diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/undo_truncate_recover.result b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/undo_truncate_recover.result
index e1b6a67368b..03393f38aed 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/undo_truncate_recover.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/undo_truncate_recover.result
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ update t1 set c = 'MariaDB';
 update t1 set c = 'InnoDB';
 set global debug_dbug = '+d,ib_undo_trunc';
 commit;
+drop table t1;
 call mtr.add_suppression("InnoDB: innodb_undo_tablespaces=0 disables dedicated undo log tablespaces");
 call mtr.add_suppression("InnoDB: The transaction log size is too large");
 SET GLOBAL innodb_fast_shutdown=0;
 FOUND 1 /ib_undo_trunc/ in mysqld.1.err
-drop table t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/undo_truncate_recover.opt b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/undo_truncate_recover.opt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a1207721427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/undo_truncate_recover.opt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--innodb-purge-threads=1
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/undo_truncate_recover.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/undo_truncate_recover.test
index c28a2154f92..94e09ed0e64 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/undo_truncate_recover.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/undo_truncate_recover.test
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ update t1 set c = 'MariaDB';
 update t1 set c = 'InnoDB';
 eval set global debug_dbug = '+d,$SEARCH_PATTERN';
 commit;
+drop table t1;
 call mtr.add_suppression("InnoDB: innodb_undo_tablespaces=0 disables dedicated undo log tablespaces");
 # FIXME: remove this work-around, and generate less log!
 call mtr.add_suppression("InnoDB: The transaction log size is too large");
@@ -43,5 +44,3 @@ SET GLOBAL innodb_fast_shutdown=0;
 # FIXME: remove this work-around, and generate less log!
 --let $restart_parameters= --innodb-buffer-pool-size=16m --innodb-undo-tablespaces=1
 --source include/start_mysqld.inc
-
-drop table t1;