diff --git a/mysql-test/r/innodb_mysql.result b/mysql-test/r/innodb_mysql.result
index bccb5caf7d4..085e5440712 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/innodb_mysql.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/innodb_mysql.result
@@ -2297,3 +2297,28 @@ t2	CREATE TABLE `t2` (
   CONSTRAINT `x` FOREIGN KEY (`fk`) REFERENCES `t1` (`pk`)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
 drop table t2, t1;
+#
+# Bug#44613 SELECT statement inside FUNCTION takes a shared lock
+#
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
+DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS f1;
+CREATE TABLE t1(x INT PRIMARY KEY, y INT) ENGINE=innodb;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1, 0), (2, 0);
+CREATE FUNCTION f1(z INT) RETURNS INT READS SQL DATA
+RETURN (SELECT x FROM t1 WHERE x = z);
+# Connection default
+START TRANSACTION;
+SELECT f1(1);
+f1(1)
+1
+# Connection con2
+START TRANSACTION;
+SELECT f1(1);
+f1(1)
+1
+UPDATE t1 SET y = 1 WHERE x = 1;
+COMMIT;
+# Connection default
+COMMIT;
+DROP TABLE t1;
+DROP FUNCTION f1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/innodb_mysql.test b/mysql-test/t/innodb_mysql.test
index 3cd7b40f4ab..d7a255a7f39 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/innodb_mysql.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/innodb_mysql.test
@@ -555,3 +555,42 @@ create table t2 (fk int, key x (fk),
                  constraint x foreign key (FK) references t1 (PK)) engine=InnoDB;
 show create table t2;
 drop table t2, t1;
+
+
+--echo #
+--echo # Bug#44613 SELECT statement inside FUNCTION takes a shared lock
+--echo #
+
+--disable_warnings
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
+DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS f1;
+--enable_warnings
+
+CREATE TABLE t1(x INT PRIMARY KEY, y INT) ENGINE=innodb;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1, 0), (2, 0);
+
+CREATE FUNCTION f1(z INT) RETURNS INT READS SQL DATA
+  RETURN (SELECT x FROM t1 WHERE x = z);
+
+--echo # Connection default
+START TRANSACTION;
+SELECT f1(1);
+
+--echo # Connection con2
+--disable_query_log
+connect (con2, localhost, root);
+--enable_query_log
+START TRANSACTION;
+SELECT f1(1);
+# This next statement used to block.
+UPDATE t1 SET y = 1 WHERE x = 1;
+
+COMMIT;
+
+disconnect con2;
+--source include/wait_until_disconnected.inc
+--echo # Connection default
+connection default;
+COMMIT;
+DROP TABLE t1;
+DROP FUNCTION f1;