diff --git a/storage/innobase/include/rem0wrec.h b/storage/innobase/include/rem0wrec.h
index 5cb3dabb5a19..4841830ca41b 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/include/rem0wrec.h
+++ b/storage/innobase/include/rem0wrec.h
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ void validate_rec_offset(const dict_index_t *index, const ulint *offsets,
     n = index->get_field_off_pos(n);
   }
 
-  validate_rec_offset(index, offsets, n, UT_LOCATION_HERE);
+  ut_d(validate_rec_offset(index, offsets, n, UT_LOCATION_HERE));
   /* Returns nonzero if the extern bit is set in nth field of rec. */
   return rec_offs_base(offsets)[1 + n] & REC_OFFS_EXTERNAL;
 }
diff --git a/storage/innobase/rem/rem0wrec.cc b/storage/innobase/rem/rem0wrec.cc
index e627e2ab27cc..4150fcbf6904 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/rem/rem0wrec.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/rem/rem0wrec.cc
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ ulint rec_offs_nth_sql_null(const dict_index_t *index, const ulint *offsets,
     n = index->get_field_off_pos(n);
   }
 
-  validate_rec_offset(index, offsets, n, UT_LOCATION_HERE);
+  ut_d(validate_rec_offset(index, offsets, n, UT_LOCATION_HERE));
   return (rec_offs_nth_sql_null_low(offsets, n));
 }
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ ulint rec_offs_nth_default(const dict_index_t *index, const ulint *offsets,
     n = index->get_field_off_pos(n);
   }
 
-  validate_rec_offset(index, offsets, n, UT_LOCATION_HERE);
+  ut_d(validate_rec_offset(index, offsets, n, UT_LOCATION_HERE));
   return (rec_offs_nth_default_low(offsets, n));
 }
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ ulint rec_offs_nth_size(const dict_index_t *index, const ulint *offsets,
     n = index->get_field_off_pos(n);
   }
 
-  validate_rec_offset(index, offsets, n, UT_LOCATION_HERE);
+  ut_d(validate_rec_offset(index, offsets, n, UT_LOCATION_HERE));
   return (rec_offs_nth_size_low(offsets, n));
 }