diff --git a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
index 848591234f4..676dae6beea 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
@@ -5082,6 +5082,7 @@ static void innobase_kill_query(handlerton*, THD* thd, enum thd_kill_levels)
 
   if (trx_t* trx= thd_to_trx(thd))
   {
+    os_thread_sleep(1000);
     ut_ad(trx->mysql_thd == thd);
     lock_mutex_enter();
     if (lock_t *lock= trx->lock.wait_lock)