diff --git a/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.c b/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.c
index 4f0ae27d595..82169e7efee 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.c
+++ b/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.c
@@ -2010,7 +2010,7 @@ row_merge_drop_index(
 	tables in Innobase. Deleting a row from SYS_INDEXES table also
 	frees the file segments of the B-tree associated with the index. */
 
-	static const char str1[] =
+	static const char sql[] =
 		"PROCEDURE DROP_INDEX_PROC () IS\n"
 		"BEGIN\n"
 		/* Rename the index, so that it will be dropped by
@@ -2034,9 +2034,19 @@ row_merge_drop_index(
 
 	ut_a(trx->dict_operation_lock_mode == RW_X_LATCH);
 
-	err = que_eval_sql(info, str1, FALSE, trx);
+	err = que_eval_sql(info, sql, FALSE, trx);
 
-	ut_a(err == DB_SUCCESS);
+
+	if (err != DB_SUCCESS) {
+		/* Even though we ensure that DDL transactions are WAIT
+		and DEADLOCK free, we could encounter other errors e.g.,
+		DB_TOO_MANY_TRANSACTIONS. */
+		trx->error_state = DB_SUCCESS;
+
+		ut_print_timestamp(stderr);
+		fprintf(stderr, " InnoDB: Error: row_merge_drop_index failed "
+			"with error code: %lu.\n", (ulint) err);
+	}
 
 	/* Replace this index with another equivalent index for all
 	foreign key constraints on this table where this index is used */
@@ -2336,7 +2346,7 @@ row_merge_rename_indexes(
 	/* We use the private SQL parser of Innobase to generate the
 	query graphs needed in renaming indexes. */
 
-	static const char rename_indexes[] =
+	static const char sql[] =
 		"PROCEDURE RENAME_INDEXES_PROC () IS\n"
 		"BEGIN\n"
 		"UPDATE SYS_INDEXES SET NAME=SUBSTR(NAME,1,LENGTH(NAME)-1)\n"
@@ -2352,7 +2362,7 @@ row_merge_rename_indexes(
 
 	pars_info_add_ull_literal(info, "tableid", table->id);
 
-	err = que_eval_sql(info, rename_indexes, FALSE, trx);
+	err = que_eval_sql(info, sql, FALSE, trx);
 
 	if (err == DB_SUCCESS) {
 		dict_index_t*	index = dict_table_get_first_index(table);
@@ -2362,6 +2372,15 @@ row_merge_rename_indexes(
 			}
 			index = dict_table_get_next_index(index);
 		} while (index);
+	} else {
+		/* Even though we ensure that DDL transactions are WAIT
+		and DEADLOCK free, we could encounter other errors e.g.,
+		DB_TOO_MANY_TRANSACTIONS. */
+		trx->error_state = DB_SUCCESS;
+
+		ut_print_timestamp(stderr);
+		fprintf(stderr, " InnoDB: Error: row_merge_rename_indexes "
+			"failed with error code: %lu.\n", (ulint) err);
 	}
 
 	trx->op_info = "";
@@ -2399,7 +2418,7 @@ row_merge_rename_tables(
 		memcpy(old_name, old_table->name, strlen(old_table->name) + 1);
 	} else {
 		ut_print_timestamp(stderr);
-		fprintf(stderr, "InnoDB: too long table name: '%s', "
+		fprintf(stderr, " InnoDB: too long table name: '%s', "
 			"max length is %d\n", old_table->name,
 			MAX_FULL_NAME_LEN);
 		ut_error;
diff --git a/storage/innobase/trx/trx0trx.c b/storage/innobase/trx/trx0trx.c
index 7b99b86c732..ebbb3f2e447 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/trx/trx0trx.c
+++ b/storage/innobase/trx/trx0trx.c
@@ -1065,6 +1065,8 @@ trx_commit_off_kernel(
 	ut_ad(UT_LIST_GET_LEN(trx->trx_locks) == 0);
 
 	UT_LIST_REMOVE(trx_list, trx_sys->trx_list, trx);
+
+	trx->error_state = DB_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 /****************************************************************//**