diff --git a/sql/handler.cc b/sql/handler.cc
index 8b299ae1b9e..7f5cb343824 100644
--- a/sql/handler.cc
+++ b/sql/handler.cc
@@ -641,13 +641,6 @@ int ha_initialize_handlerton(st_plugin_int *plugin)
   hton->slot= HA_SLOT_UNDEF;
   /* Historical Requirement */
   plugin->data= hton; // shortcut for the future
-  /* [remove after merge] notes on merge conflict (MDEV-31400):
-  10.6-10.11: 13ba00ff4933cfc1712676f323587504e453d1b5
-  11.0-11.2: 42f8be10f18163c4025710cf6a212e82bddb2f62
-  The 10.11->11.0 conflict is trivial, but the reference commit also
-  contains different non-conflict changes needs to be applied to 11.0
-  (and beyond).
-  */
   if (plugin->plugin->init && (ret= plugin->plugin->init(hton)))
     goto err;
 
diff --git a/sql/sql_show.cc b/sql/sql_show.cc
index 63c00f8614e..a6b307ac8a4 100644
--- a/sql/sql_show.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_show.cc
@@ -9942,6 +9942,7 @@ ST_SCHEMA_TABLE schema_tables[]=
 int initialize_schema_table(st_plugin_int *plugin)
 {
   ST_SCHEMA_TABLE *schema_table;
+  int err;
   DBUG_ENTER("initialize_schema_table");
 
   if (!(schema_table= (ST_SCHEMA_TABLE *)my_malloc(key_memory_ST_SCHEMA_TABLE,
@@ -9958,12 +9959,15 @@ int initialize_schema_table(st_plugin_int *plugin)
     /* Make the name available to the init() function. */
     schema_table->table_name= plugin->name.str;
 
-    if (plugin->plugin->init(schema_table))
+    if ((err= plugin->plugin->init(schema_table)))
     {
-      sql_print_error("Plugin '%s' init function returned error.",
-                      plugin->name.str);
+      if (err != HA_ERR_RETRY_INIT)
+        sql_print_error("Plugin '%s' init function returned error.",
+                        plugin->name.str);
       plugin->data= NULL;
       my_free(schema_table);
+      if (err == HA_ERR_RETRY_INIT)
+        DBUG_RETURN(err);
       DBUG_RETURN(1);
     }
 
