diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/ibuf_delete.result b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/ibuf_delete.result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1481fca9bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/ibuf_delete.result
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+SET @buffering= @@innodb_change_buffering;
+SET GLOBAL innodb_change_buffering= deletes;
+SET @flush= @@innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit;
+SET GLOBAL innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit= 0;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (
+a varchar(1024),
+b varchar(1024),
+c varchar(1024),
+d varchar(1024),
+e varchar(1024),
+f varchar(1024),
+g varchar(1024),
+h varchar(1024),
+key (a),
+key (b),
+key (c),
+key (d)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+INSERT INTO t1
+SELECT REPEAT('x',10), REPEAT('x',13), REPEAT('x',427), REPEAT('x',244),
+REPEAT('x',9), REPEAT('x',112), REPEAT('x',814), REPEAT('x',633)
+FROM seq_1_to_1024;
+CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE t2 (
+a varchar(1024),
+b varchar(1024),
+c varchar(1024),
+d varchar(1024),
+e varchar(1024),
+f varchar(1024),
+g varchar(1024),
+h varchar(1024),
+i varchar(1024),
+j varchar(1024),
+k varchar(1024),
+l varchar(1024),
+m varchar(1024),
+key (a),
+key (b),
+key (c),
+key (d),
+key (e),
+key (f)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+SET @x=REPEAT('x',512);
+INSERT INTO t2 SELECT @x, @x, @x, @x, @x, @x, @x, @x, @x, @x, @x, @x, @x
+FROM seq_1_to_768;
+DROP TABLE t1, t2;
+SET GLOBAL innodb_change_buffering= @buffering;
+SET GLOBAL innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit= @flush;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/ibuf_delete.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/ibuf_delete.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82b740b6aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/ibuf_delete.test
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+--source include/have_innodb.inc
+--source include/have_sequence.inc
+
+SET @buffering= @@innodb_change_buffering;
+SET GLOBAL innodb_change_buffering= deletes;
+SET @flush= @@innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit;
+SET GLOBAL innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit= 0;
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 (
+  a varchar(1024),
+  b varchar(1024),
+  c varchar(1024),
+  d varchar(1024),
+  e varchar(1024),
+  f varchar(1024),
+  g varchar(1024),
+  h varchar(1024),
+  key (a),
+  key (b),
+  key (c),
+  key (d)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+
+INSERT INTO t1
+SELECT REPEAT('x',10), REPEAT('x',13), REPEAT('x',427), REPEAT('x',244),
+REPEAT('x',9), REPEAT('x',112), REPEAT('x',814), REPEAT('x',633)
+FROM seq_1_to_1024;
+
+CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE t2 (
+  a varchar(1024),
+  b varchar(1024),
+  c varchar(1024),
+  d varchar(1024),
+  e varchar(1024),
+  f varchar(1024),
+  g varchar(1024),
+  h varchar(1024),
+  i varchar(1024),
+  j varchar(1024),
+  k varchar(1024),
+  l varchar(1024),
+  m varchar(1024),
+  key (a),
+  key (b),
+  key (c),
+  key (d),
+  key (e),
+  key (f)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+
+SET @x=REPEAT('x',512);
+INSERT INTO t2 SELECT @x, @x, @x, @x, @x, @x, @x, @x, @x, @x, @x, @x, @x
+FROM seq_1_to_768;
+
+--disable_query_log
+--let $run=1024
+while ($run)
+{
+  eval DELETE FROM t1 LIMIT 1 /* $run */;
+  --dec $run
+}
+--enable_query_log
+
+# Cleanup
+DROP TABLE t1, t2;
+SET GLOBAL innodb_change_buffering= @buffering;
+SET GLOBAL innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit= @flush;
diff --git a/storage/innobase/buf/buf0buf.cc b/storage/innobase/buf/buf0buf.cc
index b948fefe55a..1bdbf134249 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/buf/buf0buf.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/buf/buf0buf.cc
@@ -2146,15 +2146,17 @@ void buf_pool_t::watch_unset(const page_id_t id, buf_pool_t::hash_chain &chain)
     if (!watch_is_sentinel(*w))
     {
     no_watch:
-      ut_d(const auto s=) w->unfix();
-      ut_ad(~buf_page_t::LRU_MASK & s);
+      w->unfix();
       w= nullptr;
     }
-    const auto state= w->state();
-    ut_ad(~buf_page_t::LRU_MASK & state);
-    ut_ad(state >= buf_page_t::UNFIXED);
-    if (state != buf_page_t::UNFIXED + 1)
-      goto no_watch;
+    else
+    {
+      const auto state= w->state();
+      ut_ad(~buf_page_t::LRU_MASK & state);
+      ut_ad(state >= buf_page_t::UNFIXED + 1);
+      if (state != buf_page_t::UNFIXED + 1)
+        goto no_watch;
+    }
   }
 
   if (!w)
diff --git a/storage/innobase/include/buf0buf.h b/storage/innobase/include/buf0buf.h
index 7c372379ad3..9e341546c6a 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/include/buf0buf.h
+++ b/storage/innobase/include/buf0buf.h
@@ -2009,7 +2009,8 @@ inline void buf_page_t::set_state(uint32_t s)
 {
   mysql_mutex_assert_owner(&buf_pool.mutex);
   ut_ad(s <= REMOVE_HASH || s >= UNFIXED);
-  ut_ad(s <= READ_FIX);
+  ut_ad(s < WRITE_FIX);
+  ut_ad(s <= READ_FIX || zip.fix == READ_FIX);
   zip.fix= s;
 }