diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/innodb-index-online.result b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/innodb-index-online.result
index 5a287e58d8a..eb1daa5a2d3 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/innodb-index-online.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/innodb-index-online.result
@@ -534,7 +534,6 @@ INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1,1);
 ROLLBACK;
 SET DEBUG_SYNC = 'now SIGNAL inserted';
 connection con1;
-disconnect con1;
 connection default;
 SELECT * FROM t1;
 a	b
@@ -543,6 +542,31 @@ CHECK TABLE t1;
 Table	Op	Msg_type	Msg_text
 test.t1	check	status	OK
 DROP TABLE t1;
+#
+# MDEV-36281 DML aborts during online virtual index
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1(f1 INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, f2 INT NOT NULL,
+f3 INT NOT NULL, f4 INT AS (f3) VIRTUAL,
+f5 INT AS (f1) VIRTUAL, INDEX(f4))ENGINE=InnoDB;
+INSERT INTO t1(f1, f2, f3) VALUES(1, 2, 3);
+SET DEBUG_SYNC = 'innodb_inplace_alter_table_enter SIGNAL dml_start WAIT_FOR dml_finish';
+ALTER TABLE t1 ADD INDEX v1(f5, f2, f4), ADD INDEX v2(f3, f5);
+connection con1;
+set DEBUG_SYNC="now WAIT_FOR dml_start";
+UPDATE t1 SET f3= f3 + 1;
+set DEBUG_SYNC="now SIGNAL dml_finish";
+disconnect con1;
+connection default;
+CHECK TABLE t1 EXTENDED;
+Table	Op	Msg_type	Msg_text
+test.t1	check	status	OK
+SELECT f5, f2, f4 FROM t1 USE INDEX(v1);
+f5	f2	f4
+1	2	4
+SELECT f3, f5 FROM t1 USE INDEX(v2);
+f3	f5
+4	1
+DROP TABLE t1;
 SET DEBUG_SYNC = 'RESET';
 SET GLOBAL innodb_file_per_table = @global_innodb_file_per_table_orig;
 SET GLOBAL innodb_monitor_enable  = default;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb-index-online.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb-index-online.test
index 96ee3149518..97ca25b1420 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb-index-online.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb-index-online.test
@@ -510,12 +510,35 @@ SET DEBUG_SYNC = 'now SIGNAL inserted';
 
 connection con1;
 reap;
-disconnect con1;
 
 connection default;
 SELECT * FROM t1;
 CHECK TABLE t1;
 DROP TABLE t1;
+
+--echo #
+--echo # MDEV-36281 DML aborts during online virtual index
+--echo #
+CREATE TABLE t1(f1 INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, f2 INT NOT NULL,
+		f3 INT NOT NULL, f4 INT AS (f3) VIRTUAL,
+		f5 INT AS (f1) VIRTUAL, INDEX(f4))ENGINE=InnoDB;
+INSERT INTO t1(f1, f2, f3) VALUES(1, 2, 3);
+SET DEBUG_SYNC = 'innodb_inplace_alter_table_enter SIGNAL dml_start WAIT_FOR dml_finish';
+send ALTER TABLE t1 ADD INDEX v1(f5, f2, f4), ADD INDEX v2(f3, f5);
+
+connection con1;
+set DEBUG_SYNC="now WAIT_FOR dml_start";
+UPDATE t1 SET f3= f3 + 1;
+set DEBUG_SYNC="now SIGNAL dml_finish";
+
+disconnect con1;
+connection default;
+reap;
+CHECK TABLE t1 EXTENDED;
+SELECT f5, f2, f4 FROM t1 USE INDEX(v1);
+SELECT f3, f5 FROM t1 USE INDEX(v2);
+DROP TABLE t1;
+
 SET DEBUG_SYNC = 'RESET';
 
 # Check that all connections opened by test cases in this file are really
diff --git a/storage/innobase/row/row0log.cc b/storage/innobase/row/row0log.cc
index 6f3425aab17..702e7098839 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/row/row0log.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/row/row0log.cc
@@ -4065,14 +4065,7 @@ void UndorecApplier::log_update(const dtuple_t &tuple,
   if (!(this->cmpl_info & UPD_NODE_NO_ORD_CHANGE))
   {
     for (ulint i = 0; i < dict_table_get_n_v_cols(table); i++)
-       dfield_get_type(
-         dtuple_get_nth_v_field(row, i))->mtype = DATA_MISSING;
-  }
-
-  if (is_update)
-  {
-    old_row= dtuple_copy(row, heap);
-    row_upd_replace(old_row, &old_ext, clust_index, update, heap);
+     dfield_get_type(dtuple_get_nth_v_field(row, i))->mtype = DATA_MISSING;
   }
 
   if (table->n_v_cols)
@@ -4080,6 +4073,12 @@ void UndorecApplier::log_update(const dtuple_t &tuple,
                          (cmpl_info & UPD_NODE_NO_ORD_CHANGE)
                          ? nullptr : undo_rec);
 
+  if (is_update)
+  {
+    old_row= dtuple_copy(row, heap);
+    row_upd_replace(old_row, &old_ext, clust_index, update, heap);
+  }
+
   bool success= true;
   dict_index_t *index= dict_table_get_next_index(clust_index);
   while (index)