diff --git a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
index c066cea2462..54ab52fdaa1 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
@@ -5700,6 +5700,7 @@ ha_innobase::index_read(
 			(byte*) key_ptr,
 			(ulint) key_len,
 			prebuilt->trx);
+		DBUG_ASSERT(prebuilt->search_tuple->n_fields > 0);
 	} else {
 		/* We position the cursor to the last or the first entry
 		in the index */
@@ -7527,6 +7528,7 @@ ha_innobase::records_in_range(
 	mem_heap_t*	heap;
 
 	DBUG_ENTER("records_in_range");
+	DBUG_ASSERT(min_key || max_key);
 
 	ut_a(prebuilt->trx == thd_to_trx(ha_thd()));
 
@@ -7576,6 +7578,9 @@ ha_innobase::records_in_range(
 					 (const uchar*) 0),
 				(ulint) (min_key ? min_key->length : 0),
 				prebuilt->trx);
+	DBUG_ASSERT(min_key
+		    ? range_start->n_fields > 0
+		    : range_start->n_fields == 0);
 
 	row_sel_convert_mysql_key_to_innobase(
 				range_end, (byte*) key_val_buff2,
@@ -7584,6 +7589,9 @@ ha_innobase::records_in_range(
 					 (const uchar*) 0),
 				(ulint) (max_key ? max_key->length : 0),
 				prebuilt->trx);
+	DBUG_ASSERT(max_key
+		    ? range_end->n_fields > 0
+		    : range_end->n_fields == 0);
 
 	mode1 = convert_search_mode_to_innobase(min_key ? min_key->flag :
 						HA_READ_KEY_EXACT);