diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/schema/MariaDb.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/schema/MariaDb.java
index ed18a869ac..6c5dd355f4 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/schema/MariaDb.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/schema/MariaDb.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class MariaDb extends BaseDataSourceType {
     b.append(port(dbs.optional("port")));
     b.append("/");
     b.append(dbs.required("database"));
+    b.append("?useBulkStmts=false");
     return b.toString();
   }