diff --git a/sql/sql_class.cc b/sql/sql_class.cc
index 3ad3b6adf89..3d34f657ae3 100644
--- a/sql/sql_class.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_class.cc
@@ -4448,6 +4448,14 @@ TABLE *open_purge_table(THD *thd, const char *db, size_t dblen,
   DBUG_RETURN(error ? NULL : tl->table);
 }
 
+TABLE *get_purge_table(THD *thd)
+{
+  /* see above, at most one table can be opened */
+  DBUG_ASSERT(thd->open_tables == NULL || thd->open_tables->next == NULL);
+  return thd->open_tables;
+}
+
+
 /** Find an open table in the list of prelocked tabled
 
   Used for foreign key actions, for example, in UPDATE t1 SET a=1;
diff --git a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
index a1093fd24fd..ac94658687a 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ void destroy_thd(MYSQL_THD thd);
 void reset_thd(MYSQL_THD thd);
 TABLE *open_purge_table(THD *thd, const char *db, size_t dblen,
 			const char *tb, size_t tblen);
+TABLE *get_purge_table(THD *thd);
 
 /** Check if user has used xtradb extended system variable that
 is not currently supported by innodb or marked as deprecated. */
@@ -22119,8 +22120,17 @@ innobase_find_mysql_table_for_vc(
 	THD*		thd,
 	dict_table_t*	table)
 {
-	if (table->vc_templ->mysql_table_query_id == thd_get_query_id(thd)) {
-		return table->vc_templ->mysql_table;
+	TABLE *mysql_table;
+	bool	bg_thread = THDVAR(thd, background_thread);
+
+	if (bg_thread) {
+		if ((mysql_table = get_purge_table(thd))) {
+			return mysql_table;
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (table->vc_templ->mysql_table_query_id == thd_get_query_id(thd)) {
+			return table->vc_templ->mysql_table;
+		}
 	}
 
 	char	dbname[MAX_DATABASE_NAME_LEN + 1];
@@ -22150,15 +22160,14 @@ innobase_find_mysql_table_for_vc(
 	tbnamelen = filename_to_tablename(tbname, t_tbname,
 					  MAX_TABLE_NAME_LEN + 1);
 
-	TABLE *mysql_table = find_fk_open_table(thd, t_dbname, dbnamelen,
-						t_tbname, tbnamelen);
-
-	if (!mysql_table && THDVAR(thd, background_thread)) {
-		/* only open the table in background purge threads */
-		mysql_table = open_purge_table(thd, t_dbname, dbnamelen,
-					       t_tbname, tbnamelen);
+	if (bg_thread) {
+		return open_purge_table(thd, t_dbname, dbnamelen,
+					t_tbname, tbnamelen);
 	}
 
+	mysql_table = find_fk_open_table(thd, t_dbname, dbnamelen,
+					t_tbname, tbnamelen);
+
 	table->vc_templ->mysql_table = mysql_table;
 	table->vc_templ->mysql_table_query_id = thd_get_query_id(thd);
 	return mysql_table;