diff --git a/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/r/mdev_33538.result b/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/r/mdev_33538.result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6597e457101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/r/mdev_33538.result
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+show create table information_schema.SPIDER_ALLOC_MEM;
+Table	Create Table
+SPIDER_ALLOC_MEM	CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE `SPIDER_ALLOC_MEM` (
+  `ID` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
+  `FUNC_NAME` varchar(64),
+  `FILE_NAME` varchar(64),
+  `LINE_NO` int(10) unsigned,
+  `TOTAL_ALLOC_MEM` bigint(20) unsigned,
+  `CURRENT_ALLOC_MEM` bigint(20),
+  `ALLOC_MEM_COUNT` bigint(20) unsigned,
+  `FREE_MEM_COUNT` bigint(20) unsigned
+) ENGINE=MEMORY DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_general_ci
diff --git a/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/r/mdev_33538_fail_init.result b/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/r/mdev_33538_fail_init.result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b914710f18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/r/mdev_33538_fail_init.result
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+call mtr.add_suppression("\\[ERROR\\] SPIDER plugin initialization failed");
+call mtr.add_suppression(".*\\[ERROR\\] Plugin 'SPIDER' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed.");
+call mtr.add_suppression(".*\\[ERROR\\] Plugin 'SPIDER_WRAPPER_PROTOCOLS' registration as a INFORMATION SCHEMA failed.");
+call mtr.add_suppression(".*\\[ERROR\\] Plugin 'SPIDER_ALLOC_MEM' registration as a INFORMATION SCHEMA failed.");
+create table mysql.spider_tables (c int);
+# restart: --plugin-load-add=ha_spider
+SELECT * FROM information_schema.SPIDER_ALLOC_MEM;
+ERROR 42S02: Unknown table 'SPIDER_ALLOC_MEM' in information_schema
diff --git a/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/r/plugin_load_add_all.result b/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/r/plugin_load_add_all.result
index 04e5ed6da68..4d161a2f7fb 100644
--- a/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/r/plugin_load_add_all.result
+++ b/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/r/plugin_load_add_all.result
@@ -3,5 +3,9 @@
 #
 select * from mysql.plugin;
 name	dl
+select TABLE_NAME from information_schema.TABLES where TABLE_SCHEMA = "information_schema" and TABLE_NAME like "SPIDER_%";
+TABLE_NAME
+SPIDER_ALLOC_MEM
+SPIDER_WRAPPER_PROTOCOLS
 create table t (c int) Engine=SPIDER;
 drop table t;
diff --git a/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/t/mdev_33538.opt b/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/t/mdev_33538.opt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a90c3a39413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/t/mdev_33538.opt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+--plugin-load-add=ha_spider
+--transaction-read-only=on
diff --git a/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/t/mdev_33538.test b/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/t/mdev_33538.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e2d4d8b46e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/t/mdev_33538.test
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# we check that information_schema.SPIDER_ALLOC_MEM exists
+show create table information_schema.SPIDER_ALLOC_MEM;
diff --git a/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/t/mdev_33538_fail_init.test b/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/t/mdev_33538_fail_init.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1218e1db719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/t/mdev_33538_fail_init.test
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+call mtr.add_suppression("\\[ERROR\\] SPIDER plugin initialization failed");
+call mtr.add_suppression(".*\\[ERROR\\] Plugin 'SPIDER' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed.");
+call mtr.add_suppression(".*\\[ERROR\\] Plugin 'SPIDER_WRAPPER_PROTOCOLS' registration as a INFORMATION SCHEMA failed.");
+call mtr.add_suppression(".*\\[ERROR\\] Plugin 'SPIDER_ALLOC_MEM' registration as a INFORMATION SCHEMA failed.");
+# We create a table with identical name of the spider system table, to
+# fail the spider init query ([ERROR] SPIDER plugin initialization
+# failed at 'alter table mysql.spider_tables add column if not exists
+# link_id int not null default 0 after table_name, drop primary key,
+# add primary key (db_name, table_name, link_id), algorithm=copy,
+# lock=shared;' by 'Unknown column 'table_name' in 'spider_tables'')
+# This will cause the init of spider_alloc_mem to fail because it
+# depends on the main spider plugin.
+create table mysql.spider_tables (c int);
+--let $restart_parameters= --plugin-load-add=ha_spider
+--source include/restart_mysqld.inc
+--error ER_UNKNOWN_TABLE
+SELECT * FROM information_schema.SPIDER_ALLOC_MEM;
diff --git a/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/t/plugin_load_add_all.test b/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/t/plugin_load_add_all.test
index 396145fba2e..35242b2092b 100644
--- a/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/t/plugin_load_add_all.test
+++ b/storage/spider/mysql-test/spider/bugfix/t/plugin_load_add_all.test
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 --echo #
 # A simple test that tests plugin-load-add=ha_spider
 select * from mysql.plugin;
+select TABLE_NAME from information_schema.TABLES where TABLE_SCHEMA = "information_schema" and TABLE_NAME like "SPIDER_%";
 create table t (c int) Engine=SPIDER;
 drop table t;
diff --git a/storage/spider/spd_i_s.cc b/storage/spider/spd_i_s.cc
index 22cd8eb0f15..8f828939aeb 100644
--- a/storage/spider/spd_i_s.cc
+++ b/storage/spider/spd_i_s.cc
@@ -129,7 +129,10 @@ static int spider_i_s_alloc_mem_init(
   void *p
 ) {
   ST_SCHEMA_TABLE *schema = (ST_SCHEMA_TABLE *) p;
+  const LEX_CSTRING spider_name={STRING_WITH_LEN("SPIDER")};
   DBUG_ENTER("spider_i_s_alloc_mem_init");
+  if (!plugin_is_ready(&spider_name, MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE_PLUGIN))
+    DBUG_RETURN(HA_ERR_RETRY_INIT);
   schema->fields_info = Show::spider_i_s_alloc_mem_fields_info;
   schema->fill_table = spider_i_s_alloc_mem_fill_table;
   schema->idx_field1 = 0;
@@ -249,7 +252,10 @@ static int spider_i_s_wrapper_protocols_init(
   void *p
 ) {
   ST_SCHEMA_TABLE *schema = (ST_SCHEMA_TABLE *) p;
+  const LEX_CSTRING spider_name={STRING_WITH_LEN("SPIDER")};
   DBUG_ENTER("spider_i_s_wrapper_protocols_init");
+  if (!plugin_is_ready(&spider_name, MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE_PLUGIN))
+    DBUG_RETURN(HA_ERR_RETRY_INIT);
   schema->fields_info = Show::spider_i_s_wrapper_protocols_fields_info;
   schema->fill_table = spider_i_s_wrapper_protocols_fill_table;
   schema->idx_field1 = 0;
diff --git a/storage/spider/spd_init_query.h b/storage/spider/spd_init_query.h
index b493104f095..bdf42ddc3ef 100644
--- a/storage/spider/spd_init_query.h
+++ b/storage/spider/spd_init_query.h
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ static LEX_STRING spider_init_queries[] = {
     "SET @@SQL_MODE = 'STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,"
                       "NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION';"
   )},
+  {C_STRING_WITH_LEN(
+    "SET tx_read_only = off;"
+  )},
   {C_STRING_WITH_LEN(
     "create table if not exists mysql.spider_xa("
     "  format_id int not null default 0,"
diff --git a/storage/spider/spd_table.cc b/storage/spider/spd_table.cc
index 3485ce07eea..5eedda46523 100644
--- a/storage/spider/spd_table.cc
+++ b/storage/spider/spd_table.cc
@@ -7230,7 +7230,7 @@ int spider_db_init(
         spider_param_table_crd_thread_count()),
       NullS))
   )
-    goto error_alloc_mon_mutxes;
+    goto error_alloc_table_sts_crd_threads;
 
   for (roop_count = 0;
     roop_count < (int) spider_param_table_sts_thread_count();
@@ -7305,9 +7305,11 @@ error_init_table_sts_threads:
   {
     spider_free_sts_threads(&spider_table_sts_threads[roop_count]);
   }
+error_alloc_table_sts_crd_threads:
   spider_free(NULL, spider_table_sts_threads, MYF(0));
-  roop_count = spider_param_udf_table_mon_mutex_count() - 1;
 #endif
+error_system_table_creation:
+  roop_count = spider_param_udf_table_mon_mutex_count() - 1;
 error_init_udf_table_mon_list_hash:
   for (; roop_count >= 0; roop_count--)
   {
@@ -7321,7 +7323,6 @@ error_init_udf_table_mon_list_hash:
 error_init_udf_table_mon_cond:
   for (; roop_count >= 0; roop_count--)
     pthread_cond_destroy(&spider_udf_table_mon_conds[roop_count]);
-error_system_table_creation:
   roop_count = spider_param_udf_table_mon_mutex_count() - 1;
 error_init_udf_table_mon_mutex:
   for (; roop_count >= 0; roop_count--)