diff --git a/storage/innobase/dict/dict0load.c b/storage/innobase/dict/dict0load.c
index 0aa53b9dd22..8577dcc0274 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/dict/dict0load.c
+++ b/storage/innobase/dict/dict0load.c
@@ -1168,6 +1168,10 @@ static const char* dict_load_index_id_err = "SYS_INDEXES.TABLE_ID mismatch";
 
 /********************************************************************//**
 Loads an index definition from a SYS_INDEXES record to dict_index_t.
+If "cached" is set to "TRUE", we will create a dict_index_t structure
+and fill it accordingly. Otherwise, the dict_index_t will
+be supplied by the caller and filled with information read from
+the record.
 @return error message, or NULL on success */
 UNIV_INTERN
 const char*
@@ -1192,6 +1196,12 @@ dict_load_index_low(
 	ulint		type;
 	ulint		space;
 
+	if (cached) {
+		/* If "cached" is set to TRUE, no dict_index_t will
+		be supplied. Initialize "*index" to NULL */
+		*index = NULL;
+	}
+
 	if (UNIV_UNLIKELY(rec_get_deleted_flag(rec, 0))) {
 		return(dict_load_index_del);
 	}
@@ -1331,7 +1341,7 @@ dict_load_indexes(
 	btr_pcur_open_on_user_rec(sys_index, tuple, PAGE_CUR_GE,
 				  BTR_SEARCH_LEAF, &pcur, &mtr);
 	for (;;) {
-		dict_index_t*	index;
+		dict_index_t*	index = NULL;
 		const char*	err_msg;
 
 		if (!btr_pcur_is_on_user_rec(&pcur)) {
diff --git a/storage/innobase/handler/i_s.cc b/storage/innobase/handler/i_s.cc
index e48ea76012d..97c1eb4dbf2 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/handler/i_s.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/handler/i_s.cc
@@ -1978,8 +1978,6 @@ i_s_dict_fill_sys_tables(
 
 	DBUG_ENTER("i_s_dict_fill_sys_tables");
 
-	ut_ad(mutex_own(&(dict_sys->mutex)));
-
 	fields = table_to_fill->field;
 
 	table_id = ut_conv_dulint_to_longlong(table->id);
@@ -2245,8 +2243,6 @@ i_s_dict_fill_sys_tablestats(
 
 	DBUG_ENTER("i_s_dict_fill_sys_tablestats");
 
-	ut_ad(mutex_own(&(dict_sys->mutex)));
-
 	fields = table_to_fill->field;
 
 	table_id = ut_conv_dulint_to_longlong(table->id);
@@ -2510,8 +2506,6 @@ i_s_dict_fill_sys_indexes(
 
 	DBUG_ENTER("i_s_dict_fill_sys_indexes");
 
-	ut_ad(mutex_own(&(dict_sys->mutex)));
-
 	fields = table_to_fill->field;
 
 	table_id = ut_conv_dulint_to_longlong(tableid);
@@ -2754,8 +2748,6 @@ i_s_dict_fill_sys_columns(
 
 	DBUG_ENTER("i_s_dict_fill_sys_columns");
 
-	ut_ad(mutex_own(&(dict_sys->mutex)));
-
 	fields = table_to_fill->field;
 
 	table_id = ut_conv_dulint_to_longlong(tableid);
@@ -2966,8 +2958,6 @@ i_s_dict_fill_sys_fields(
 
 	DBUG_ENTER("i_s_dict_fill_sys_fields");
 
-	ut_ad(mutex_own(&(dict_sys->mutex)));
-
 	fields = table_to_fill->field;
 
 	index_id = ut_conv_dulint_to_longlong(indexid);
@@ -3194,8 +3184,6 @@ i_s_dict_fill_sys_foreign(
 
 	DBUG_ENTER("i_s_dict_fill_sys_foreign");
 
-	ut_ad(mutex_own(&(dict_sys->mutex)));
-
 	fields = table_to_fill->field;
 
 	OK(field_store_string(fields[SYS_FOREIGN_ID], foreign->id));
@@ -3411,8 +3399,6 @@ i_s_dict_fill_sys_foreign_cols(
 
 	DBUG_ENTER("i_s_dict_fill_sys_foreign_cols");
 
-	ut_ad(mutex_own(&(dict_sys->mutex)));
-
 	fields = table_to_fill->field;
 
 	OK(field_store_string(fields[SYS_FOREIGN_COL_ID], name));