diff --git a/mysql-test/r/delete.result b/mysql-test/r/delete.result
index 702b9348b7d..5e4adbbd6dc 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/delete.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/delete.result
@@ -509,3 +509,18 @@ CREATE TABLE t3 LIKE t1;
 DELETE FROM t1.*, test.t2.*, a.* USING t1, t2, t3 AS a;
 DROP TABLE t1, t2, t3;
 End of 5.1 tests
+#
+# Bug#51099 Assertion in mysql_multi_delete_prepare()
+#
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1, t2;
+DROP VIEW IF EXISTS v1, v2;
+CREATE TABLE t1(a INT);
+CREATE TABLE t2(b INT);
+CREATE VIEW v1 AS SELECT a, b FROM t1, t2;
+CREATE VIEW v2 AS SELECT a FROM v1;
+DELETE FROM v2;
+ERROR HY000: Can not delete from join view 'test.v2'
+DELETE v2 FROM v2;
+ERROR HY000: Can not delete from join view 'test.v2'
+DROP VIEW v2, v1;
+DROP TABLE t1, t2;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/delete.test b/mysql-test/t/delete.test
index 15aade73ab7..6a72ae9c38b 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/delete.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/delete.test
@@ -554,3 +554,29 @@ DELETE FROM t1.*, test.t2.*, a.* USING t1, t2, t3 AS a;
 DROP TABLE t1, t2, t3;
 
 --echo End of 5.1 tests
+
+
+--echo #
+--echo # Bug#51099 Assertion in mysql_multi_delete_prepare()
+--echo #
+
+--disable_warnings
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1, t2;
+DROP VIEW IF EXISTS v1, v2;
+--enable_warnings
+
+CREATE TABLE t1(a INT);
+CREATE TABLE t2(b INT);
+CREATE VIEW v1 AS SELECT a, b FROM t1, t2;
+CREATE VIEW v2 AS SELECT a FROM v1;
+
+# This is a normal delete
+--error ER_VIEW_DELETE_MERGE_VIEW
+DELETE FROM v2;
+# This is a multi table delete, check that we get the same error
+# This caused the assertion.
+--error ER_VIEW_DELETE_MERGE_VIEW
+DELETE v2 FROM v2;
+
+DROP VIEW v2, v1;
+DROP TABLE t1, t2;
diff --git a/sql/sql_delete.cc b/sql/sql_delete.cc
index 2f69bac917e..685ce1c7b42 100644
--- a/sql/sql_delete.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_delete.cc
@@ -525,9 +525,7 @@ int mysql_multi_delete_prepare(THD *thd)
     if (!(target_tbl->table= target_tbl->correspondent_table->table))
     {
       DBUG_ASSERT(target_tbl->correspondent_table->view &&
-                  target_tbl->correspondent_table->merge_underlying_list &&
-                  target_tbl->correspondent_table->merge_underlying_list->
-                  next_local);
+                  target_tbl->correspondent_table->multitable_view);
       my_error(ER_VIEW_DELETE_MERGE_VIEW, MYF(0),
                target_tbl->correspondent_table->view_db.str,
                target_tbl->correspondent_table->view_name.str);