diff --git a/src/box/alter.cc b/src/box/alter.cc
index 64af71c615555efc6e2c416c635e6ba714d9425e..d73679fb82a87fd289b8bdc1912c8aa11728fbf9 100644
--- a/src/box/alter.cc
+++ b/src/box/alter.cc
@@ -4712,10 +4712,17 @@ on_replace_dd_space_sequence(struct trigger * /* trigger */, void *event)
 		diag_set(ClientError, ER_NO_SUCH_SEQUENCE, int2str(sequence_id));
 		return -1;
 	}
-
+	if (stmt->new_tuple != NULL && stmt->old_tuple != NULL) {
+		/*
+		 * Makes no sense to support update, it would
+		 * complicate the code, and won't simplify
+		 * anything else.
+		 */
+		diag_set(ClientError, ER_UNSUPPORTED,
+			 "space \"_space_sequence\"", "update");
+		return -1;
+	}
 	enum priv_type priv_type = stmt->new_tuple ? PRIV_C : PRIV_D;
-	if (stmt->new_tuple && stmt->old_tuple)
-		priv_type = PRIV_A;
 
 	/* Check we have the correct access type on the sequence.  * */
 	if (is_generated || !stmt->new_tuple) {
diff --git a/test/box/sequence.result b/test/box/sequence.result
index 917952909f2810e6d71535aa5025b49ee78ca029..0a6cfee2c49be8c572bc8931e54a5892432ed067 100644
--- a/test/box/sequence.result
+++ b/test/box/sequence.result
@@ -2270,3 +2270,22 @@ sq:next() -- 2
 sq:drop()
 ---
 ...
+--
+-- Update on _space_sequence is forbidden.
+--
+s = box.schema.create_space('test')
+---
+...
+pk = s:create_index('pk', {sequence = true})
+---
+...
+t = box.space._space_sequence:get({s.id})
+---
+...
+box.space._space_sequence:update({s.id}, {{'=', 2, t[2]}})
+---
+- error: space "_space_sequence" does not support update
+...
+s:drop()
+---
+...
diff --git a/test/box/sequence.test.lua b/test/box/sequence.test.lua
index b0ec020ed7024f1f97c97f1a781603d9ffbdb14c..8e00571e50d00e57dc268ee6196ebcdb52addf41 100644
--- a/test/box/sequence.test.lua
+++ b/test/box/sequence.test.lua
@@ -771,3 +771,12 @@ sq:next() -- 1
 box.begin() box.space._sequence_data:delete{sq.id} box.rollback()
 sq:next() -- 2
 sq:drop()
+
+--
+-- Update on _space_sequence is forbidden.
+--
+s = box.schema.create_space('test')
+pk = s:create_index('pk', {sequence = true})
+t = box.space._space_sequence:get({s.id})
+box.space._space_sequence:update({s.id}, {{'=', 2, t[2]}})
+s:drop()