diff --git a/community/server/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/rest/transactional/TransactionHandle.java b/community/server/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/rest/transactional/TransactionHandle.java
index a872b572220d6..5b95180504446 100644
--- a/community/server/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/rest/transactional/TransactionHandle.java
+++ b/community/server/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/rest/transactional/TransactionHandle.java
@@ -320,7 +320,9 @@ private void executeStatements( StatementDeserializer statements, ExecutionResul
                     hasPrevious = true;
                     TransactionalContext tc = txManagerFacade.create( request, queryService, type, loginContext,
                             statement.statement(), statement.parameters() );
-                    safelyExecute( statement, hasPeriodicCommit, tc, output );
+                    Result result = safelyExecute( statement, hasPeriodicCommit, tc );
+                    output.statementResult( result, statement.includeStats(), statement.resultDataContents() );
+                    output.notifications( result.getNotifications() );
                 }
                 catch ( KernelException | CypherException | AuthorizationViolationException |
                         WriteOperationsNotAllowedException e )
@@ -361,16 +363,13 @@ private void executeStatements( StatementDeserializer statements, ExecutionResul
         }
     }
 
-    private void safelyExecute( Statement statement,
+    private Result safelyExecute( Statement statement,
                                 boolean hasPeriodicCommit,
-                                TransactionalContext tc,
-                                ExecutionResultSerializer output ) throws QueryExecutionKernelException, IOException
+                                TransactionalContext tc ) throws QueryExecutionKernelException, IOException
     {
         try
         {
-            Result result = engine.executeQuery( statement.statement(), ValueUtils.asMapValue( statement.parameters() ), tc );
-            output.statementResult( result, statement.includeStats(), statement.resultDataContents() );
-            output.notifications( result.getNotifications() );
+            return engine.executeQuery( statement.statement(), ValueUtils.asMapValue( statement.parameters() ), tc );
         }
         finally
         {
diff --git a/community/server/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/rest/transactional/TransitionalTxManagementKernelTransaction.java b/community/server/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/rest/transactional/TransitionalTxManagementKernelTransaction.java
index 1d5b0430dd523..f2126cc0c90a4 100644
--- a/community/server/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/rest/transactional/TransitionalTxManagementKernelTransaction.java
+++ b/community/server/src/main/java/org/neo4j/server/rest/transactional/TransitionalTxManagementKernelTransaction.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
+import org.neo4j.graphdb.NotInTransactionException;
 import org.neo4j.graphdb.factory.GraphDatabaseSettings;
 import org.neo4j.internal.kernel.api.exceptions.TransactionFailureException;
 import org.neo4j.internal.kernel.api.security.LoginContext;
@@ -96,6 +97,10 @@ public void commit()
             kernelTransactionBoundToThisThread.success();
             kernelTransactionBoundToThisThread.close();
         }
+        catch ( NotInTransactionException e )
+        {
+            // if the transaction was already terminated there is nothing more to do
+        }
         catch ( TransactionFailureException e )
         {
             throw new RuntimeException( e );
diff --git a/community/server/src/test/java/org/neo4j/server/rest/transactional/integration/TransactionIT.java b/community/server/src/test/java/org/neo4j/server/rest/transactional/integration/TransactionIT.java
index 93595154a52f5..b892a6deeaa7f 100644
--- a/community/server/src/test/java/org/neo4j/server/rest/transactional/integration/TransactionIT.java
+++ b/community/server/src/test/java/org/neo4j/server/rest/transactional/integration/TransactionIT.java
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ public void begin_and_execute_periodic_commit_that_returns_data_and_commit() thr
             Response response = http.POST(
                     "db/data/transaction/commit",
                     quotedJson( "{ 'statements': [ { 'statement': 'USING PERIODIC COMMIT " + batchSize + " LOAD CSV FROM " +
-                            "\\\"" + url + "\\\" AS line CREATE (n {id: 23}) RETURN n' } ] }" )
+                            "\\\"" + url + "\\\" AS line CREATE (n {id1: 23}) RETURN n' } ] }" )
             );
             long txIdAfter = resolveDependency( TransactionIdStore.class ).getLastClosedTransactionId();