diff --git a/storage/innobase/buf/buf0buf.cc b/storage/innobase/buf/buf0buf.cc
index 33bf2b232b29..09d501ee5d59 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/buf/buf0buf.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/buf/buf0buf.cc
@@ -3022,6 +3022,7 @@ DECLARE_THREAD(buf_resize_thread)(
 			buf_resize_status(sout.str().c_str());
 
 			/* nothing to do */
+			buf_pool_mutex_exit_all();
 			continue;
 		}
 		buf_pool_mutex_exit_all();