diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb_fts/r/fulltext.result b/mysql-test/suite/innodb_fts/r/fulltext.result
index 2de08657a6e..54725f489fa 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb_fts/r/fulltext.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb_fts/r/fulltext.result
@@ -784,3 +784,28 @@ f1	MATCH(f1) AGAINST ("test" IN BOOLEAN MODE)
 test	0.000000001885928302414186
 DROP TABLE t1;
 # End of 10.3 tests
+#
+#  MDEV-35183 ADD FULLTEXT INDEX unnecessarily DROPS FTS
+#		COMMON TABLES
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1 (
+ID INT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+title VARCHAR(200), book VARCHAR(200),
+FULLTEXT fidx(title)) ENGINE = InnoDB;
+INSERT INTO t1(title) VALUES('database');
+ALTER TABLE t1 DROP INDEX fidx;
+select space into @common_space from information_schema.innodb_sys_tables where name like "test/FTS_%_CONFIG";
+ALTER TABLE t1 ADD FULLTEXT fidx_1(book);
+select space=@common_space from information_schema.innodb_sys_tables where name like "test/FTS_%_CONFIG";
+space=@common_space
+1
+SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
+Table	Create Table
+t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
+  `ID` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `title` varchar(200) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `book` varchar(200) DEFAULT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`ID`),
+  FULLTEXT KEY `fidx_1` (`book`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=2 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_swedish_ci
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb_fts/t/fulltext.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb_fts/t/fulltext.test
index 3ddc1856b7f..02a9f32dbed 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb_fts/t/fulltext.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb_fts/t/fulltext.test
@@ -803,3 +803,19 @@ SELECT f1, MATCH(f1) AGAINST ("test" IN BOOLEAN MODE) FROM t1;
 DROP TABLE t1;
 
 --echo # End of 10.3 tests
+
+--echo #
+--echo #  MDEV-35183 ADD FULLTEXT INDEX unnecessarily DROPS FTS
+--echo #		COMMON TABLES
+--echo #
+CREATE TABLE t1 (
+        ID INT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+        title VARCHAR(200), book VARCHAR(200),
+        FULLTEXT fidx(title)) ENGINE = InnoDB;
+INSERT INTO t1(title) VALUES('database');
+ALTER TABLE t1 DROP INDEX fidx;
+select space into @common_space from information_schema.innodb_sys_tables where name like "test/FTS_%_CONFIG";
+ALTER TABLE t1 ADD FULLTEXT fidx_1(book);
+select space=@common_space from information_schema.innodb_sys_tables where name like "test/FTS_%_CONFIG";
+SHOW CREATE TABLE t1;
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc b/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
index 936333ecba5..d30c88414cd 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
@@ -6293,6 +6293,7 @@ prepare_inplace_alter_table_dict(
 	dberr_t			error;
 	ulint			num_fts_index;
 	dict_add_v_col_t*	add_v = NULL;
+	bool			fts_instance_created = false;
 	ha_innobase_inplace_ctx*ctx;
 
 	DBUG_ENTER("prepare_inplace_alter_table_dict");
@@ -6539,6 +6540,7 @@ new_clustered_failed:
 			new_table_name, NULL, n_cols + n_v_cols, n_v_cols,
 			flags, flags2);
 
+		fts_instance_created = (ctx->new_table->fts != nullptr);
 		/* The rebuilt indexed_table will use the renamed
 		column names. */
 		ctx->col_names = NULL;
@@ -6732,6 +6734,7 @@ wrong_column_name:
 			ctx->new_table->fts = fts_create(
 				ctx->new_table);
 			ctx->new_table->fts->doc_col = fts_doc_id_col;
+			fts_instance_created = true;
 		}
 
 		/* Check if we need to update mtypes of legacy GIS columns.
@@ -7228,8 +7231,11 @@ op_ok:
 		ctx->trx->commit();
 		trx_start_for_ddl(ctx->trx, op);
 
-		if (!ctx->new_table->fts
-		    || ib_vector_size(ctx->new_table->fts->indexes) == 0) {
+		/* If table rebuild happens or fulltext index are
+		being added when common tables doesn't exist then
+		do create new fulltext common tables else use the
+		existing fulltext common tables */
+		if (fts_instance_created) {
 			error = fts_create_common_tables(
 				ctx->trx, ctx->new_table, true);
 
@@ -7240,6 +7246,9 @@ op_ok:
 			if (error != DB_SUCCESS) {
 				goto error_handling;
 			}
+		}
+
+		if (!ib_vector_size(ctx->new_table->fts->indexes)) {
 
 			ctx->new_table->fts->dict_locked = true;