diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/disabled.def b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/disabled.def
index 888298bbb09..0e7cd067056 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/disabled.def
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/disabled.def
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@
 #  Do not use any TAB characters for whitespace.
 #
 ##############################################################################
+
+innodb_bug12400341: variable innodb_trx_rseg_n_slots_debug is removed in MariaDB
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/disabled.def b/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/disabled.def
index 888298bbb09..319a6d970aa 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/disabled.def
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/disabled.def
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@
 #  Do not use any TAB characters for whitespace.
 #
 ##############################################################################
+
+innodb_trx_rseg_n_slots_debug_basic: variable innodb_trx_rseg_n_slots_debug is removed in MariaDB
+
diff --git a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
index 2dfbb4a0734..9fb7dd79f3d 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
@@ -11647,14 +11647,13 @@ static struct st_mysql_sys_var* innobase_system_variables[]= {
   MYSQL_SYSVAR(purge_threads),
   MYSQL_SYSVAR(purge_batch_size),
   MYSQL_SYSVAR(rollback_segments),
-#ifdef UNIV_DEBUG
+#ifdef UNIV_DEBUG_never /* disable this flag. --innodb-trx becomes ambiguous */
   MYSQL_SYSVAR(trx_rseg_n_slots_debug),
 #endif /* UNIV_DEBUG */
   NULL
 };
 
 mysql_declare_plugin(innobase)
-i_s_innodb_trx, // this need to be before SE plugin, otherwise --innodb-trx-rseg-n-slots-debug shadows --innodb-trx option
 {
   MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE_PLUGIN,
   &innobase_storage_engine,
@@ -11670,6 +11669,7 @@ i_s_innodb_trx, // this need to be before SE plugin, otherwise --innodb-trx-rseg
   NULL, /* reserved */
   0,    /* flags */
 },
+i_s_innodb_trx,
 i_s_innodb_locks,
 i_s_innodb_lock_waits,
 i_s_innodb_cmp,