diff --git a/innobase/include/page0page.ic b/innobase/include/page0page.ic
index fd5281fdbec..655ff245aa8 100644
--- a/innobase/include/page0page.ic
+++ b/innobase/include/page0page.ic
@@ -175,6 +175,19 @@ page_rec_is_comp(
 				/* out: nonzero if in compact format */
 	const rec_t*	rec)	/* in: record */
 {
+#ifdef UNIV_RELEASE_NOT_YET_STABLE
+	if (UNIV_UNLIKELY((ulint)rec < (ulint)(buf_pool->frame_zero))
+	    || UNIV_UNLIKELY((ulint)rec >= (ulint)(buf_pool->high_end))) {
+
+		ut_print_timestamp(stderr);	
+		fprintf(stderr,
+"InnoDB: Error: trying to read a stray page rec %p\n"
+"InnoDB: buf pool start is at %p, end at %p\n",
+ 			rec, buf_pool->frame_zero,
+			buf_pool->high_end);
+		ut_error;
+	}
+#endif
 	return(page_is_comp(ut_align_down((rec_t*) rec, UNIV_PAGE_SIZE)));
 }
 
diff --git a/innobase/include/univ.i b/innobase/include/univ.i
index 6849dcd9c51..15650f22ed8 100644
--- a/innobase/include/univ.i
+++ b/innobase/include/univ.i
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ memory is read outside the allocated blocks. */
 
 /* Make a non-inline debug version */
 
+/* You can remove this define when the release is stable. This define adds
+some consistency checks to code. They use a little CPU time. */
+#define UNIV_RELEASE_NOT_YET_STABLE
+
 /*
 #define UNIV_DEBUG
 #define UNIV_MEM_DEBUG