diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb_plugin/r/innodb-autoinc-56228.result b/mysql-test/suite/innodb_plugin/r/innodb-autoinc-56228.result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2ff2bd2800a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb_plugin/r/innodb-autoinc-56228.result
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1_56228;
+Warnings:
+Note	1051	Unknown table 't1_56228'
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t2_56228;
+Warnings:
+Note	1051	Unknown table 't2_56228'
+DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS bug56228;
+Warnings:
+Note	1305	FUNCTION bug56228 does not exist
+CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE t1_56228(
+c1 iNT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE t2_56228(
+c1 iNT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+CREATE FUNCTION bug56228() RETURNS INT DETERMINISTIC
+BEGIN
+INSERT INTO t1_56228 VALUES(NULL);
+INSERT INTO t2_56228 VALUES(NULL);
+INSERT INTO t1_56228 VALUES(NULL);
+INSERT INTO t2_56228 VALUES(NULL);
+DROP TEMPORARY TABLE t1_56228;
+RETURN 42;
+END //
+SELECT bug56228();
+bug56228()
+42
+DROP FUNCTION bug56228;
+DROP TEMPORARY TABLE t2_56228;
+DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS t1_56228;
+Warnings:
+Note	1051	Unknown table 't1_56228'
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb_plugin/t/innodb-autoinc-56228-master.opt b/mysql-test/suite/innodb_plugin/t/innodb-autoinc-56228-master.opt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0eed7aaadad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb_plugin/t/innodb-autoinc-56228-master.opt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--innodb_autoinc_lock_mode=0
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb_plugin/t/innodb-autoinc-56228.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb_plugin/t/innodb-autoinc-56228.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb38b21861d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb_plugin/t/innodb-autoinc-56228.test
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+-- source include/have_innodb_plugin.inc
+
+let $innodb_file_format_check_orig=`select @@innodb_file_format_check`;
+
+##
+# Bug #56228: dropping tables from within an active statement crashes server
+#
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1_56228;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t2_56228;
+DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS bug56228;
+
+CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE t1_56228(
+	c1 iNT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE t2_56228(
+	c1 iNT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+
+DELIMITER //;
+
+CREATE FUNCTION bug56228() RETURNS INT DETERMINISTIC
+BEGIN
+ INSERT INTO t1_56228 VALUES(NULL);
+ INSERT INTO t2_56228 VALUES(NULL);
+ INSERT INTO t1_56228 VALUES(NULL);
+ INSERT INTO t2_56228 VALUES(NULL);
+ DROP TEMPORARY TABLE t1_56228;
+ RETURN 42;
+END //
+
+DELIMITER ;//
+
+SELECT bug56228();
+
+DROP FUNCTION bug56228;
+DROP TEMPORARY TABLE t2_56228;
+DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS t1_56228;
+
+#
+# restore environment to the state it was before this test execution
+#
+
+-- disable_query_log
+eval set global innodb_file_format_check=$innodb_file_format_check_orig;
diff --git a/storage/innodb_plugin/include/ut0vec.h b/storage/innodb_plugin/include/ut0vec.h
index a770f671cfc..0f8b955b098 100644
--- a/storage/innodb_plugin/include/ut0vec.h
+++ b/storage/innodb_plugin/include/ut0vec.h
@@ -93,6 +93,25 @@ ib_vector_get(
 	ib_vector_t*	vec,	/*!< in: vector */
 	ulint		n);	/*!< in: element index to get */
 
+/****************************************************************//**
+Get last element. The vector must not be empty.
+@return	last element */
+UNIV_INLINE
+void*
+ib_vector_get_last(
+/*===============*/
+	ib_vector_t*	vec);	/*!< in: vector */
+
+/****************************************************************//**
+Set the n'th element. */
+UNIV_INLINE
+void
+ib_vector_set(
+/*==========*/
+	ib_vector_t*	vec,	/*!< in/out: vector */
+	ulint		n,	/*!< in: element index to set */
+	void*		elem);	/*!< in: data element */
+
 /****************************************************************//**
 Remove the last element from the vector. */
 UNIV_INLINE
diff --git a/storage/innodb_plugin/include/ut0vec.ic b/storage/innodb_plugin/include/ut0vec.ic
index 02e881f9bca..34c858868ce 100644
--- a/storage/innodb_plugin/include/ut0vec.ic
+++ b/storage/innodb_plugin/include/ut0vec.ic
@@ -50,6 +50,35 @@ ib_vector_get(
 	return(vec->data[n]);
 }
 
