diff --git a/storage/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbEventOperationImpl.cpp b/storage/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbEventOperationImpl.cpp
index 271c317fcb4..6f096046440 100644
--- a/storage/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbEventOperationImpl.cpp
+++ b/storage/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbEventOperationImpl.cpp
@@ -1809,11 +1809,18 @@ NdbEventBuffer::insertDataL(NdbEventOperationImpl *op,
       }
       // merge is on so we do not report blob part events
       if (! is_blob_event) {
-        // report actual operation, not composite
+        // report actual operation and the composite
         // there is no way to "fix" the flags for a composite op
         // since the flags represent multiple ops on multiple PKs
-        EventBufData_list::Gci_op g = { op, (1 << sdata->operation) };
-        bucket->m_data.add_gci_op(g);
+        // XXX fix by doing merge at end of epoch (extra mem cost)
+        {
+          EventBufData_list::Gci_op g = { op, (1 << sdata->operation) };
+          bucket->m_data.add_gci_op(g);
+        }
+        {
+          EventBufData_list::Gci_op g = { op, (1 << data->sdata->operation) };
+          bucket->m_data.add_gci_op(g);
+        }
       }
     }
     DBUG_RETURN_EVENT(0);
diff --git a/storage/ndb/test/ndbapi/test_event_merge.cpp b/storage/ndb/test/ndbapi/test_event_merge.cpp
index 7a9a1986793..6936e860065 100644
--- a/storage/ndb/test/ndbapi/test_event_merge.cpp
+++ b/storage/ndb/test/ndbapi/test_event_merge.cpp
@@ -1535,11 +1535,19 @@ selecttables()
   uint i;
   for (i = 0; i < maxrun(); i++)
     run(i).skip = false;
+  if (g_opts.opstring != 0) {
+    ll1("using all tables due to fixed ops");
+    return;
+  }
   for (i = 0; i + 1 < maxrun(); i++)
     run(urandom(maxrun())).skip = true;
   uint cnt = 0;
-  for (i = 0; i < maxrun(); i++)
-    cnt += ! run(i).skip;
+  for (i = 0; i < maxrun(); i++) {
+    if (! run(i).skip) {
+      ll2("use table " << run(i).tabname);
+      cnt++;
+    }
+  }
   ll1("use " << cnt << "/" << maxrun() << " tables in this loop");
 }