diff --git a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeSettings.h b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeSettings.h
index 07659b1c9dc..ba9ccdccb00 100644
--- a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeSettings.h
+++ b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeSettings.h
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ struct Settings;
     M(UInt64, min_bytes_to_rebalance_partition_over_jbod, 0, "Minimal amount of bytes to enable part rebalance over JBOD array (0 - disabled).", 0) \
     M(Bool, check_sample_column_is_correct, true, "Check columns or columns by hash for sampling are unsigned integer.", 0) \
     \
+    /** Flags that are relevant only in testing. */ \
+    M(Bool, testing_mutate_corrupt_checksums, false, "Tetsing only! Corrupt part checksums during mutation to test fetch fallback.", 0) \
+    \
     /** Experimental/work in progress feature. Unsafe for production. */ \
     M(UInt64, part_moves_between_shards_enable, 0, "Experimental/Incomplete feature to move parts between shards. Does not take into account sharding expressions.", 0) \
     M(UInt64, part_moves_between_shards_delay_seconds, 30, "Time to wait before/after moving parts between shards.", 0) \
diff --git a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MutateFromLogEntryTask.cpp b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MutateFromLogEntryTask.cpp
index fc8b22865c4..207749c05c8 100644
--- a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MutateFromLogEntryTask.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MutateFromLogEntryTask.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ namespace ProfileEvents
 namespace DB
 {
 
+namespace ErrorCodes
+{
+    extern const int CHECKSUM_DOESNT_MATCH;
+}
+
 ReplicatedMergeMutateTaskBase::PrepareResult MutateFromLogEntryTask::prepare()
 {
     const String & source_part_name = entry.source_parts.at(0);
@@ -202,6 +207,9 @@ bool MutateFromLogEntryTask::finalize(ReplicatedMergeMutateTaskBase::PartLogWrit
 
     try
     {
+        if (unlikely(storage.getSettings()->testing_mutate_corrupt_checksums))
+            throw Exception(ErrorCodes::CHECKSUM_DOESNT_MATCH, "Throwing exception because `testing_mutate_corrupt_checksum` is enabled.");
+
         storage.checkPartChecksumsAndCommit(*transaction_ptr, new_part, mutate_task->getHardlinkedFiles());
     }
     catch (const Exception & e)
diff --git a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MutateTask.cpp b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MutateTask.cpp
index 254bcd9f7f9..38aa040a60c 100644
--- a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MutateTask.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MutateTask.cpp
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ bool MutateTask::execute()
             if (task->executeStep())
                 return true;
 
-            promise.set_value(ctx->new_data_part);
+            promise.set_value(std::move(ctx->new_data_part));
             return false;
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_mutation_fetch_fallback/test.py b/tests/integration/test_mutation_fetch_fallback/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f82013eff33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/test_mutation_fetch_fallback/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import pytest
+
+from helpers.cluster import ClickHouseCluster
+
+cluster = ClickHouseCluster(__file__)
+
+node1 = cluster.add_instance("node1", with_zookeeper=True)
+node2 = cluster.add_instance("node2", with_zookeeper=True, stay_alive=True)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def start_cluster():
+    try:
+        cluster.start()
+        for i, node in enumerate([node1, node2]):
+            # node 2 will corrupt checksums, it must be down while node 1 commits mutation
+            # with correct checksums to zookeeper.
+            node.query_with_retry(
+                """CREATE TABLE fetch_fallback (k int, v int, z int)
+                ENGINE = ReplicatedMergeTree('/clickhouse/tables/test/t0', '{}')
+                ORDER BY tuple()
+                SETTINGS testing_mutate_corrupt_checksums = {}""".format(i, i == 1)
+            )
+        yield cluster
+
+    finally:
+        cluster.shutdown()
+
+
+def test_mutation_fetch_fallback(start_cluster):
+    node1.query("INSERT INTO fetch_fallback(k, v) VALUES (1, 3), (2, 7), (3, 4)")
+
+    node2.stop_clickhouse()
+    node1.query("ALTER TABLE fetch_fallback DROP COLUMN z", settings={"mutations_sync": 1})
+
+    node2.start_clickhouse()
+    node1.query("SYSTEM SYNC REPLICA fetch_fallback", timeout=10)
+    node2.query("SYSTEM SYNC REPLICA fetch_fallback", timeout=10)
+
+    node2.contains_in_log("We will download merged part from replica to force byte-identical result.")