diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/clone_rc_reopen_stale_view_crash.result b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/clone_rc_reopen_stale_view_crash.result
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c2a6c4c2f914
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/clone_rc_reopen_stale_view_crash.result
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+CREATE TABLE t1(id INT PRIMARY KEY, c INT, pad VARCHAR(200)) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1, 0, REPEAT('a', 200));
+SET SESSION transaction_isolation='READ-COMMITTED';
+SELECT c FROM t1 WHERE id=1;
+c
+0
+SET GLOBAL innodb_purge_run_now=ON;
+SET DEBUG_SYNC='mvcc_view_open_after_untag_before_reopen SIGNAL donor_before_reopen WAIT_FOR continue_donor TIMEOUT 120';
+SELECT c FROM t1 WHERE id=1;
+SET SESSION transaction_isolation='REPEATABLE-READ';
+SET DEBUG_SYNC='now WAIT_FOR donor_before_reopen TIMEOUT 120';
+Warnings:
+Warning	138	InnoDB: WITH CONSISTENT SNAPSHOT FROM SESSION was ignored because the target transaction has not been assigned a read view.
+SELECT c FROM t1 WHERE id=1;
+c
+200
+SET DEBUG_SYNC='now SIGNAL continue_donor';
+c
+200
+ROLLBACK;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
+SET DEBUG_SYNC='RESET';
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/clone_rc_reopen_stale_view_crash.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/clone_rc_reopen_stale_view_crash.test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b285b929d556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/clone_rc_reopen_stale_view_crash.test
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# Regression coverage for rejecting a donor RC reusable read view while the
+# donor is reopening it for the next consistent read. The donor's previous
+# statement view is a closed reusable view and does not protect undo from purge.
+# After purge removes the needed undo records, cloning that stale view must be
+# ignored instead of letting the receiver read through purged undo.
+
+--source include/have_debug.inc
+--source include/have_debug_sync.inc
+--source include/not_valgrind.inc
+--source include/not_crashrep.inc
+--source include/count_sessions.inc
+
+--disable_query_log
+CALL mtr.add_suppression("Required history data has been deleted");
+--enable_query_log
+
+CREATE TABLE t1(id INT PRIMARY KEY, c INT, pad VARCHAR(200)) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1, 0, REPEAT('a', 200));
+
+--connect (receiver,localhost,root,,)
+
+--connection default
+--let $donor_id=`SELECT CONNECTION_ID()`
+SET SESSION transaction_isolation='READ-COMMITTED';
+
+# Open an RC read view and close it at statement end as a reusable view.
+SELECT c FROM t1 WHERE id=1;
+
+# Make the reusable view stale and generate undo that the stale view would need
+# in order to reconstruct the old version.
+--connection receiver
+--disable_query_log
+--let $i= 1
+while ($i <= 200)
+{
+  --eval UPDATE t1 SET c = $i, pad = REPEAT(CHAR(65 + ($i % 26)), 200) WHERE id = 1
+  --inc $i
+}
+--enable_query_log
+
+# There is no active read view protecting the donor's previous statement view:
+# it is a closed reusable view. Force purge before cloning it back into the
+# receiver transaction.
+SET GLOBAL innodb_purge_run_now=ON;
+--let $wait_timeout= 60
+--source include/wait_innodb_all_purged.inc
+--source suite/innodb/include/force_purge.inc
+
+--connection default
+# Start the donor's next RC autocommit consistent read and stop it exactly after
+# MVCC::view_open() has cleared the reusable-view pointer tag, but before the
+# view is reopened and linked back into the active MVCC view list. At this point
+# trx->read_view looks like a normal pointer to trx_clone_read_view(), while the
+# underlying ReadView is still the old closed view that purge did not protect.
+SET DEBUG_SYNC='mvcc_view_open_after_untag_before_reopen SIGNAL donor_before_reopen WAIT_FOR continue_donor TIMEOUT 120';
+--send SELECT c FROM t1 WHERE id=1
+
+--connection receiver
+SET SESSION transaction_isolation='REPEATABLE-READ';
+SET DEBUG_SYNC='now WAIT_FOR donor_before_reopen TIMEOUT 120';
+
+# This used to be the buggy window: trx_clone_read_view() only checked that the
+# donor transaction was ACTIVE and had a non-NULL read_view, so it cloned this
+# untagged-but-still-closed reusable view. The fixed behavior is to reject the
+# stale donor snapshot and emit a warning that the cloned snapshot was ignored.
+--disable_query_log
+--eval START TRANSACTION WITH CONSISTENT SNAPSHOT FROM SESSION $donor_id
+--enable_query_log
+
+# Since the stale donor view was rejected, the receiver gets a normal fresh read
+# view for its first consistent read and sees the latest committed version.
+SELECT c FROM t1 WHERE id=1;
+
+SET DEBUG_SYNC='now SIGNAL continue_donor';
+
+--connection default
+--reap
+
+--connection receiver
+ROLLBACK;
+
+--connection default
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
+SET DEBUG_SYNC='RESET';
+
+--disconnect receiver
+--source include/wait_until_count_sessions.inc
diff --git a/storage/innobase/read/read0read.cc b/storage/innobase/read/read0read.cc
index ad2ee4e0a3ce..ea4289d55e20 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/read/read0read.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/read/read0read.cc
@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ void MVCC::view_open(ReadView *&view, trx_t *trx) {
 
