diff --git a/storage/rocksdb/ha_rocksdb.cc b/storage/rocksdb/ha_rocksdb.cc
index 36cf2d678e05..3c63bcdf984f 100644
--- a/storage/rocksdb/ha_rocksdb.cc
+++ b/storage/rocksdb/ha_rocksdb.cc
@@ -4043,7 +4043,10 @@ class Rdb_transaction {
   }
 
   explicit Rdb_transaction(THD *const thd)
-      : m_thd(thd), m_tbl_io_perf(nullptr) {}
+      : m_thd(thd), m_tbl_io_perf(nullptr) {
+    m_read_opts.ignore_range_deletions =
+        !rocksdb_enable_delete_range_for_drop_index;
+  }
 
   virtual ~Rdb_transaction() {
 #ifndef DEBUG_OFF
@@ -4410,6 +4413,8 @@ class Rdb_transaction_impl : public Rdb_transaction {
     m_rocksdb_reuse_tx = nullptr;
 
     m_read_opts = rocksdb::ReadOptions();
+    m_read_opts.ignore_range_deletions =
+        !rocksdb_enable_delete_range_for_drop_index;
 
     set_initial_savepoint();
 
@@ -4521,6 +4526,8 @@ class Rdb_writebatch_impl : public Rdb_transaction {
   void reset() {
     m_batch->Clear();
     m_read_opts = rocksdb::ReadOptions();
+    m_read_opts.ignore_range_deletions =
+        !rocksdb_enable_delete_range_for_drop_index;
     m_ddl_transaction = false;
   }