diff --git a/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc b/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
index c8888bada0280..c78ea76bb003a 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
@@ -5506,11 +5506,7 @@ ha_innobase::prepare_inplace_alter_table(
 		    ha_alter_info->key_count)) {
 err_exit_no_heap:
 		DBUG_ASSERT(m_prebuilt->trx->dict_operation_lock_mode == 0);
-		if (ha_alter_info->handler_flags & ~INNOBASE_INPLACE_IGNORE) {
-
-			online_retry_drop_indexes(
-				m_prebuilt->table, m_user_thd);
-		}
+		online_retry_drop_indexes(m_prebuilt->table, m_user_thd);
 		DBUG_RETURN(true);
 	}
 
@@ -5969,12 +5965,7 @@ ha_innobase::prepare_inplace_alter_table(
 		}
 
 		DBUG_ASSERT(m_prebuilt->trx->dict_operation_lock_mode == 0);
-		if (ha_alter_info->handler_flags & ~INNOBASE_INPLACE_IGNORE) {
-
-			online_retry_drop_indexes(
-				m_prebuilt->table, m_user_thd);
-
-		}
+		online_retry_drop_indexes(m_prebuilt->table, m_user_thd);
 
 		if ((ha_alter_info->handler_flags
 		     & Alter_inplace_info::DROP_VIRTUAL_COLUMN)