diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/gcol/r/gcol_purge.result b/mysql-test/suite/gcol/r/gcol_purge.result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ea8369ad8e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/gcol/r/gcol_purge.result
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+CREATE TABLE t1(f1 INT NOT NULL, f2 int not null,
+f3 int generated always as (f2 * 2) VIRTUAL,
+primary key(f1), INDEX (f3))ENGINE=InnoDB;
+connect con1,localhost,root,,,;
+START TRANSACTION WITH CONSISTENT SNAPSHOT;
+connection default;
+INSERT INTO t1(f1, f2) VALUES(1,2);
+DELETE from t1 where f1 = 1;
+connect con2,localhost,root,,,;
+begin;
+INSERT INTO t1 (f1, f2) VALUES(1,2);
+set global debug_dbug="+d,ib_purge_virtual_index_callback";
+connection con1;
+COMMIT;
+InnoDB		0 transactions not purged
+connection con2;
+commit;
+disconnect con1;
+disconnect con2;
+connection default;
+set global debug_dbug=default;
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/gcol/t/gcol_purge.test b/mysql-test/suite/gcol/t/gcol_purge.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3696b41b3d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/gcol/t/gcol_purge.test
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+--source include/have_innodb.inc
+--source include/have_debug.inc
+CREATE TABLE t1(f1 INT NOT NULL, f2 int not null,
+		f3 int generated always as (f2 * 2) VIRTUAL,
+		primary key(f1), INDEX (f3))ENGINE=InnoDB;
+connect(con1,localhost,root,,,);
+START TRANSACTION WITH CONSISTENT SNAPSHOT;
+
+connection default;
+INSERT INTO t1(f1, f2) VALUES(1,2);
+DELETE from t1 where f1 = 1;
+
+connect(con2,localhost,root,,,);
+begin;
+INSERT INTO t1 (f1, f2) VALUES(1,2);
+
+set global debug_dbug="+d,ib_purge_virtual_index_callback";
+connection con1;
+COMMIT;
+
+--source ../innodb/include/wait_all_purged.inc
+
+connection con2;
+commit;
+
+disconnect con1;
+disconnect con2;
+connection default;
+set global debug_dbug=default;
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/sql/sql_class.cc b/sql/sql_class.cc
index 83ef31dc05b..cee2d644480 100644
--- a/sql/sql_class.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_class.cc
@@ -4716,7 +4716,8 @@ TABLE *open_purge_table(THD *thd, const char *db, size_t dblen,
   DBUG_ASSERT(thd->open_tables == NULL);
   DBUG_ASSERT(thd->locked_tables_mode < LTM_PRELOCKED);
 
-  Open_table_context ot_ctx(thd, 0);
+  /* Purge already hold the MDL for the table */
+  Open_table_context ot_ctx(thd, MYSQL_OPEN_HAS_MDL_LOCK);
   TABLE_LIST *tl= (TABLE_LIST*)thd->alloc(sizeof(TABLE_LIST));
   LEX_CSTRING db_name= {db, dblen };
   LEX_CSTRING table_name= { tb, tblen };