diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/insert_into_empty.result b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/insert_into_empty.result
index 2eb6f5d4d0aab..f33bef890fd80 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/insert_into_empty.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/insert_into_empty.result
@@ -211,3 +211,14 @@ c	c2
 DELETE FROM t;
 COMMIT;
 DROP TABLE t;
+#
+#  MDEV-26956 LeakSanitizer/Valgrind errors in
+#     trx_mod_table_time_t::start_bulk_insert
+#	upon adding system versioning
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1(id INT, s DATE, e DATE, PERIOD FOR p(s,e),
+PRIMARY KEY(id, p WITHOUT OVERLAPS)) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+ALTER TABLE t1 ADD COLUMN row_start BIGINT UNSIGNED AS ROW START,
+ADD COLUMN row_end BIGINT UNSIGNED AS ROW END,
+ADD PERIOD FOR SYSTEM_TIME(row_start,row_end), WITH SYSTEM VERSIONING;
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/insert_into_empty.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/insert_into_empty.test
index cfd79f05f6ceb..7719ae68d7b6c 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/insert_into_empty.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/insert_into_empty.test
@@ -221,3 +221,15 @@ SELECT * FROM t;
 DELETE FROM t;
 COMMIT;
 DROP TABLE t;
+
+--echo #
+--echo #  MDEV-26956 LeakSanitizer/Valgrind errors in
+--echo #     trx_mod_table_time_t::start_bulk_insert
+--echo #	upon adding system versioning
+--echo #
+CREATE TABLE t1(id INT, s DATE, e DATE, PERIOD FOR p(s,e),
+		PRIMARY KEY(id, p WITHOUT OVERLAPS)) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+ALTER TABLE t1 ADD COLUMN row_start BIGINT UNSIGNED AS ROW START,
+	       ADD COLUMN row_end BIGINT UNSIGNED AS ROW END,
+	       ADD PERIOD FOR SYSTEM_TIME(row_start,row_end), WITH SYSTEM VERSIONING;
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/sql/table.cc b/sql/table.cc
index df94cac6475d7..b183ebd3254d5 100644
--- a/sql/table.cc
+++ b/sql/table.cc
@@ -9711,6 +9711,9 @@ bool TR_table::update(ulonglong start_id, ulonglong end_id)
   int error= table->file->ha_write_row(table->record[0]);
   if (unlikely(error))
     table->file->print_error(error, MYF(0));
+  /* extra() is used to apply the bulk insert operation
+  on mysql/transaction_registry table */
+  table->file->extra(HA_EXTRA_IGNORE_INSERT);
   return error;
 }