diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/innodb_force_recovery_rollback.result b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/innodb_force_recovery_rollback.result
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dc037fd6c97d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/innodb_force_recovery_rollback.result
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+FLUSH TABLES;
+#
+# MDEV-21217 innodb_force_recovery=2 may wrongly abort the rollback
+# of recovered transactions
+#
+connect  con0,localhost,root;
+CREATE TABLE t0 (a INT PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+BEGIN;
+INSERT INTO t0 SELECT * FROM seq_1_to_1000;
+connection default;
+SET GLOBAL innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=1;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+disconnect con0;
+connection default;
+SELECT * FROM t0 LOCK IN SHARE MODE;
+a
+DROP TABLE t0,t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb_force_recovery_rollback.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb_force_recovery_rollback.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ad234eba72ee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb_force_recovery_rollback.test
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+--source include/have_innodb.inc
+--source include/have_sequence.inc
+
+# We will kill and restart the server.
+--source include/not_embedded.inc
+FLUSH TABLES;
+
+--echo #
+--echo # MDEV-21217 innodb_force_recovery=2 may wrongly abort the rollback
+--echo # of recovered transactions
+--echo #
+
+connect (con0,localhost,root);
+CREATE TABLE t0 (a INT PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+# Create enough undo log so that the rollback may take enough time.
+BEGIN;
+INSERT INTO t0 SELECT * FROM seq_1_to_1000;
+
+connection default;
+# Persist the above incomplete transaction.
+SET GLOBAL innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=1;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+
+--let $restart_parameters= --innodb-force-recovery=2
+--let $shutdown_timeout=0
+--source include/restart_mysqld.inc
+--let $restart_parameters=
+--let $shutdown_timeout=
+
+disconnect con0;
+connection default;
+# If the rollback was aborted, we would end up in a lock wait here.
+SELECT * FROM t0 LOCK IN SHARE MODE;
+DROP TABLE t0,t1;
diff --git a/storage/innobase/trx/trx0roll.cc b/storage/innobase/trx/trx0roll.cc
index 9c63c68f84f40..127cfc9b07d74 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/trx/trx0roll.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/trx/trx0roll.cc
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ trx_roll_must_shutdown()
 	ut_ad(trx_state_eq(trx, TRX_STATE_ACTIVE));
 
 	if (trx_get_dict_operation(trx) == TRX_DICT_OP_NONE
-	    && !srv_is_being_started
+	    && srv_shutdown_state != SRV_SHUTDOWN_NONE
 	    && !srv_undo_sources && srv_fast_shutdown) {
 		return true;
 	}