diff --git a/storage/innobase/dict/dict0stats.cc b/storage/innobase/dict/dict0stats.cc
index d8ae7106cdc..95850f9e7f2 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/dict/dict0stats.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/dict/dict0stats.cc
@@ -3152,7 +3152,7 @@ dict_stats_fetch_index_stats_step(
 				     db_utf8, sizeof(db_utf8),
 				     table_utf8, sizeof(table_utf8));
 
-			ib::info	out;
+			ib::fatal	out;
 			out << "Ignoring strange row from "
 				<< INDEX_STATS_NAME_PRINT << " WHERE"
 				" database_name = '" << db_utf8
@@ -3180,7 +3180,7 @@ dict_stats_fetch_index_stats_step(
 				     db_utf8, sizeof(db_utf8),
 				     table_utf8, sizeof(table_utf8));
 
-			ib::info	out;
+			ib::fatal	out;
 			out << "Ignoring strange row from "
 				<< INDEX_STATS_NAME_PRINT << " WHERE"
 				" database_name = '" << db_utf8