diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/gcol/r/innodb_virtual_basic.result b/mysql-test/suite/gcol/r/innodb_virtual_basic.result
index e886559a06c..d4c65f96e59 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/gcol/r/innodb_virtual_basic.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/gcol/r/innodb_virtual_basic.result
@@ -1483,3 +1483,13 @@ SELECT * FROM t1;
 a	b
 	f1
 DROP TABLE t1;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT GENERATED ALWAYS AS(1) VIRTUAL) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+ALTER TABLE t1 ADD b INT GENERATED ALWAYS AS (2) VIRTUAL;
+ALTER TABLE t1 ADD c INT;
+SELECT * FROM t1;
+a	b	c
+INSERT INTO t1 SET c=3;
+SELECT * FROM t1;
+a	b	c
+1	2	3
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/gcol/t/innodb_virtual_basic.test b/mysql-test/suite/gcol/t/innodb_virtual_basic.test
index aa2e1e00c8f..72f4c6dc8c4 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/gcol/t/innodb_virtual_basic.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/gcol/t/innodb_virtual_basic.test
@@ -1430,3 +1430,11 @@ INSERT INTO t1(a) VALUES ('');
 ALTER TABLE t1 CHANGE COLUMN a a VARCHAR(85);
 SELECT * FROM t1;
 DROP TABLE t1;
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT GENERATED ALWAYS AS(1) VIRTUAL) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+ALTER TABLE t1 ADD b INT GENERATED ALWAYS AS (2) VIRTUAL;
+ALTER TABLE t1 ADD c INT;
+SELECT * FROM t1;
+INSERT INTO t1 SET c=3;
+SELECT * FROM t1;
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc b/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
index 86aec022651..3a3f01e92c9 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
@@ -3280,7 +3280,6 @@ innobase_build_col_map(
 				     & INNOBASE_DEFAULTS));
 	DBUG_ASSERT(!defaults || dtuple_get_n_fields(defaults)
 		    == dict_table_get_n_cols(new_table));
-	DBUG_ASSERT(table->s->stored_fields > 0);
 
 	const uint old_n_v_cols = uint(table->s->fields
 				       - table->s->stored_fields);