diff --git a/storage/maria/ma_loghandler.c b/storage/maria/ma_loghandler.c
index e2e52546fc9..2118b3b6ce6 100644
--- a/storage/maria/ma_loghandler.c
+++ b/storage/maria/ma_loghandler.c
@@ -2741,7 +2741,7 @@ static my_bool translog_recover_page_up_to_sector(uchar *page, uint16 offset)
   DBUG_PRINT("enter", ("offset: %u  first chunk: %u",
                        (uint) offset, (uint) chunk_offset));
 
-  while (page[chunk_offset] != TRANSLOG_FILLER && chunk_offset < offset)
+  while (chunk_offset < offset && page[chunk_offset] != TRANSLOG_FILLER)
   {
     uint16 chunk_length;
     if ((chunk_length=