+/****************************************************************//**
+Get last element. The vector must not be empty.
+@return	last element */
+UNIV_INLINE
+void*
+ib_vector_get_last(
+/*===============*/
+	ib_vector_t*	vec)	/*!< in: vector */
+{
+	ut_a(vec->used > 0);
+
+	return(vec->data[vec->used - 1]);
+}
+
+/****************************************************************//**
+Set the n'th element. */
+UNIV_INLINE
+void
+ib_vector_set(
+/*==========*/
+	ib_vector_t*	vec,	/*!< in/out: vector */
+	ulint		n,	/*!< in: element index to set */
+	void*		elem)	/*!< in: data element */
+{
+	ut_a(n < vec->used);
+
+	vec->data[n] = elem;
+}
+
 /****************************************************************//**
 Remove the last element from the vector.
 @return	last vector element */
diff --git a/storage/innodb_plugin/lock/lock0lock.c b/storage/innodb_plugin/lock/lock0lock.c
index 77d69d11a2d..c8bbc5c02bd 100644
--- a/storage/innodb_plugin/lock/lock0lock.c
+++ b/storage/innodb_plugin/lock/lock0lock.c
@@ -3624,6 +3624,80 @@ lock_table_create(
 	return(lock);
 }
 
+/*************************************************************//**
+Pops autoinc lock requests from the transaction's autoinc_locks. We
+handle the case where there are gaps in the array and they need to
+be popped off the stack. */
+UNIV_INLINE
+void
+lock_table_pop_autoinc_locks(
+/*=========================*/
+	trx_t*	trx)	/*!< in/out: transaction that owns the AUTOINC locks */
+{
+	ut_ad(mutex_own(&kernel_mutex));
+	ut_ad(!ib_vector_is_empty(trx->autoinc_locks));
+
+	/* Skip any gaps, gaps are NULL lock entries in the
+	trx->autoinc_locks vector. */
+
+	do {
+		ib_vector_pop(trx->autoinc_locks);
+
+		if (ib_vector_is_empty(trx->autoinc_locks)) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+	} while (ib_vector_get_last(trx->autoinc_locks) == NULL);
+}
+
+/*************************************************************//**
+Removes an autoinc lock request from the transaction's autoinc_locks. */
+UNIV_INLINE
+void
+lock_table_remove_autoinc_lock(
+/*===========================*/
+	lock_t*	lock,	/*!< in: table lock */
+	trx_t*	trx)	/*!< in/out: transaction that owns the lock */
+{
+	lock_t*	autoinc_lock;
+	lint	i = ib_vector_size(trx->autoinc_locks) - 1;
+
+	ut_ad(mutex_own(&kernel_mutex));
+	ut_ad(lock_get_mode(lock) == LOCK_AUTO_INC);
+	ut_ad(lock_get_type_low(lock) & LOCK_TABLE);
+	ut_ad(!ib_vector_is_empty(trx->autoinc_locks));
+
+	/* With stored functions and procedures the user may drop
+	a table within the same "statement". This special case has
+	to be handled by deleting only those AUTOINC locks that were
+	held by the table being dropped. */
+
+	autoinc_lock = ib_vector_get(trx->autoinc_locks, i);
+
+	/* This is the default fast case. */
+
+	if (autoinc_lock == lock) {
+		lock_table_pop_autoinc_locks(trx);
+	} else {
+		/* The last element should never be NULL */
+		ut_a(autoinc_lock != NULL);
+
+		/* Handle freeing the locks from within the stack. */
+
+		while (--i >= 0) {
+			autoinc_lock = ib_vector_get(trx->autoinc_locks, i);
+
+			if (UNIV_LIKELY(autoinc_lock == lock)) {
+				ib_vector_set(trx->autoinc_locks, i, NULL);
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/* Must find the autoinc lock. */
+		ut_error;
+	}
+}
+
 /*************************************************************//**
 Removes a table lock request from the queue and the trx list of locks;
 this is a low-level function which does NOT check if waiting requests
@@ -3663,10 +3737,8 @@ lock_table_remove_low(
 
 		if (!lock_get_wait(lock)
 		    && !ib_vector_is_empty(trx->autoinc_locks)) {
-			lock_t*	autoinc_lock;
 
-			autoinc_lock = ib_vector_pop(trx->autoinc_locks);
-			ut_a(autoinc_lock == lock);
+			lock_table_remove_autoinc_lock(lock, trx);
 		}
 
 		ut_a(table->n_waiting_or_granted_auto_inc_locks > 0);