     view = reinterpret_cast<ReadView *>(p & ~1);
 
+    DEBUG_SYNC_C("mvcc_view_open_after_untag_before_reopen");
+
     ut_ad(view->m_closed);
 
     /* NOTE: This can be optimised further, for now we only
diff --git a/storage/innobase/trx/trx0trx.cc b/storage/innobase/trx/trx0trx.cc
index 264e5ee9185f..8ef104a5f230 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/trx/trx0trx.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/trx/trx0trx.cc
@@ -2349,6 +2349,7 @@ ReadView *trx_assign_read_view(trx_t *trx) /*!< in/out: active transaction */
     return (nullptr);
 
   } else if (!MVCC::is_view_active(trx->read_view)) {
+    DEBUG_SYNC_C("trx_assign_read_view_before_view_open");
     trx_sys->mvcc->view_open(trx->read_view, trx);
   }
 
@@ -2372,7 +2373,8 @@ ReadView *trx_clone_read_view(trx_t *trx, trx_t *from_trx) {
     return (nullptr);
   }
 
-  if (from_trx->state != TRX_STATE_ACTIVE || from_trx->read_view == nullptr) {
+  if (from_trx->state != TRX_STATE_ACTIVE || from_trx->read_view == nullptr ||
+      !MVCC::is_view_active(from_trx->read_view)) {
     trx_sys_mutex_exit();
     trx_mutex_exit(from_trx);
     return (nullptr);
@@ -2382,6 +2384,23 @@ ReadView *trx_clone_read_view(trx_t *trx, trx_t *from_trx) {
 
   from_trx->read_view->clone(trx->read_view, from_trx);
 
+  if (from_trx->isolation_level == TRX_ISO_READ_COMMITTED &&
+      trx->read_view->low_limit_no() <= purge_sys->view.low_limit_no()) {
+#ifdef UNIV_DEBUG
+    ib::info() << "[read_view_reuse] cloned RC read view rejected: empty="
+               << trx->read_view->empty()
+               << ", trx low_limit_no=" << trx->read_view->low_limit_no()
+               << ", purge low_limit_no=" << purge_sys->view.low_limit_no();
+#endif
+    /* clone() may allocate a fresh view from MVCC::m_free.  Put it on
+    m_views before closing so view_close() can consistently recycle it and
+    clear trx->read_view. */
+    if (needs_adding) trx_sys->mvcc->view_add(trx->read_view);
+    trx_sys->mvcc->view_close(trx->read_view, true);
+    trx_sys_mutex_exit();
+    trx_mutex_exit(from_trx);
+    return (nullptr);
+  }
   trx_mutex_exit(from_trx);
 
   if (needs_adding) trx_sys->mvcc->view_add(trx->read_view);