diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
index 9f4190535..dfbd33e01 100644
--- a/api.go
+++ b/api.go
@@ -378,37 +378,42 @@ func importWorker(importWork chan importJob) {
 					}
 				}
 
-				tx, finisher := j.qcx.GetTx(Txo{Write: writable, Index: j.field.idx, Shard: j.shard})
-				defer finisher(&err0)
+				if err := func() (err1 error) {
+					tx, finisher := j.qcx.GetTx(Txo{Write: writable, Index: j.field.idx, Shard: j.shard})
+					defer finisher(&err1)
 
-				var doClear bool
-				switch doAction {
-				case RequestActionOverwrite:
-					err := j.field.importRoaringOverwrite(j.ctx, tx, viewData, j.shard, viewName, j.req.Block)
-					if err != nil {
-						return errors.Wrap(err, "importing roaring as overwrite")
-					}
-				case RequestActionClear:
-					doClear = true
-					fallthrough
-				case RequestActionSet:
-					fileMagic := uint32(binary.LittleEndian.Uint16(viewData[0:2]))
-					if fileMagic == roaring.MagicNumber { // if pilosa roaring format
-						err := j.field.importRoaring(j.ctx, tx, viewData, j.shard, viewName, doClear)
+					var doClear bool
+					switch doAction {
+					case RequestActionOverwrite:
+						err := j.field.importRoaringOverwrite(j.ctx, tx, viewData, j.shard, viewName, j.req.Block)
 						if err != nil {
-							return errors.Wrap(err, "importing pilosa roaring")
+							return errors.Wrap(err, "importing roaring as overwrite")
 						}
-					} else {
-						// must make a copy of data to operate on locally on standard roaring format.
-						// field.importRoaring changes the standard roaring run format to pilosa roaring
-						data := make([]byte, len(viewData))
-						copy(data, viewData)
-						err := j.field.importRoaring(j.ctx, tx, data, j.shard, viewName, doClear)
+					case RequestActionClear:
+						doClear = true
+						fallthrough
+					case RequestActionSet:
+						fileMagic := uint32(binary.LittleEndian.Uint16(viewData[0:2]))
+						if fileMagic == roaring.MagicNumber { // if pilosa roaring format
+							err := j.field.importRoaring(j.ctx, tx, viewData, j.shard, viewName, doClear)
+							if err != nil {
+								return errors.Wrap(err, "importing pilosa roaring")
+							}
+						} else {
+							// must make a copy of data to operate on locally on standard roaring format.
+							// field.importRoaring changes the standard roaring run format to pilosa roaring
+							data := make([]byte, len(viewData))
+							copy(data, viewData)
+							err := j.field.importRoaring(j.ctx, tx, data, j.shard, viewName, doClear)
 
-						if err != nil {
-							return errors.Wrap(err, "importing standard roaring")
+							if err != nil {
+								return errors.Wrap(err, "importing standard roaring")
+							}
 						}
 					}
+					return nil
+				}(); err != nil {
+					return err
 				}
 			}
 			return nil
diff --git a/http/client_test.go b/http/client_test.go
index cfe51bde4..b1b154647 100644
--- a/http/client_test.go
+++ b/http/client_test.go
@@ -588,6 +588,42 @@ func TestClient_ImportRoaring(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Ensure client can bulk import data with multiple views and not deadlock.
+func TestClient_ImportRoaring_MultiView(t *testing.T) {
+	cluster := test.MustNewCluster(t, 2)
+	for _, c := range cluster.Nodes {
+		c.Config.Cluster.ReplicaN = 2
+	}
+	err := cluster.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("starting cluster: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer cluster.Close()
+
+	_, err = cluster.GetNode(0).API.CreateIndex(context.Background(), "i", pilosa.IndexOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("creating index: %v", err)
+	}
+	_, err = cluster.GetNode(0).API.CreateField(context.Background(), "i", "f", pilosa.OptFieldTypeSet(pilosa.CacheTypeRanked, 100))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("creating field: %v", err)
+	}
+	_, err = cluster.GetNode(0).API.Query(context.Background(), &pilosa.QueryRequest{Index: "i", Query: "Set(0, f=1)"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("querying: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Send import request.
+	host := cluster.GetNode(0).URL()
+	c := MustNewClient(host, http.GetHTTPClient(nil))
+	req := &pilosa.ImportRoaringRequest{Views: map[string][]byte{}}
+	req.Views["a"], _ = hex.DecodeString("3B3001000100000900010000000100010009000100")
+	req.Views["b"], _ = hex.DecodeString("3B3001000100000900010000000100010009000100")
+	if err := c.ImportRoaring(context.Background(), &cluster.GetNode(0).API.Node().URI, "i", "f", 0, false, req); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
 // Ensure client can bulk import data.
 func TestClient_ImportKeys(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("SingleNode", func(t *testing.T) {