for (;;) {
-    mutex_enter(&recv_sys->mutex);
-
-    if (!recv_sys->apply_batch_on) {
-      break;
-    }
 
-    mutex_exit(&recv_sys->mutex);
-
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(500));
-  }
+  mutex_enter(&recv_sys->mutex);
 
   if (!allow_ibuf) {
     recv_no_ibuf_operations = true;
   }
 
   recv_sys->apply_log_recs = true;
-  recv_sys->apply_batch_on = true;
 
   auto batch_size = recv_sys->n_addrs;
 
@@ -1355,7 +1344,6 @@ void recv_apply_hashed_log_recs(log_t &log, bool allow_ibuf) {
   }
 
   recv_sys->apply_log_recs = false;
-  recv_sys->apply_batch_on = false;
 
   recv_sys_empty_hash();
 
@@ -1588,7 +1576,6 @@ void meb_apply_log_recs_via_callback(
   ulint i = 0;
 
   recv_sys->apply_log_recs = true;
-  recv_sys->apply_batch_on = true;
 
   ib::info(ER_IB_MSG_714) << "Starting to apply a batch of log records to the"
                           << " database...";
@@ -1615,7 +1602,6 @@ void meb_apply_log_recs_via_callback(
   /* write logs in next line */
   fprintf(stderr, "\n");
   recv_sys->apply_log_recs = false;
-  recv_sys->apply_batch_on = false;
   recv_sys_empty_hash();
 }