diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-gtid-parsing-9f60ad6e9e8f173f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-gtid-parsing-9f60ad6e9e8f173f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c2416a9eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-gtid-parsing-9f60ad6e9e8f173f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - Fixed parsing of GTID references containing a list
+    of GTIDs from xtrabackup_binlog_info file on
+    MySql replicas.
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/strategies/replication/mysql_gtid.py b/trove/guestagent/strategies/replication/mysql_gtid.py
index f25606b907..b60c95a287 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/strategies/replication/mysql_gtid.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/strategies/replication/mysql_gtid.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 #
-import csv
-
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 
 from trove.common import cfg
@@ -75,8 +73,7 @@ class MysqlGTIDReplication(mysql_base.MysqlReplicationBase):
         LOG.info(_("Reading last master GTID from %s") % INFO_FILE)
         try:
             with open(INFO_FILE, 'rb') as f:
-                row = csv.reader(f, delimiter='\t',
-                                 skipinitialspace=True).next()
+                row = f.read().split('\t')
                 return row[2]
         except (IOError, IndexError) as ex:
             LOG.exception(ex)