diff --git a/_includes/v2.1/app/TxnSample.java b/_includes/v2.1/app/TxnSample.java
index e1be8197192..dd0851a56cf 100644
--- a/_includes/v2.1/app/TxnSample.java
+++ b/_includes/v2.1/app/TxnSample.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ public static void retryTransaction(Connection conn, RetryableTransaction tx)
                 tx.run(conn);
                 releaseAttempted = true;
                 conn.releaseSavepoint(sp);
+				break;
             }
             catch(SQLException e) {
                 String sqlState = e.getSQLState();
@@ -83,14 +84,12 @@ public static void retryTransaction(Connection conn, RetryableTransaction tx)
                 if(sqlState.equals("40001")) {
                     // Signal the database that we will attempt a retry.
                     conn.rollback(sp);
-                    continue;
                 } else if(releaseAttempted) {
                     throw new AmbiguousCommitException(e);
                 } else {
                     throw e;
                 }
             }
-            break;
         }
         conn.commit();
     }