diff --git a/storage/innobase/include/mtr0mtr.h b/storage/innobase/include/mtr0mtr.h
index 2f71155187c..2664054f5c6 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/include/mtr0mtr.h
+++ b/storage/innobase/include/mtr0mtr.h
@@ -614,7 +614,8 @@ private:
 #ifdef UNIV_DEBUG
 public:
   /** @return whether the mini-transaction is active */
-  bool is_active() const { ut_ad(!m_commit || m_start); return m_start; }
+  bool is_active() const
+  { ut_ad(!m_commit || m_start); return m_start && !m_commit; }
   /** @return whether the mini-transaction has been committed */
   bool has_committed() const { ut_ad(!m_commit || m_start); return m_commit; }
 private:
diff --git a/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.cc b/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.cc
index e4943195fb1..93d86a96067 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.cc
@@ -1984,7 +1984,7 @@ row_merge_read_clustered_index(
 				os_thread_yield();
 scan_next:
 				ut_ad(!mtr_started);
-				ut_ad(mtr.is_active());
+				ut_ad(!mtr.is_active());
 				mtr.start();
 				mtr_started = true;
 				/* Restore position on the record, or its