diff --git a/storage/innodb_plugin/trx/trx0rec.c b/storage/innodb_plugin/trx/trx0rec.c
index 5097cf18dcd..38a0e4f0f44 100644
--- a/storage/innodb_plugin/trx/trx0rec.c
+++ b/storage/innodb_plugin/trx/trx0rec.c
@@ -977,6 +977,7 @@ trx_undo_update_rec_get_update(
 			fprintf(stderr, "\n"
 				"InnoDB: n_fields = %lu, i = %lu, ptr %p\n",
 				(ulong) n_fields, (ulong) i, ptr);
+			*upd = NULL;
 			return(NULL);
 		}