diff --git a/storage/innobase/srv/srv0srv.cc b/storage/innobase/srv/srv0srv.cc
index 2ad5064b540..81e3b83af05 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/srv/srv0srv.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/srv/srv0srv.cc
@@ -2447,10 +2447,6 @@ DECLARE_THREAD(srv_master_thread)(
 	ut_a(slot == srv_sys.sys_threads);
 
 loop:
-	if (srv_force_recovery >= SRV_FORCE_NO_BACKGROUND) {
-		goto suspend_thread;
-	}
-
 	while (srv_shutdown_state == SRV_SHUTDOWN_NONE) {
 
 		srv_master_sleep();
@@ -2465,7 +2461,6 @@ loop:
 		}
 	}
 
-suspend_thread:
 	switch (srv_shutdown_state) {
 	case SRV_SHUTDOWN_NONE:
 		break;
diff --git a/storage/innobase/srv/srv0start.cc b/storage/innobase/srv/srv0start.cc
index 4c043695f1c..98dca77c61d 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/srv/srv0start.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/srv/srv0start.cc
@@ -2642,7 +2642,8 @@ files_checked:
 	/* Create the master thread which does purge and other utility
 	operations */
 
-	if (!srv_read_only_mode) {
+	if (!srv_read_only_mode
+	    && srv_force_recovery < SRV_FORCE_NO_BACKGROUND) {
 		thread_handles[1 + SRV_MAX_N_IO_THREADS] = os_thread_create(
 			srv_master_thread,
 			NULL, thread_ids + (1 + SRV_MAX_N_IO_THREADS));