diff --git a/client/mysqldump.c b/client/mysqldump.c
index f4d56ecc0b0..1faeb0d6e0f 100644
--- a/client/mysqldump.c
+++ b/client/mysqldump.c
@@ -2016,7 +2016,7 @@ static uint get_table_structure(char *table, char *db, char *table_type,
       dynstr_append_checked(&insert_pat, insert_option);
       dynstr_append_checked(&insert_pat, "INTO ");
       dynstr_append_checked(&insert_pat, result_table);
-      if (opt_complete_insert)
+      if (complete_insert)
         dynstr_append_checked(&insert_pat, " (");
       else
       {
@@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ static uint get_table_structure(char *table, char *db, char *table_type,
           dynstr_append_checked(&insert_pat, ", ");
       }
       init=1;
-      if (opt_complete_insert)
+      if (complete_insert)
         dynstr_append_checked(&insert_pat,
                       quote_name(row[SHOW_FIELDNAME], name_buff, 0));
       if (!opt_no_create_info)
@@ -2198,7 +2198,7 @@ continue_xml:
       check_io(sql_file);
     }
   }
-  if (opt_complete_insert)
+  if (complete_insert)
   {
     dynstr_append_checked(&insert_pat, ") VALUES ");
     if (!extended_insert)
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test b/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
index da2e61dfed6..708bd9274b1 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
@@ -1455,6 +1455,16 @@ INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1), (2);
 
 DROP TABLE t1;
 
+#
+# Bug #25993: crashe with a merge table and -c
+#
+
+CREATE TABLE t2 (a int);
+CREATE TABLE t3 (a int);
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a int) ENGINE=merge UNION=(t2, t3);
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --skip-comments -c test
+DROP TABLE t1, t2, t3;
+
 --echo #
 --echo # End of 5.0 tests
 --echo #