diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/fk_col_alter.result b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/fk_col_alter.result
index edd90e05ecd..a6888943523 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/fk_col_alter.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/fk_col_alter.result
@@ -75,3 +75,10 @@ ALTER TABLE t1 MODIFY msg VARCHAR(200) CHARSET utf8mb4, ALGORITHM=COPY;
 ALTER TABLE t2 ADD CONSTRAINT FOREIGN KEY (msg) REFERENCES t1(msg), aLGORITHM=INPLACE;
 SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=1;
 DROP TABLE t2, t1;
+#
+# MDEV-31869 Server aborts when table does drop column
+#
+CREATE TABLE t (a VARCHAR(40), b INT, C INT) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+ALTER TABLE t MODIFY a VARCHAR(50), DROP b;
+DROP TABLE t;
+# End of 10.4 tests
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/fk_col_alter.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/fk_col_alter.test
index d8b9afc92ad..169210e12c1 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/fk_col_alter.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/fk_col_alter.test
@@ -104,3 +104,11 @@ ALTER TABLE t2 ADD CONSTRAINT FOREIGN KEY (msg) REFERENCES t1(msg), aLGORITHM=IN
 SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=1;
 
 DROP TABLE t2, t1;
+
+--echo #
+--echo # MDEV-31869 Server aborts when table does drop column
+--echo #
+CREATE TABLE t (a VARCHAR(40), b INT, C INT) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+ALTER TABLE t MODIFY a VARCHAR(50), DROP b;
+DROP TABLE t;
+--echo # End of 10.4 tests
diff --git a/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc b/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
index 9ec025d6141..a5ccb1957f3 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
@@ -8330,14 +8330,21 @@ err_exit:
 	index columns are modified */
 	if (ha_alter_info->handler_flags
 			& ALTER_COLUMN_TYPE_CHANGE_BY_ENGINE) {
-		List_iterator<Create_field> it(
-			ha_alter_info->alter_info->create_list);
-		for (uint i = 0; i < table->s->fields; i++) {
-			Field* field = table->field[i];
-			Create_field *f= it++;
-			if (!f->field || field->is_equal(*f))
-				continue;
 
+		for (uint i= 0; i < table->s->fields; i++) {
+			Field* field = table->field[i];
+			for (const Create_field& new_field :
+				ha_alter_info->alter_info->create_list) {
+				if (new_field.field == field) {
+					if (!field->is_equal(new_field)) {
+						goto field_changed;
+					}
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+
+			continue;
+field_changed:
 			const char* col_name= field->field_name.str;
 			dict_col_t *col= dict_table_get_nth_col(
 				m_prebuilt->table, i);