diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/lock_delete_updated.result b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/lock_delete_updated.result
index c2cd47b5dd9f2..3ce63be36ab59 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/lock_delete_updated.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/lock_delete_updated.result
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 CREATE TABLE t(a INT PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=InnoDB;
 INSERT INTO t VALUES (3);
 BEGIN;
-connection default;
 UPDATE t SET a = 2;
 connect con1,localhost,root;
+SET DEBUG_SYNC="lock_wait_start SIGNAL del_locked";
 DELETE FROM t;
 connection default;
+SET DEBUG_SYNC="now WAIT_FOR del_locked";
 UPDATE t SET a = 1;
 COMMIT;
 connection con1;
@@ -17,4 +18,5 @@ connection default;
 SELECT count(*) FROM t;
 count(*)
 1
+SET DEBUG_SYNC="reset";
 DROP TABLE t;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/lock_delete_updated.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/lock_delete_updated.test
index 4621d5fcd2b7c..1f7b13144e4f8 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/lock_delete_updated.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/lock_delete_updated.test
@@ -1,23 +1,20 @@
 --source include/have_innodb.inc
 --source include/count_sessions.inc
+--source include/have_debug.inc
+--source include/have_debug_sync.inc
 
 CREATE TABLE t(a INT PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=InnoDB;
 INSERT INTO t VALUES (3);
 
 BEGIN;
-
-connection default;
 UPDATE t SET a = 2;
 
 connect con1,localhost,root;
+SET DEBUG_SYNC="lock_wait_start SIGNAL del_locked";
 send DELETE FROM t;
 
 connection default;
-let $wait_condition=
-    select count(*) = 1 from information_schema.processlist
-    where state = "Updating" and info = "DELETE FROM t";
---source include/wait_condition.inc
-
+SET DEBUG_SYNC="now WAIT_FOR del_locked";
 UPDATE t SET a = 1;
 COMMIT;
 
@@ -30,5 +27,6 @@ connection default;
 --echo # The above DELETE must delete all the rows in the table, so the
 --echo # following SELECT must show 0 rows.
 SELECT count(*) FROM t;
+SET DEBUG_SYNC="reset";
 DROP TABLE t;
 --source include/wait_until_count_sessions.inc