diff --git a/page/page0cur.c b/page/page0cur.c
index 26730185b64..0ba19897e30 100644
--- a/page/page0cur.c
+++ b/page/page0cur.c
@@ -1160,6 +1160,7 @@ use_heap:
 			if (!page_zip_decompress(page_zip_orig, page)) {
 				ut_error; /* Memory corrupted? */
 			}
+			ut_ad(page_validate(page, index));
 			return(NULL);
 		}
 
diff --git a/page/page0page.c b/page/page0page.c
index 83d071d5eeb..46596d87ee0 100644
--- a/page/page0page.c
+++ b/page/page0page.c
@@ -620,6 +620,7 @@ page_copy_rec_list_end(
 							  new_page))) {
 					ut_error;
 				}
+				ut_ad(page_validate(new_page, index));
 				return(NULL);
 			} else {
 				/* The page was reorganized:
@@ -729,7 +730,7 @@ page_copy_rec_list_start(
 							  new_page))) {
 					ut_error;
 				}
-
+				ut_ad(page_validate(new_page, index));
 				return(NULL);
 			} else {
 				/* The page was reorganized:
diff --git a/page/page0zip.c b/page/page0zip.c
index deeccabd335..5662f684f91 100644
--- a/page/page0zip.c
+++ b/page/page0zip.c
@@ -1544,16 +1544,14 @@ page_zip_apply_log(
 Decompress a page.  This function should tolerate errors on the compressed
 page.  Instead of letting assertions fail, it will return FALSE if an
 inconsistency is detected. */
-static
+
 ibool
-page_zip_decompress_low(
-/*====================*/
+page_zip_decompress(
+/*================*/
 				/* out: TRUE on success, FALSE on failure */
 	page_zip_des_t*	page_zip,/* in: data, size;
 				out: m_start, m_end, n_blobs */
-	page_t*		page,	/* out: uncompressed page, may be trashed */
-	ibool		do_validate __attribute__((unused)))
-				/* in: TRUE=assert page_validate() */
+	page_t*		page)	/* out: uncompressed page, may be trashed */
 {
 	z_stream	d_stream;
 	dict_index_t*	index	= NULL;
@@ -2015,7 +2013,6 @@ err_exit:
 
 recs_done:
 	ut_a(page_is_comp(page));
-	ut_ad(!do_validate || page_validate(page, index));
 
 	page_zip_fields_free(index);
 	mem_heap_free(heap);
@@ -2023,22 +2020,6 @@ recs_done:
 	return(TRUE);
 }
 
-/**************************************************************************
-Decompress a page.  This function should tolerate errors on the compressed
-page.  Instead of letting assertions fail, it will return FALSE if an
-inconsistency is detected. */
-
-ibool
-page_zip_decompress(
-/*================*/
-				/* out: TRUE on success, FALSE on failure */
-	page_zip_des_t*	page_zip,/* in: data, size;
-				out: m_start, m_end, n_blobs */
-	page_t*		page)	/* out: uncompressed page, may be trashed */
-{
-	return(page_zip_decompress_low(page_zip, page, TRUE));
-}
-
 #ifdef UNIV_ZIP_DEBUG
 /* Flag: make page_zip_validate() compare page headers only */
 ibool	page_zip_validate_header_only = FALSE;
@@ -2080,7 +2061,7 @@ page_zip_validate(
 	temp_page_buf = ut_malloc(2 * UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
 	temp_page = ut_align(temp_page_buf, UNIV_PAGE_SIZE);
 
-	valid = page_zip_decompress_low(&temp_page_zip, temp_page, FALSE);
+	valid = page_zip_decompress(&temp_page_zip, temp_page);
 	if (!valid) {
 		fputs("page_zip_validate(): failed to decompress\n", stderr);
 		goto func_exit;