diff --git a/storage/innobase/include/sync0arr.h b/storage/innobase/include/sync0arr.h
index 5f1280f5e28..6e931346238 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/include/sync0arr.h
+++ b/storage/innobase/include/sync0arr.h
@@ -115,8 +115,11 @@ Prints warnings of long semaphore waits to stderr.
 @return	TRUE if fatal semaphore wait threshold was exceeded */
 UNIV_INTERN
 ibool
-sync_array_print_long_waits(void);
-/*=============================*/
+sync_array_print_long_waits(
+/*========================*/
+	os_thread_id_t*	waiter,	/*!< out: longest waiting thread */
+	const void**	sema)	/*!< out: longest-waited-for semaphore */
+	__attribute__((nonnull));
 /********************************************************************//**
 Validates the integrity of the wait array. Checks
 that the number of reserved cells equals the count variable. */
diff --git a/storage/innobase/srv/srv0srv.c b/storage/innobase/srv/srv0srv.c
index 99af0b23a04..3af7a86a164 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/srv/srv0srv.c
+++ b/storage/innobase/srv/srv0srv.c
@@ -2367,6 +2367,12 @@ srv_error_monitor_thread(
 	ib_uint64_t	old_lsn;
 	ib_uint64_t	new_lsn;
 	ib_int64_t	sig_count;
+	/* longest waiting thread for a semaphore */
+	os_thread_id_t	waiter		= os_thread_get_curr_id();
+	os_thread_id_t	old_waiter	= waiter;
+	/* the semaphore that is being waited for */
+	const void*	sema		= NULL;
+	const void*	old_sema	= NULL;
 
 	old_lsn = srv_start_lsn;
 
@@ -2420,7 +2426,8 @@ loop:
 
 	sync_arr_wake_threads_if_sema_free();
 
-	if (sync_array_print_long_waits()) {
+	if (sync_array_print_long_waits(&waiter, &sema)
+	    && sema == old_sema && os_thread_eq(waiter, old_waiter)) {
 		fatal_cnt++;
 		if (fatal_cnt > 10) {
 
@@ -2435,6 +2442,8 @@ loop:
 		}
 	} else {
 		fatal_cnt = 0;
+		old_waiter = waiter;
+		old_sema = sema;
 	}
 
 	/* Flush stderr so that a database user gets the output
diff --git a/storage/innobase/sync/sync0arr.c b/storage/innobase/sync/sync0arr.c
index 0d1581b41b4..30caddccced 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/sync/sync0arr.c
+++ b/storage/innobase/sync/sync0arr.c
@@ -915,8 +915,10 @@ Prints warnings of long semaphore waits to stderr.
 @return	TRUE if fatal semaphore wait threshold was exceeded */
 UNIV_INTERN
 ibool
-sync_array_print_long_waits(void)
-/*=============================*/
+sync_array_print_long_waits(
+/*========================*/
+	os_thread_id_t*	waiter,	/*!< out: longest waiting thread */
+	const void**	sema)	/*!< out: longest-waited-for semaphore */
 {
 	sync_cell_t*	cell;
 	ibool		old_val;
@@ -924,6 +926,7 @@ sync_array_print_long_waits(void)
 	ulint		i;
 	ulint		fatal_timeout = srv_fatal_semaphore_wait_threshold;
 	ibool		fatal = FALSE;
+	double		longest_diff = 0;
 
 #ifdef UNIV_DEBUG_VALGRIND
 	/* Increase the timeouts if running under valgrind because it executes
@@ -939,22 +942,36 @@ sync_array_print_long_waits(void)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < sync_primary_wait_array->n_cells; i++) {
 
+		double	diff;
+		void*	wait_object;
+
 		cell = sync_array_get_nth_cell(sync_primary_wait_array, i);
 
-		if (cell->wait_object != NULL && cell->waiting
-		    && difftime(time(NULL), cell->reservation_time)
-		    > SYNC_ARRAY_TIMEOUT) {
+		wait_object = cell->wait_object;
+
+		if (wait_object == NULL || !cell->waiting) {
+
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		diff = difftime(time(NULL), cell->reservation_time);
+
+		if (diff > SYNC_ARRAY_TIMEOUT) {
 			fputs("InnoDB: Warning: a long semaphore wait:\n",
 			      stderr);
 			sync_array_cell_print(stderr, cell);
 			noticed = TRUE;
 		}
 
-		if (cell->wait_object != NULL && cell->waiting
-		    && difftime(time(NULL), cell->reservation_time)
-		    > fatal_timeout) {
+		if (diff > fatal_timeout) {
 			fatal = TRUE;
 		}
+
+		if (diff > longest_diff) {
+			longest_diff = diff;
+			*sema = wait_object;
+			*waiter = cell->thread;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (noticed) {