diff --git a/rbf/db.go b/rbf/db.go
index 2554dfc08..726550ce9 100644
--- a/rbf/db.go
+++ b/rbf/db.go
@@ -800,6 +800,8 @@ func (db *DB) removeTx(tx *Tx) error {
 	db.mu.Lock()
 	defer db.mu.Unlock()
 
+	delete(tx.db.txs, tx)
+
 	// Write pages from WAL to DB.
 	// TODO(bbj): Move this to an async goroutine.
 	if tx.writable {
@@ -808,8 +810,6 @@ func (db *DB) removeTx(tx *Tx) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	delete(tx.db.txs, tx)
-
 	// Disassociate from db.
 	tx.db = nil
 
diff --git a/rbf/db_test.go b/rbf/db_test.go
index 98a70cb24..af0552c6f 100644
--- a/rbf/db_test.go
+++ b/rbf/db_test.go
@@ -92,14 +92,25 @@ func TestDB_Recovery(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		// Add one additional bit in a second transaction.
-		if tx, err := db.Begin(true); err != nil {
+		tx0, err := db.Begin(true)
+		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
-		} else if _, err := tx.Add("x", uint64(len(a))); err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		} else if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
+		} else if _, err := tx0.Add("x", uint64(len(a))); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
+		// Start a read-only transaction so the write tx does not checkpoint the WAL.
+		tx1, err := db.Begin(false)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		// Commit write transaction.
+		if err := tx0.Commit(); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		tx1.Rollback()
+
 		// Close database & truncate WAL to remove commit page & bitmap data page.
 		segment := db.ActiveWALSegment()
 		if err := db.Close(); err != nil {