diff --git a/sql/sql_statistics.cc b/sql/sql_statistics.cc
index f2aa8b8063e..b7116f701ae 100644
--- a/sql/sql_statistics.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_statistics.cc
@@ -2124,10 +2124,6 @@ int alloc_statistics_for_table(THD* thd, TABLE *table)
   ulonglong *idx_avg_frequency= (ulonglong*) alloc_root(&table->mem_root,
                                                sizeof(ulonglong) * key_parts);
 
-  if (table->file->ha_rnd_init(TRUE))
-    DBUG_RETURN(1);
-  table->file->ha_rnd_end();
-
   uint columns= 0;
   for (field_ptr= table->field; *field_ptr; field_ptr++)
   {