diff --git a/storage/innodb_plugin/include/que0que.h b/storage/innodb_plugin/include/que0que.h
index 420f34550e2..c35b75d7d51 100644
--- a/storage/innodb_plugin/include/que0que.h
+++ b/storage/innodb_plugin/include/que0que.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Created 5/27/1996 Heikki Tuuri
 #include "data0data.h"
 #include "dict0types.h"
 #include "trx0trx.h"
+#include "trx0roll.h"
 #include "srv0srv.h"
 #include "usr0types.h"
 #include "que0types.h"
@@ -215,6 +216,16 @@ trx_t*
 thr_get_trx(
 /*========*/
 	que_thr_t*	thr);	/*!< in: query thread */
+/*******************************************************************//**
+Determines if this thread is rolling back an incomplete transaction
+in crash recovery.
+@return TRUE if thr is rolling back an incomplete transaction in crash
+recovery */
+UNIV_INLINE
+ibool
+thr_is_recv(
+/*========*/
+	const que_thr_t*	thr);	/*!< in: query thread */
 /***********************************************************************//**
 Gets the type of a graph node. */
 UNIV_INLINE
diff --git a/storage/innodb_plugin/include/que0que.ic b/storage/innodb_plugin/include/que0que.ic
index a1c0dc1e77a..f027c748230 100644
--- a/storage/innodb_plugin/include/que0que.ic
+++ b/storage/innodb_plugin/include/que0que.ic
@@ -38,6 +38,20 @@ thr_get_trx(
 	return(thr->graph->trx);
 }
 
+/*******************************************************************//**
+Determines if this thread is rolling back an incomplete transaction
+in crash recovery.
+@return TRUE if thr is rolling back an incomplete transaction in crash
+recovery */
+UNIV_INLINE
+ibool
+thr_is_recv(
+/*========*/
+	const que_thr_t*	thr)	/*!< in: query thread */
+{
+	return(trx_is_recv(thr->graph->trx));
+}
+
 /***********************************************************************//**
 Gets the first thr in a fork. */
 UNIV_INLINE
diff --git a/storage/innodb_plugin/row/row0umod.c b/storage/innodb_plugin/row/row0umod.c
index ec96c8fc845..674f0fbe09a 100644
--- a/storage/innodb_plugin/row/row0umod.c
+++ b/storage/innodb_plugin/row/row0umod.c
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ row_undo_mod_upd_del_sec(
 			does not exist.  However, this situation may
 			only occur during the rollback of incomplete
 			transactions. */
-			ut_a(trx_is_recv(thr_get_trx(thr)));
+			ut_a(thr_is_recv(thr));
 		} else {
 			err = row_undo_mod_del_mark_or_remove_sec(
 				node, thr, index, entry);