diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_triggers.result b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_triggers.result
index 82dbc727993..7f37805b635 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_triggers.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_triggers.result
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ i0	1		a
 i1	1		a
 u0	1	a	d
 u1	1	a	d
-# INSERT triggers which cause also UPDATE test (insert duplicate row)
+# INSERT triggers causing DELETE + INSERT (on unique key conflict)
 insert into t1 values ('0','1');
 SELECT * FROM t2 order by id;
 id	cnt	o	n
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ u1	1	a	d
 insert into t1 values ('0','1');
 SELECT * FROM t2 order by id;
 id	cnt	o	n
-d0	1	d	
-d1	1	d	
+d0	2	0	
+d1	2	0	
 i0	3		0
 i1	3		0
-u0	2	0	0
-u1	2	0	0
+u0	1	a	d
+u1	1	a	d
 # INSERT triggers which cause also DELETE test
 # (insert duplicate row in table referenced by foreign key)
 insert into t1 values ('1','1');
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ CREATE TABLE t3 (C1 CHAR(1) primary key, FOREIGN KEY (C1) REFERENCES t1(C1) ) en
 insert into t1 values ('1','1');
 SELECT * FROM t2 order by id;
 id	cnt	o	n
-d0	2	1	
-d1	2	1	
+d0	3	1	
+d1	3	1	
 i0	5		1
 i1	5		1
-u0	2	0	0
-u1	2	0	0
+u0	1	a	d
+u1	1	a	d
 drop table t3,t1;
 SET @@global.slave_exec_mode= @old_slave_exec_mode;
 SET @@global.slave_run_triggers_for_rbr= @old_slave_run_triggers_for_rbr;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_row_triggers.test b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_row_triggers.test
index 3a884727325..e3c90d874f0 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_row_triggers.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_row_triggers.test
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ sync_slave_with_master;
 connection slave;
 SELECT * FROM t2 order by id;
 
---echo # INSERT triggers which cause also UPDATE test (insert duplicate row)
+--echo # INSERT triggers causing DELETE + INSERT (on unique key conflict)
 insert into t1 values ('0','1');
 
 SELECT * FROM t2 order by id;
diff --git a/sql/log_event.cc b/sql/log_event.cc
index 98b34543cb3..66b577ff0bb 100644
--- a/sql/log_event.cc
+++ b/sql/log_event.cc
@@ -11471,36 +11471,29 @@ Rows_log_event::write_row(rpl_group_info *rgi,
        then there might be another key for which the unique check will
        fail, so we're better off just deleting the row and inserting
        the correct row.
+
+       Additionally we don't use UPDATE if rbr triggers should be invoked -
+       when triggers are used we want a simple and predictable execution path.
      */
-    if (last_uniq_key(table, keynum) &&
+    if (last_uniq_key(table, keynum) && !invoke_triggers &&
         !table->file->referenced_by_foreign_key())
     {
       DBUG_PRINT("info",("Updating row using ha_update_row()"));
-      if (invoke_triggers &&
-          process_triggers(TRG_EVENT_UPDATE, TRG_ACTION_BEFORE, FALSE))
-        error= HA_ERR_GENERIC; // in case if error is not set yet
-      else
-      {
-        error= table->file->ha_update_row(table->record[1],
-                                         table->record[0]);
-        switch (error) {
+      error= table->file->ha_update_row(table->record[1],
+                                       table->record[0]);
+      switch (error) {
 
-        case HA_ERR_RECORD_IS_THE_SAME:
-          DBUG_PRINT("info",("ignoring HA_ERR_RECORD_IS_THE_SAME error from"
-                             " ha_update_row()"));
-          error= 0;
+      case HA_ERR_RECORD_IS_THE_SAME:
+        DBUG_PRINT("info",("ignoring HA_ERR_RECORD_IS_THE_SAME error from"
+                           " ha_update_row()"));
+        error= 0;
 
-        case 0:
-          break;
+      case 0:
+        break;
 
-        default:
-          DBUG_PRINT("info",("ha_update_row() returns error %d",error));
-          table->file->print_error(error, MYF(0));
-        }
-        if (invoke_triggers && !error &&
-            (process_triggers(TRG_EVENT_UPDATE, TRG_ACTION_AFTER, TRUE) ||
-             process_triggers(TRG_EVENT_INSERT, TRG_ACTION_AFTER, TRUE)))
-          error= HA_ERR_GENERIC; // in case if error is not set yet
+      default:
+        DBUG_PRINT("info",("ha_update_row() returns error %d",error));
+        table->file->print_error(error, MYF(0));
       }
 
       DBUG_RETURN(error);