diff --git a/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.cc b/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.cc
index 14806ceb3b9..f75b1f66a7a 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/row/row0merge.cc
@@ -2381,10 +2381,16 @@ row_merge_sort(
 	of file marker).  Thus, it must be at least one block. */
 	ut_ad(file->offset > 0);
 
+	/* These thd_progress* calls will crash on sol10-64 when innodb_plugin
+	is used. MDEV-9356: innodb.innodb_bug53290 fails (crashes) on
+	sol10-64 in buildbot.
+	*/
+#ifndef UNIV_SOLARIS
 	/* Progress report only for "normal" indexes. */
 	if (!(dup->index->type & DICT_FTS)) {
 		thd_progress_init(trx->mysql_thd, 1);
 	}
+#endif /* UNIV_SOLARIS */
 
 	/* Merge the runs until we have one big run */
 	do {
@@ -2394,9 +2400,11 @@ row_merge_sort(
 		/* Report progress of merge sort to MySQL for
 		show processlist progress field only for
 		"normal" indexes. */
+#ifndef UNIV_SOLARIS
 		if (!(dup->index->type & DICT_FTS)) {
 			thd_progress_report(trx->mysql_thd, file->offset - num_runs, file->offset);
 		}
+#endif /* UNIV_SOLARIS */
 
 		if (error != DB_SUCCESS) {
 			break;
@@ -2407,9 +2415,11 @@ row_merge_sort(
 
 	mem_free(run_offset);
 
+#ifndef UNIV_SOLARIS
 	if (!(dup->index->type & DICT_FTS)) {
 		thd_progress_end(trx->mysql_thd);
 	}
+#endif /* UNIV_SOLARIS */
 
 	DBUG_RETURN(error);
 }